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Find connection with the land and feed your family locally, seasonally, and sustainably Nourish your family from nature's pantry. Foraging as a Way of Life documents twelve months of wildcrafting, featuring five different plants each month for a full year of abundant, local, and seasonal eating. Enhance your sense of self-sufficiency while increasing food security, protecting habitat, and connecting with the land. Full-color and lavishly illustrated, this accessible, in-depth resource features: * Accurate and detailed descriptions of herbs, mushrooms, berries, and other wild plants to avoid confusion and inspire confidence when determining plant identification. * Foraging recipes for remedies, tonics, syrups, and unique handcrafted dishes incorporating wild ingredients -- feast on rosehip soup with pan-fried dandelion flowers, followed by birch- bark cookies or chicory chocolate bars.