THE MORNING SHOW
with

Patrick Timpone

Arthur Haines

Foraging for Wild Foods

Plants have been and continue to be immensely important to people. They provide food, medicine, materials for shelter, fuel for heating dwellings and cooking food, fibers for cordage and clothing, wood for tools and hunting weapons, etc. Aboriginal people knew which plants could be used for various purposes, where to find them, and how to process them. They possessed an intimate relationship with plants that began with learning how to identify them and deepened as they learned their smell, their taste, the quality of their fibers, the timing of their flowers, and so on. Contemporary people still rely heavily on plants, but, unfortunately, most people in developed countries are no longer able to find, collect, and process the materials they need to sustain their lives. Not only has this led to populaces that are entirely dependent on agribusiness and manufacturers, but it has also removed people from direct participation in the circle of life. This, in turn, has created populations who do not know the functions and values of wild places (both large and small) and has led to apathy for protecting these open spaces.

Show Highlights:

-The subtleties of language: Arthur explains why is teaching his daughter another language to connect her more to the landscape

-Foraging for food instead of gardening: Arthur gathers over 100 species of plants on and around his land

-Drinking from a stream: How safe is it and does it boost the immune system in the long run?

-Wild plants and the benefits they provide to the intestinal tract

-Acorns for everything: Arthur shares how he processes gathered acorns and how he uses them to replace flour

-Is there anything Arthur would purchase from a natural food store?

-What Arthur uses from the pine tree

-Chlorella and why it’s a supplement Arthur and his partner have included in their diet

-Methods Arthur uses to harvest wild game

-Finding a mentor to help rewild your life

-Arthur tells us why it would help heal the planet if only we would have children later in life

and more!!

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