A guide to finding identifying and eating wild plants. There is food within three metres of
your front door. Three generations ago it was common practice all over the world to collect
this wild food knowledge of what where and when to forage was a necessary part of daily life.
We still had lived experience of harvesting wild food with our hands. But with the advent of
supermarket culture monocultural systems of food production and escalating urbanisation the
knowledge associated with foraging has mostly been lost. Today we want this knowledge back.
From forest to seaside riverbank to city street -even your own yard - there is wild food and
medicine available to those who know what to look for. In the face of global challenges such as
climate change food security and pandemic we seek to empower ourselves with the information
and skills that bring self-reliance and equip us to care for our families and communities. Eat
Weeds shows how you can engage with wild food sources reconnect with the stories of our
ancestors and care for local ecologies while transforming your neighbourhood into an edible
adventure.
