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Dandelion Hunter: Foraging the Urban Wilderness

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. 

 Humorous, philosophical, and informative, Dandelion Hunter has something for everyone, from the curious neophyte to the seasoned forager. 

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 224
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780762780624
  • Genres
  • food, nature, memoir, health, environment, plants, gardening, foodie
  • Release date
  • 2013