This feels such an empowering post to me, thank you 🙏🏼 How are you doing so far with reconnecting with the food of your region and do you have any future plans to deepen that connection even further?
Hey Kevin, I appreciate your question. I live a Mediterranean coastal town, the bioregional diet is still alive here. Most people still eat what grows here: olives, fish, figs, peppers, peas, wheat, and barley. When wild plants like mallow, rocket, or fennel appear, they cook them into traditional meals at least once that season. Some even eat snails after the rain.
As for me, I don't eat fish or snails. We grow our own vegetables and fruits, keep chickens for eggs, and harvest wild plants and tree leaves for cooking and tea. there is still a lot to learn about wild plants we can harvest here. We try to buy as less as possible food imported from too far. When something is abundant, we eat it many times a week.
This feels such an empowering post to me, thank you 🙏🏼 How are you doing so far with reconnecting with the food of your region and do you have any future plans to deepen that connection even further?
Hey Kevin, I appreciate your question. I live a Mediterranean coastal town, the bioregional diet is still alive here. Most people still eat what grows here: olives, fish, figs, peppers, peas, wheat, and barley. When wild plants like mallow, rocket, or fennel appear, they cook them into traditional meals at least once that season. Some even eat snails after the rain.
As for me, I don't eat fish or snails. We grow our own vegetables and fruits, keep chickens for eggs, and harvest wild plants and tree leaves for cooking and tea. there is still a lot to learn about wild plants we can harvest here. We try to buy as less as possible food imported from too far. When something is abundant, we eat it many times a week.