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Foraging for Wild Edible Plants and Wilderness Survival Food
Today we live in a highly dependent society that has traded expedience for simplicity, self-sufficiency and purity. Most Americans jump into their fossil fueled vehicles and drive to the local grocery store to buy raw and prepared foods. These foods have been grown using fossil fuel based pesticides and fertilizers. Additionally, other unnatural preservatives, antibiotics and now genetically engineered organisms have been introduced. The components and end products at the grocery and pharmaceutical industries are more often than not shipped thousand of miles in fossil-fueled conveyances before reaching their point-of-sale. This all adds up to gross inefficiencies of energy and devastating environmental damage. Admittedly everyone cannot become a forager, but just as many individuals do their small part by recycling, responsible foraging can also play a vital role in contributing a small part to improving our little planet.
Native peoples had no dependence on any societal infrastructure. They lived as an integral part of nature in which they viewed themselves as an inseparable part of a whole. They felt water, which flowed through their streams, was no different than the blood that flowed through their veins. They would no more dump waste into the rivers than they would put it into their bodies, because in the end they understood that these two actions had the same result. A Native American of old, could travel across this continent with nothing more than his handcrafted loincloth, knife and bow and want for nothing. He would not want for shelter, water, fire, clothing or loneliness. He was a natural part of his surroundings.
Modern man has lost his familiarity and intimacy with nature. In Robert Heinlein’s classic novel “Stranger in a Strange Land,” intelligent sailboat-like Martians raise the main character on Mars from a baby until adulthood. He returns to Earth as an adult with all of his mental references from the Martian society. He is truly an alien to earth. Modern man is also a stranger in a strange land when it comes to his natural place on Earth. Most of the body of natural knowledge is alien to modern man. Fortunately there has been a recent popularization and rekindling of nature awareness. The earlier pioneers of this movement included such notorieties as Euell Gibbons and Bradford Angier. More recently many others have joined in the fight to preserve this knowledge. It is not too late to reclaim our forgotten legacy and rekindle our relationship with the Earth Mother.
If you want to learn more about wild edible and medicinal plants and other wilderness survival ideas go to:
http://www.harvestingnaturesbounty.com.
Kevin Duffy is a retired Naval Officer and currently a Financial Advisor in Louisville, KY. Kevin is married and has two grown children. He lives on a 23-acre farm in Greenville, IN where he spends his time communing with nature, meditating, reading and writing. He has spent thirty-five plus years studying nature and wilderness survival as well as writing about and teaching hundreds of classes. Kevin is the author of Harvesting Natures Bounty (http://www.harvestingnaturesbounty.com) and Awaken to the Here and Now (http://www.awakentothehereandnow.com). He is currently working on his first novel that will be in the genre of visionary fiction where he will incorporate both his love for nature and spiritual enlightenment.
Survival Kit: The perfect lightweight survival kit (Wilderness survival, survival skills)
This survival kit is a basic kit designed to be carried whenever you venture into the wild. It is lightweight and will help you start a fire build a shelter and find food. more info on survival kits can be found at www.peaksurvival.us ... "emergency preparedness" "emergency survival kit" "survival knives" "survival gear" "outdoor survival" "survival equipment" "survival food" survival "survival wilderness"
How To Use Plants & Animals To Survive In Nature : Wilderness Survival: Patience When Trapping Food
It is unlikely to catch a fish or animal in the first few minutes when in the wilderness. Patience is key. Learn how to use patience when trapping food for wilderness survival in this free outdoors...
Wilderness Survival Skills : Wilderness Survival Skills: Identifying Plants & Food
Knowing what plants are edible can be the difference in survival. Learn about surviving through identifying plants and food from an Eagle Scout in this free survival skills video.
Expert: John Ste...
How To Use Plants & Animals To Survive In Nature : Wilderness Survival: Patience When Trapping Food
It is unlikely to catch a fish or animal in the first few minutes when in the wilderness. Patience is key. Learn how to use patience when trapping food for wilderness survival in this free outdoors...
Wilderness Survival Skills : Wilderness Survival Skills: Identifying Plants & Food
Knowing what plants are edible can be the difference in survival. Learn about surviving through identifying plants and food from an Eagle Scout in this free survival skills video.
Expert: John Ste...
How To Use Plants & Animals To Survive In Nature : Wilderness Survival: Patience When Trapping Food
It is unlikely to catch a fish or animal in the first few minutes when in the wilderness. Patience is key. Learn how to use patience when trapping food for wilderness survival in this free outdoors...
Wilderness Survival Skills : Wilderness Survival Skills: Identifying Plants & Food
Knowing what plants are edible can be the difference in survival. Learn about surviving through identifying plants and food from an Eagle Scout in this free survival skills video.
Expert: John Ste...
Wilderness Survival Gear For Hiking And Backpacking
As backpacking and hiking equipment has become more sophisticated, people have gotten more daring, and at times even reckless. Humans, it seems, have an inherent need to prove they can survive in the wilderness. More and more hikers and rock climbers are backpacking deeper and deeper into the unknown wilds. These are not your weekend campers. Rather, these are serious nature lovers who look and find there own truth, each time they venture outdoors. There is obvious gear and equipment they utilize, both traditional and futuristic. This article will attempt to verify some of the accepted items to pack, as well as some new options to think about.
When packing, it doesn't matter what type of activity you are going to undertake, there several unwritten rules one has to abide by. First, you must pack