So looking at my surroundings and at pictures of the earth from outer space I see a lot of green:


Can we eat most of that or do we have to mostly stick to greens grown agriculturally?

I mean, can I just grab a handful of leaves from any tree I'm passing buy and start munching or what?



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/31/2012 03:56AM by ExperimentsWithTruth.

Perhaps you can try it and give us a report.

There are many tree leaves that you can eat. You need to do some research - get a book on foraging. In the UK we have been eating young beech leaves recently although they are just getting too mature to be palatable now.

Masses of food can be eaten that isn't grown agriculturally - just think about it - only foods that can be profitable are grown commercially.

An orang-u tang grazes on upto 400 different leaves, shoots, flowers daily. Our diet has been massively restricted through modern farming practices.

Hi Experiments With Truth

awesome inquiry

Check out a book by the title of:


Edible Wild Plants by John Kallas Ph.D.

give us the low down as you experiment with the mighty green truth

have a blast

Moringa tree leaves are eaten in many places in the world where greens are not abundantly available. If I could grow them here I would, very nutritionally dense.
More abundant than trees though are weeds and many of those are edible.

Thanks everyone! Any other recommendations for books on foraging to get me started?

flipperjan Wrote:
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> There are many tree leaves that you can eat. You
> need to do some research - get a book on foraging.
> In the UK we have been eating young beech leaves
> recently although they are just getting too mature
> to be palatable now.
>
> Masses of food can be eaten that isn't grown
> agriculturally - just think about it - only foods
> that can be profitable are grown commercially.
>
> An orang-u tang grazes on upto 400 different
> leaves, shoots, flowers daily. Our diet has been
> massively restricted through modern farming
> practices.

Yeah that makes perfect sense...and the older I get the more I see it plaguing all areas of our society because solving problems just doesn't seem to be as profitable as creating them.

I have the Peterson Field Guides, Edible Wild Plants and Medicinal Plants. Also Sterling's Edible Wild Plants, a North American Field Guide.