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''Foraging is an epigenetic Post-it note on our generation that we all share. It defines us as simply 'human'. ''
It had been on the cards for a while but it was the week-long Black Friday consumer binge which pushed Mo Wilde into beginning her year of eating only wild food. The end of November, particularly in Central Scotland was perhaps not the best time to start, in a world where the normal sores had been exacerbated by climate change, Brexit and a pandemic. Wilde had a few advantages: the area around her was a known habitat with a variety of terrains. She had electricity which allowed her to run a fridge, freezer and dehydrator. She had a car - and fuel. Most importantly, she had shelter: this was not a plan to ''live'' wild just to live off its produce.
Wilde also had a background as a herbalist. To quote from her website: ''Mo Wilde is a forager, research herbalist, author and ethnobotanist, with a Masters degree in Herbal Medicine. She has been teaching foraging formally since 2005 and was a founding member of the Association of Foragers. Monica is a Fellow of the Linnean Society, a Member of the British Mycological Society and a Member of the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS). She practices at Napiers Lyme Clinic specialising in integrative medicine in the treatment of Lyme disease, lectures in herbal medicine and teaches foraging courses.'' This was not some innocent setting off on a crack-brained project and possibly putting themselves at risk.
