Comments on: Quandongs for breakfast http://eatlessworld.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/what-did-you-have-for-breakfast-quandongs/ a food and environment issues blog to avert global indigestion Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:19:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: eatlessworld http://eatlessworld.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/what-did-you-have-for-breakfast-quandongs/#comment-22 eatlessworld Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:23:40 +0000 http://eatlessworld.wordpress.com/?p=38#comment-22 Here here. Agree with you on most of those points. The argument was not against bushfoods. The surge in popularity of these foods please me endlessly. I was seeking to question the nativist regen movement and to advocate the planting of food trees and crops closer to the point of consumption. It would be fantastic to see a range of food plants grown in our streets and gardens - natives and non-natives included... Here here. Agree with you on most of those points. The argument was not against bushfoods. The surge in popularity of these foods please me endlessly.

I was seeking to question the nativist regen movement and to advocate the planting of food trees and crops closer to the point of consumption.

It would be fantastic to see a range of food plants grown in our streets and gardens - natives and non-natives included…

]]> By: Vic Cherikoff http://eatlessworld.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/what-did-you-have-for-breakfast-quandongs/#comment-11 Vic Cherikoff Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:32:14 +0000 http://eatlessworld.wordpress.com/?p=38#comment-11 The point about bushfoods is not just surviving on fruits at $90/kg. And while planting fruit trees is admirable as long as some responsibility is taken in controlling rampant fruit fly and other pests from neglected trees. The big picture as to our long term survival equates to peak oil and our insane dependence on a limited resource. The truth is that while we are living longer, our health is still not perfect into old age. A high percentage of the population in developed nations need medicinal and clinical support at huge cost. Any pharmaceutical means millions of dollars in research, countless animals suffering and dying in tests and hundreds of hours of time and effort in getting a single product to market. The reality is that 200 years ago, while Europeans were living a full 30 year lifespan, traditionally living Aborigines were growing old at twice these years. It had a lot to do with the quality of their food. Quandongs or Wattleseed or any of the dozens of wild foods now available, incorporated into your diet today can effectively provide your body with alternative fuels. And these fuels have an extremely high nutrient density - loads of antioxidants, anti-disease compounds and more. All we need to work out now, is how to live ecologically sustainably on this small planet. In the meantime, please visit my on-line store (at www.cherikoff.net/shop) and browse the range of wild food products there. The point about bushfoods is not just surviving on fruits at $90/kg. And while planting fruit trees is admirable as long as some responsibility is taken in controlling rampant fruit fly and other pests from neglected trees. The big picture as to our long term survival equates to peak oil and our insane dependence on a limited resource.

The truth is that while we are living longer, our health is still not perfect into old age. A high percentage of the population in developed nations need medicinal and clinical support at huge cost. Any pharmaceutical means millions of dollars in research, countless animals suffering and dying in tests and hundreds of hours of time and effort in getting a single product to market. The reality is that 200 years ago, while Europeans were living a full 30 year lifespan, traditionally living Aborigines were growing old at twice these years. It had a lot to do with the quality of their food. Quandongs or Wattleseed or any of the dozens of wild foods now available, incorporated into your diet today can effectively provide your body with alternative fuels. And these fuels have an extremely high nutrient density - loads of antioxidants, anti-disease compounds and more. All we need to work out now, is how to live ecologically sustainably on this small planet.

In the meantime, please visit my on-line store (at http://www.cherikoff.net/shop) and browse the range of wild food products there.

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