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Exploring Earth's Forgotten Edibles

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Foraging and Wild Edibles

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Eat The Planet is for anyone interested in foraging, edible wild foods and medicinal herbs.

Edible Plants
Plants
Edible Fungus
Fungus
Edible Bugs
Bugs
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Prunus avium, Sweet Cherry leaves and fruit
Wild Cherry Tree, A Native American Necessity
Field Cricket
Crickets, An Abundant Source of Protein Worldwide
Amaranthus retroflexus, Common Amaranth leaves and flower seed stalks
Amaranth, A Weed Here, A Staple Food Everywhere Else
Mission Statement
Linden Tree, Tilia cordata, Small leaved Linden leaves and flower bunches
Linden Tree - Abundant Edible Leaves and Flowers
USDA Hardiness Zone Map 1990
US Department of Agriculture(USDA) Hardiness Zones
Cornus kousa, Kousa Dogwood Fruits
Kousa Dogwood Fruit, Tropical Flavor in Temperate Climates
Cichorium intybus, Chicory
Chicory, Street Side Salad Greens and Tea
PPortulaca oleracea, Purslane Leaves and Flowers
Purslane, A Wild Edible Weed With Many Culinary Uses
Rhus typhina, Staghorn Sumac fruit cluster
Staghorn Sumac, Native American Lemonade
Chenopodium album, Lamb's Quarters leaf
Lamb’s Quarters, A Great Spinach Substitute
Lentinula edodes, Shiitake Mushrooms growing on a log
Shiitake Mushrooms, Easy To Grow In Your Own BackYard
Musa basjoo, Japanese Banana growing in USDA Zone 5
Japanese Banana, The Only Cold Hardy Banana Tree, But There Is A Catch
Carya ovata, Shagbark Hickory nuts and leaves
Hickory, Pretty Good As Far As Wild Nuts Go
Cocoa seeds with and without mucilage coating
What The Heck Is Mucilage?
Oxalis stricta, Common Yellow Wood Sorrel leaves, flowers and seedpod
Wood Sorrel, A Woodland Plant With Flavor
Amelanchier lamarckii fruit and leaves
Amelanchier, A Very Tasty Wild Edible Fruit
Yard Plantain Leaves and Stalk
Yard Plantain, An Ancient Herb For Eating And Healing
Giant Puffball
Puffball Mushroom, You’ll Be Ok If You Follow One ID Feature
Pill bug
Land Shrimp, A Small Relative Of Our Favorite Seafood
Sheeps Sorrel leaves
Sheeps Sorrel, A Common Weed With Flavor
Amelanchier lamarckii fruit and leaves
Safe Foraging: Pesticides, Poisons, And Allergies
Coconut Grubs in a bowl
Coconut Grub, Bacon Without The Pig
Black Jelly Roll
Jelly Roll Fungus, sounds better than it looks, but it’s edible.

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How Many Forgotten Edibles Are There?

The majority of the foods we eat consist of roughly 100 to 500 organisms, some estimates are much lower.  The number of edible organisms on the planet is somewhere between 50,000 and 100,000.  The number of good tasting and enjoyable edibles is estimated to be between 12,000 and 25,000.  With these numbers we can see what we are missing, and what many of our ancestors enjoyed.

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