Paleo Foraging

Inedible fruit meets reckless forager.

I am NOT suggesting this fruit is actually edible or that anyone should eat it. I think people should not eat the fruit for various reasons. This is just a random experiment by a very experienced forager with an iron stomach.

If you want to know 120 native plant species that are actually historical food sources of Indigenous peoples, check out my book, “Native Food Plants of Texas.”

The paperback is available here: www.amazon.com/Native-Food-Plants-Texas-Indigenous/dp/B0FW7K4GXL

Or sign up for a foraging walk on my website!

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The ebook is normally $30 on my website. The winner will be decided 24 hours after posting this video. There will be only one winner per platform (IG & FB) unless two are equally close in their guesses. For repeated numbers, only the first comment will qualify. I will exchange a private message with the winner to obtain their email address. The winner will get the book emailed to them.

My calculation is based on my research manuscript on the Indigenous uses of Texas plant species, which I have been working on for over a decade. So, these are taxa confirmed as food sources for Indigenous peoples of North America.

Remember, some plant genera are entirely edible, so I count every one of the species in those genera that occur in Texas (but I was conservative in counting such genera). These are uses for fruits, seeds, roots, pods, leaves, stems, sap, etc., mainly for nutrition, but even including for beverages (such as tea), or chewing gum. These include introduced and native species, but only wild ones. Cultivated plants were not counted.



My book in paperback: www.amazon.com/Native-Food-Plants-Texas-Indigenous/dp/B0FW7K4GXL