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Wild Food Videos

Sandor Katz Remembers Frank Cook

Ever since I met Frank Cook back in 2008, I’d always wanted to interview his friend, Sandor Katz. The two of them were good friends and conducted workshops together. In this short video Sandor talks about his friendship with Frank, and the ways they were exploring wild foods and wild fermentation…

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Tom Hodgkinson on Wild Food Foraging & the Idler Lifestyle

Tom Hodgkinson is editor of The Idler and best selling author of How to Be Idle & How to Be Free. Last weekend I managed to grab him for a quick interview to talk about the idler lifestyle and the benefits of wild food foraging. Watch the video or if you like to read, then [...]

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Cooking Limpets on the Beach

The other day I went out with Fraser Christian of CoastalSurvival.com to film how to gather and cook limpets.

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How to Start a Fire Safely on the Beach

There’s nothing quite like going for a wild food forage, gathering wild edible plants as you go, then arrive at a small, hidden beach, and prepare a fire to cook up your wares.

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A Lifetime Passion For Wild Food

For 40 years Simone has been passionate about wild food. Zillah and I went to visit her at her home in Calstock, Cornwall, where she prepared a most delicious wild food meal. In this video she talks about her wild food passion, and why it is important to her.

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What to Look for in a Good Wild Food Foraging Course

It’s important when choosing a wild food foraging course that you go out with someone who is experienced and has at minimum a daily/weekly experience of identifying and eating wild edible plants all year round.

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Learn About Three Cornered Leek

In this short video Marcus Harrison from the Wild Food School talks about Three Cornered Leek (Allium triquetrum), its history and use as a wild edible plant.

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Learn About Wild Garlic / Ramsons

In this short video Marcus Harrison from the Wild Food School talks about Wild Garlic or Ramsons (Allium ursinum), its history and use as a wild edible plant.

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Learn About Coltsfoot

Chris Holland from Wholeland discusses the many uses for Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara). A member of the Daisy family, Coltsfoot is one of the first plants to flower during the year. It appears at about the same time as the Crocuses start showing up.

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Frank Cook On Nettle

Frank Cook (internationally renowned edible wild plant expert) discusses the importance of Nettle (Urtica dioica) as food and medicine.
Frank gives us a fascinating insight into the many uses of Nettles, and the why it needs to become the national food of England.

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