unconventional edible items

[minty]

this is a catch all thread for strains of plants/food items not normally found in grocery stores and/or foraged foods, heirloom strains, homemade flour, etc

this dude is tom brown

tom spent over 20 years rescuing n bringing back over a thousand different apple varieties that conventional agriculture doesn't care abt

 

[minty]

the work tom does/did is insanely important as a varied amount of food strains is less susceptible to illness (there was one prominent potato variety in ireland that was susceptible to blight, which is partially why the famine fucked them as hard as it did).
as topsoil erosion n land exhaustion increase, as well as aggressive climate fluctuations fuck harvest times for lots of things (lots of texas cotton has been a bust recently), varied foods become even more important

if you don't want to eat the bugs when the food collapse happens, you can eat your boomer neighbor's prize rose petals
in general, that feral foraging channel makes decent content

dandelions are also edible n abundant

 

[Crassmeister]

dont forget cattails

or pawpaws

 

[minty]

"forget"
i'm intending to post it out slowly in chunks when i feel like it, sir
harvesting n using wild beautyberry

 

[ZZZandeRRR]

dont forget cattails

or pawpaws

nature's glizzy

 

[minty]

kudzu

an edible, invasive species that strangles out all the other life under it

almost all parts of it are edible, such as the roots n leaves

 

[Nickelback Official]

Kumquat

 

[Heidi the girl]

This is a video I watched a while ago that goes over vegetables that used to be commonplace but are not common outside of specialized shops.

 

[minty]

not a forage item, but a guide for making a vinegar mother for making your own vinegar at home

same concept, but for vanilla extract

 

[minty]

not a type of food today but a type of growing method i literally somehow just learned abt yesterday that's insanely efficient
three sisters growing method. symbiotic: corn has shallow roots, and beans have longer roots and require a trellis anyways. the beans also add nutrients/nitrogen to the soil, and the pumpkin/squash provides leaf shade which lessens the likelihood of weeds taking up residence, and keeps the base of the corn and beans from losing more water

diversity is a strength