Wild Harvests

Wild food experiments and personal foraging accounts from the Pacific Northwest centering on Northwest Washington and Southern Vancouver Island

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

How to harvest Wild Rice

Katrina and I just returned from a long weekend ricing in Idaho. Here are some videos of our techniques.

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T. Abe Lloyd: A 6th generation resident of the Pacific Northwest, I have grown up exploring the far corners of the region. As far back as I can remember, I always strove for self sufficiency. In elementary school I used to camp in the wooded lot adjacent to our house and try and go the entire weekend without going inside. This led me to learn the plants and animals around me, especially those that are edible. In highschool, I spent 8-weeks canoeing in the Broughton Archipelago foraging for half of my daily calories. More recently, I have come to understand wild foods as a means of reconciling our industrialized relationship with the earth. Harvesting the products of native ecosystems not only increases our sense of place but simultaneously decreases our reliance on fossil fuels and monotypic landscapes of exotic species, which are both threatening the health of the planet. I recently completed a Master's Degree in Ethnobotany because I wanted to understand how the Aboriginal Peoples of the Pacific Northwest sustainably manage(d) their food systems. I continue to study and promote indigenous and wild foods however I can, and regularly incorporate them into my diet.

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Notes on Ethnobotany in Western Oregon
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Plants for a Future- Database of wild foods
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Rules for Foraging on Public Lands
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Wild Food Books (ID, harvesting, processing, cooking)
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Plant ID Websites
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Native Plant Societies
Mushroom Societies and ID Websites
Seaweed and Seacritter ID Websites and Books
Ethnobotany and Ethnoecology Books
Ethnobiology Digital Resources (Museums & Archives)
Ethnobiology Societies and Study Opportunities
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