Foraging for Food

Today I visited my friend Harvey Taylor’s house and learned from him and Susan how to forage for food from the edible weeds around the house and garden. This experience reminded me of a story I heard a long time ago from the motivational speaker Earl Nightingale. It is called Acres of Diamonds and is a true story about an African farmer who got weary of farming when he heard stories about other farmers discovering diamonds on their land. He sold his farm and for the rest of his life searched the continent looking for diamonds. He found none. Meanwhile the person who had bought his farm discovered a shiny object in the stream of the farm. It turned out to be the largest diamond discovered in Africa. The creek bottom was full of many other diamonds. “The first farmer had owned the largest diamond in all of Africa, but sold them for pennies on the dollar to look for diamonds in other places.” (Acres of Diamonds). I remembered this story because Harvey and Susan were picking weeds around the house for greens in the salad, ingredients for soup and a power drink. Harvey identified eight weeds for me that are nutritious food and we picked and put in small plastic bag examples of each. There will much more on foraging for food on the nonviolent worm since this is a true way to Grow Renewable Affordable Food. G.R.A.F. All we need to do, which the poor African farmer did not do, is to educate ourselves about what to look for. Weeds are all around us, and the difference between weeds and other food is mostly due to a lack of knowledge. We have “Acres of Healthy, Nutritious Food” all around us, if only we can see.

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