Wild spinach about 7 feet tall and fully mature.
For more information, see www.wildfoodadventures.com.
John\'s company is based in Portland, Oregon, where he offers regional workshops, and multi-day intensives on Wild foods.
In 1993 he founded the Institute for the Study of Edible Wild Plants and Other Foragables along with its educational branch, Wild Food Adventures.
He\'s a trained botanist, nature photgrapher, writer, researched, and teacher.
John has a doctorate in nutrition, a master\'s in education, and degrees in biology and zoology.
He\'s learned about Wild Foods through formal academic training and over 35 years of hands-on field research.
John Kallas is one of the foremost authorities on North American Edible Wild plants and other foragables.
Whether looking to enhance a diet or identify which plants can be eaten for survival, the extensive information on Wild Foods will help readers determine the appropriate stage of growth and how to properly prepare these highly nutritious greens.
First ever nutrient tables that directly compare Wild Foods to domesticated greens are included.
This field guide is essential for anyone wanting to incorporate more natural and whole Foods into their diet.
According to the author, combining elements from these different categories makes the best salads.
Categorizing by flavor helps readers use these greens in pleasing and predictable ways.
Edible Wild Plants divides plants into four flavor categories -- foundation, tart, pungent, and bitter.
Through gorgeous photographs, playful, but authoritative text, and ground-breaking design he gives you the knowledge and confidence to finally begin eating and enjoying Edible Wild plants.
John Kallas makes it fun and easy to learn about Foods you\'ve unknowingly passed by all your life. (Left: The author stands in for perspective, 2006.) Imagine what you could do with eighteen delicious new greens in your dining arsenal including purslane, chickweed, curly dock, Wild spinach, sorrel, and Wild mustard.
According to research on other mature plants, the leaves on these older plants retain most of their nutrients and phytochemicals as long as they are still green.
The leaves are still Edible at this stage but are reduced in quality, taking on a somewhat off-flavor.
Well-fed Wild spinach is well-branched and produces a huge quantity of seeds when mature.
Wild spinach about 7 feet tall and fully mature
