The Wilderness Cure

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Wilde speaks of the different seasons, and the various foraging foods that are available during that time. She speaks of the wildlife that is present on her searches, and how going without a certain amount of vitamins or minerals can have a large impact on our bodies. She regularly talks of mushrooms, and eats many of them on her challenge. I personally love mushrooms, and I found it interesting to learn of the various types. I think the only item she ate that I wouldn't be able to is pigeon. I just couldn't go there. Apart from the ‘brief history of food’ introduction, the book is written as diary log entries, filled with really fascinating details of the foraged food resources around all of us. I made lots of notes on what to look out for in my wood or hedgerow as well as considering alternative options to my present diet. Pearson DG, Craig T. The great outdoors? Exploring the mental health benefits of natural environments. Frontiers in Psychology. 2014;5:1178. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01178. Mo Wilde made a quiet but radical pledge: to live only off free, foraged food for an entire year. In a world disconnected from its roots, eating wild food is both culinary and healing, social and political. Ultimately, it is an act of love and community. Over the course of the year, using her expert knowledge of botany and mycology, Mo follows the seasons to find nutritious food from hundreds of species of plants, fungi and seaweeds. In the process she discovers an even deeper connection with the earth, and learns not only how to survive, but how to thrive, nourishing her body and mind.

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I loved this book. Passed it to my mum, who kept her nose in it until finished and have recommended it to friends. Wilde did not make me any more interested in food. However she did make me a lot more interested in humans connection to earth and it’s resources, often right underneath our noses. I absolutely loved her writing and when she ventured off on tangents on folklore, history, place names and also the science behind plants and what they can offer us I was enthralled! I found it especially interesting to learn how her year of wild food impacted her medically and her daily life. churches rainforest fund cel (2) advent (3) animal friendly (2) biodiversity (10) campaign (3) catholic (3) cel (2) cheltenham (3) Christmas (4) church (3) churchyard (2) climate (8) climate change (15) competition (2) democracy (2) ECEN (5) economics (5) energy (3) environment (6) extinction (3) Francis (2) green (3) greenbelt (3) hymn (2) hymns (3) Laudato Si (2) LOAF (3) local (2) london (2) members (2) methodist (3) noddfa (2) nuclear (3) organic (2) penmaenmawr (2) pope (6) population (4) Prayer (2) rainforest (6) rogation (2) simplicity (3) songs (2) sustainability (3) teague (2) wildlife (5) Archives Archives Latest Comments https://monicawilde.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/in_pursuit_of_foraged_flavours__the_first_islay_foragers_summit-360p.mp4 It's all very interesting musing - picturing our ancestor's hunting grounds as a daisy really helped me grasp it - and I'm fascinated that she did manage to forage enough to keep alive and healthy. It's not as instructional as I had hoped, but that's probably on me for misunderstanding the blurb.Depressed: If you’re feeling blue, try going outside to green, natural spaces. A stroll in the woods has been shown to help combat depression, and even just the view of the forest from a hospital room helps patients who are feeling down. 2 Head for the hills if you need a boost to your mood. I read Mo’s book while on a canal holiday, enjoying the slow life. Saturated with nature along the tow paths. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and couldn’t wait to dip into it again every evening. I have been fascinated by herbs and plants since childhood. My original interest was sparked by a wild childhood in Kenya, where I was introduced to herbal medicine by a local Kikuyu herbalist at the age of six. We were outdoors most of the time and I remember with joy the freedom of those early years. I love foraging for wild food as well as wild medicine and would happily never visit a supermarket again. My childhood covered four continents and I also had a childhood fascination with the traditions and medicines of American Indians. When I was 9, I was sent to boarding school and fondly remember ‘Mima’, my ‘adopted’ grandmother who rescued me for weekends and taught me the herbs of the Sussex countryside, and my aunt who collected lichens and plants to dye sheep’s wool for spinning.

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This hunger is about much more than food. It is about accepting and understanding our place in a natural network that is both staggeringly complex and beautifully simple. THE WILDERNESS CURE is a diary of a wild experiment; a timely and inspiring memoir which explores a deeper relationship between humans and nature, and reminds us of the important lost lessons from our past. I also trained as a doula with Red Tent Doulas under the brilliant Nicola Goodall. I am interested in supporting and empowering young women who wish to have a spiritually uplifting home birth, alongside their midwife. ForagingI found The Wilderness Cure to give a fascinating insight into the world or wild food and foraging throughout the seasons. I would love to be able to ditch supermarket shopping and live off the land which is exactly what the author of this book did for a whole year. Highly recommended to anyone interested in foraging, eating locally (that's an understatement!) and the natural world. Mo's passion and commitment is obvious and admirable in this very enjoyable and, I think, important book. Mayer F, Frantz C, Bruehlman-Senecal E, Dolliver K. Why Is Nature Beneficial? The Role of Connectedness to Nature. 2009;41:607-643. Doi: 10.1177/0013916508319745 Angsty: At times, you might feel lost, and begin to wonder what life is all about. A dose of awe might remind you just how wondrous the world is. Nature provides trees that were hundreds of years old before you were even born, towering mountains that touch the clouds and a sky full of uncountable stars. When it comes to awe-inspiring awesomeness, nature leaves our jaws dropping and spines tingling, and rekindles the realization that we’re a tiny part of an incredible universe. What’s more powerful than that?

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I had to stop regularly to look up plants – even common ones like plantain or alexanders. It felt like I was being invited to explore a whole new world. After investing, I ran Napiers the Herbalists, from 2007-2021. Founded in 1860, Napiers is Scotland’s oldest and most trusted herbal medicine and complementary health company. It may well be the oldest in the U.K. with an unbroken lineage of clinical herbal practice. Napiers still provides health care, herbal supplements and natural skincare to people all over the world. Napiers has three clinics in Bathgate, Edinburgh and Glasgow and the Napiers Claid Clinicfor long Lyme, long Covid and post-infection conditions. Current practiceI have an academic interest in foraging and survival. I think we all should be doing a lot more of it. I haven't turned my academic interest into reality because I'm aware that you should always start out with someone who knows what they're doing. I thought this would be a half step in the right direction. Yes, I loved it! There is so much information in there and Mo Wilde’s writing style takes us along on the year long adventure into surviving on only foraged food. Mo Wilde made a quiet but radical pledge: to live only off free, foraged food for an entire year. In a world disconnected from its roots, eating wild food is both culinary and healing, social and political. Ultimately, it is an act of love and community. Using her expert knowledge of botany and mycology, Mo follows the seasons to find nutritious food from hundreds of species of plants, fungi and seaweeds, and in the process learns not just how to survive, but how to thrive. Nourishing her body and mind deepens her connection with the earth – a connection that we have become estranged from but which we all, deep down, hunger for. Mo is an articulate, passionate, kind, well read and engaging writer. It doesn't take long to realise that you are in good hands as you follow her progress through the year. What really stands out for me is the wider context in which foraging is placed. Oftentimes, at least in the UK, it can be depicted as a middle class pass time or a slight flourish, perhaps ancillary to a woodland or countryside walk. Here it becomes the beating heart of life just as it would have done for 99% of the humans that came before us.