Wild Tater

Also known as desert madwort, (madwort is the common name for all alyssum), or dwarf alyssum Desert Alyssum is a reseeding annual native to Europe (Italy)[1]http://www.abc.botanic.hr/index.php/abc/article/view/1331 and Asia, introduced into North America[2]USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ALDED for medicinal purposes.[3]http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/112171 — a rather in depth article on alyssum desertorum, which compiles all the research sources listed below As with other plants, the word wort means […]

Why did I start the World Wild Food Project? What was I thinking? What led up to it?

The clock is ticking. You’re only here for a short time. What are you doing with your life, and what will you change today? It’s your life, and it’s your choice. Only you can make that choice.

Because one episode on GMO just wasn’t enough…

Our suggestion that we are ordinary people doing extraordinary things is a lie. There is no such thing as an ordinary person.

This is a borrowed podcast episode–from my personal Overtones podcast. You’ll have to excuse the extra stuff like the intro and ending song… they’re traditions surrounding that podcast. But the content of this episode is so important I decided to just include the whole thing here. The pros and cons of GMO, Hybrid, and Heirloom plants. Spoiler alert: they all have both–and […]

There is great power in observation and identification. Learn what you have, and you’ll have SO much more understanding of the potential of your system. And here are the links to the Facebook groups I mentioned: https://www.facebook.com/groups/planteducation/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/623997204362467/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/utahplantidentification/ And al Utah, I suspect there are plant identification groups wherever you are. Just do a Facebook search for them, or […]

The mustard family, officially called brassicaceae, is one of the star players in the wild food game, because every species in the mustard family is edible. That means that as long as you can positively identify a wild plant as a brassica (a nickname for members of the mustard family), you know you can eat it. And for most families […]

When there is a problem, before you change things, change your mindset, because the problem in one context may be the solution to another.

We all have the mental/emotional muscles we call kindness and compassion, but it must be exercised or they will atrophy. And those who exercise them well will find greater ability to recognize the needs of others, and meet them.