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Yun Hider
A Forager
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Yun is a Forager... and he has spent the last 13 years working as the chefs 'hands in the forest.'
Specialising in the sourcing of particularly tasty wild vegetables, fruits and flowers. Walking through forests and tracking up streams, wading across marshes and bogs, ambling along old country lanes and hedgerows, exploring estuaries and the coast, this is his life, searching out and learning about nature’s edible wild bounty!
Working outside 52 weeks a year in all weathers has surprising benefits... picking in driving rain to biting cold winds and snow that leaves your fingers frozen after just 20 minutes… is contrasted by spectacular blue-sky days that remind us of how lucky we are.
With the excuse of collecting wild food, Yun feels he has gained a valuable and privileged insight into our environment. After spending eight hours in the heart of a forest, crouched down picking tiny blades of wood sorrel, with just the birds and bubbling brooks... or the howling wind and swaying trees...he finds himself immersed in a very special world.
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Foraging... an ancient practice key to the survival mankind.
Through foraging I feel I’ve discovered a surprisingly simple and accessible way to connect with the environment. Essential knowledge that we all used to depend on once rekindled, can help connect us to our precious and fragile world.
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My Brainfood
Websites
- Isle of Skye Flora
- Flowering plants and ferns recorded as growing wild on the Isle of Skye.
- FloralImages
- Pictures of wildflowers and garden flowers grown in West-England, Ireland and the Pyrenees, indexed by botanical and common names.
- Plantlife
- Plantlife International - the only charity in the world working solely for the conservation of wild plants and fungi, wildflower Christmas cards.
- Botanical Keys
- A database powered web application to help identify the native and naturalised flora of Great Britain.
- BGCI: Plants For The Planet
- It is estimated that up to 100,000 plants, representing more than one third of all the world's plant species, are currently threatened or face extinction in the wild. BGCI brings together the botanic gardens to work for plant conservation through science, education and horticulture.
- Our Precious Planet
- Bringing together students families, governments, industry and business to effect urgently required changes in our consumer’s habits.
- The Mountain Food Company Ltd
- Wild Food Supplier - Forager - Edible wild plants - Wales.
Books
- Wild Food
- ISBN: 1
- Food for Free
- ISBN: 1
- A Modern Herbal
- ISBN: 1
- Culpeppers Colour Herbal
- ISBN: 1
- Wild Food
- ISBN: 1
Organisations
- Arboricultural Association
- The Arboricultural Association, which was founded in 1964, is the leading body in the UK for the amenity tree care professional in either civic or commercial employment at craft, technical, supervisory, managerial or consultancy level.
- Centre for Alternative Technology
- Offer solutions to some of the most serious challenges facing our planet and the human race, such as climate change, pollution and the waste of precious resources.
- Tree Advice Trust
- An independent charity whose aims are to research and disseminate practical information and guidance on the cultivation, maintenance and care of trees grown for amenity.
- Kew Garden
- To inspire and deliver science-based plant conservation worldwide, enhancing the quality of life.
- Botanic Gardens, Cambridge
- A 40 acre oasis of beautifully landscaped gardens and glasshouses right in the heart of the city
One of my favorite memories is of a day when some friends and I spent hours walking trails through the woods, picking and eating wild raspberries, blackberries, huckleberries, salmon berries...what a blissful way to feel connected to our lovely Mother Earth. I adore Yun\'s energy and enthusiasm. Namaste\'.
Im with u on these thoughts.....u can only witness natures ephemeral beauty by getting out there .....in all kinds of conditions. Its a special world indeed. peace bro !
Yun, if you can imagine the lowest common denominator in terms of foraging knowledge (although half eaten kebabs found in the lounge at Uni may count), then you have spotted me. Look forward to learning and tasting!