Dandelion Hunter: Foraging the Urban Wilderness

Dandelion Hunter: Foraging the Urban Wilderness

<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>In this engaging and eye-opening read, forager-journalist Becky Lerner sets out on a quest to find her inner hunter-gatherer in the city of Portland, Oregon. After a disheartening week trying to live off wild plants from the streets and parks near her home, she learns the ways of the first people who lived there and, along with a quirky cast of characters, discovers an array of useful wild plants hiding in plain sight. As she harvests them for food, medicine, and just-in-case apocalypse insurance, Lerner delves into anthropology, urban ecology and sustainability, and finds herself looking at Nature in a very different way. <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><P style="MARGIN: 0px" class=MsoNormal><DIV> </DIV><DIV>Humorous, philosophical, and informative, <I>Dandelion Hunter </I>has something for everyone, from the curious neophyte to the seasoned forager.</DIV><DIV> </DIV>