Dandelion Hunter: Foraging the Urban Wilderness

By Rebecca Lerner

In this engaging and eye-opening read, forager-journalist Becky Lerner sets out on a quest to find her inner hunter-gatherer in the city of Portland, Oregon. After a disheartening week trying to live off wild plants from the streets and parks near her home, she learns the ways of the first people who lived there and, along with a quirky cast of characters, discovers an array of useful wild plants hiding in plain sight. As she harvests them for food, medicine, and just-in-case apocalypse insurance, Lerner delves into anthropology, urban ecology and sustainability, and finds herself looking at Nature in a very different way.

Humorous, philosophical, and informative, Dandelion Hunter has something for everyone, from the curious neophyte to the seasoned forager.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0762780622
• ISBN13: 9780762780624
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.0"