Food Grows On Trees!
- Posted by: Will Etling
- on April 1, 2009 at 8:00 am
Urban gathering and gleaning are taking off. Here are six organizations that help people find free, fresh food in the city.
My dad emailed me the other day. His missives are brief and informative—this one was nine words long.
“I’ve had miner’s lettuce four nights in a row.”
During spring in Los Olivos, Califonia, miner’s lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata) is abundant in the woods behind my parents’ house. It’s like spinach but crunchier, and it’s great in a salad.
His email…
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This reminds me of one of my favorite books from childhood, Bill Peet’s “Kermit the Hermit,” about a crab who collects so much garbage that he can’t sleep in his own cave.