Sweet Local Farm » Dandelion Greens http://sweetlocalfarm.com modern day back to the land movement Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:00:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Urban Foraging http://sweetlocalfarm.com/2009/08/31/urban-foraging/ http://sweetlocalfarm.com/2009/08/31/urban-foraging/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:17:55 +0000 Luke http://sweetlocalfarm.com/?p=333 We’ve definitely done our share of urban foraging over the years. At our apartment in Brighton, we used to include the Dandelion Greens and Lamb’s Quarter from our yard into our meals.

It’s nice to see this foraging tactic getting some mainstream publicity in Boston.

To us, this guy seems totally normal. But to others who are used to consuming only packaged food items, I’m guessing this guy seems a bit bonkers. A read through a few of the comments quickly confirmed that assumption.

1goodman wrote:
“This is done by a pure nut-job. Do not attempt this in real life.”

albert-coholic wrote:
“Another option is to get a job and buy groceries.”

pdBerg wrote:
“They had one other ingredient to dinner: nut-jobs!”

There’s still a long ways to go before many who consider themselves ‘totally normal’ adopt more localized eating habits. Imagine if half the population switched from eating store bought items to foraging like David Craft. This can and should be a reality, but first everybody would have to let down their guards and realize this type of food consumption was originally how the human species survived…long before there was transportation and refrigeration.

Among the Benefits: no fossil fuels used in transporting and preserving these foods, no dollars spent, a renewable resource, healthier eating, connecting yourself to your natural environment

Hats off to you Mr. Craft!

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