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Wild Food Videos

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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Frank Cook on Black Currant (Ribes nigrum)

Internationally renowned edible wild plant expert Frank Cook continues his gentle amble around the Dartington Forest Garden and talks about the importance of Black Currant (Ribes nigrum).

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Ian Burrows on Food From The Wild

Ian Burrows is the author of the best-selling wild food book “Food From The Wild”.
Ian accepted my invitation to film a 30 minute video on Christmas Eve 2008, so amongst the family hubbub of Christmas preparation, we managed to find a quiet spot (OK the vacuum cleaner does kick in for a short while) in [...]

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Learn About Goosefoot, Nettles & Dock

Dave & Andy Hamilton from Selfsufficientish take us on an urban forage in Bristol. They uncover the edible plants found on their way which include Goosefoot Chenopodium, Nettles Urtica and Dock Rumex.

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Learn About Dock (Rumex)

In this 2 part video series Frank Cook discusses the many uses of edible Dock (Rumex) as wild food and herbal medicine.
Dock (Rumex) is part of the Buckwheat family (Polygonaceae).
In the UK the two common species that you are likely to have come across are, Broad Leaved Dock (Rumex obtusifolius), and Curled Dock (Rumex crispus), [...]

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