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Could you survive a week eating "wild?" (Oregon)
KATU.com ^
| May 26, 2009
| Meghan Kalkstein
Posted on 05/27/2009 4:10:07 AM PDT by appleseed
PORTLAND, Ore. Becky Lerner is hungry - but determined.
She is trying to live off wild food for a week in Portland, foraging the parks, yards, open spaces and even sidewalks for edibles as a way to not only connect with the land but to learn a valuable survival skill.
Should the trappings of modernity become unavailable to us one day, knowing how to find food without grocery stores or even farms will surely come in handy, the 26-year-old Northeast Portland woman said.
She is not allowing herself to Dumpster dive or feed off gardens during her week-long challenge, but an herbalist and survivalist are helping her find food.
(Excerpt) Read more at katu.com ...
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food; Gardening; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: notresspassing; preppers; survivalists
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Knowing how to find food if the shtf is a good and noble thing. However, imagine looking out onto your property and seeing that purple/red rug bobbing over the weeds.
![](http://media.katu.com/images/090526_becky_lerner.jpg)
She's picking that out of a neighbors yard. I'm sure she got permission from the property owner.
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posted on
05/27/2009 4:10:07 AM PDT
by
appleseed
To: appleseed
I guess she hadn’t heard of hooks and lines.
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posted on
05/27/2009 4:12:41 AM PDT
by
fortunate sun
(Tell me what books you want to ban and I'll tell you what type of politics you hold.)
To: appleseed
Two words: Castle Doctrine.
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posted on
05/27/2009 4:12:52 AM PDT
by
bolobaby
To: appleseed
I guess using a gun to find food is not part of the equation?
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posted on
05/27/2009 4:12:56 AM PDT
by
linn37
To: appleseed
What a cretin.
If TSHTF and the grocery shelves are empty, so too will the dumpsters be.
Keep your pets (and children) indoors!
Cheers!
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posted on
05/27/2009 4:15:22 AM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: appleseed
I picked some wild grape leaves and chives to go in salad last night. We had a great morell season this year too.
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posted on
05/27/2009 4:15:47 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
To: fortunate sun
Last lines of the article says:
(A warning for those who would try a similar challenge. You need to educate yourself on what plants are edible and what plants are poisonous.)
Thank goodness the MSM is there pointing out the obvious for us who can't think for ourselves.
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posted on
05/27/2009 4:16:57 AM PDT
by
appleseed
To: appleseed
"On Monday, a KATU reporter ventured into a forest near the Sandy River Delta with Lerner as she searched for something to eat."
There's nothin like roasted reporter.
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posted on
05/27/2009 4:18:54 AM PDT
by
anglian
To: cripplecreek
We had a below average morell season this year. Found most around elms. May be because of the excessive rain we have had.
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posted on
05/27/2009 4:19:24 AM PDT
by
appleseed
To: Momaw Nadon; Mrs. Ranger; Squantos; wafflehouse; pbmaltzman; WKUHilltopper; dusttoyou; PLMerite; ...
Self Reliant/Survivalist ping list
To: fortunate sun
I guess she hadnt heard of hooks and lines.Or spearguns, LOL.
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posted on
05/27/2009 4:23:50 AM PDT
by
dawn53
To: dawn53
Me and a buddy of mine used crossbows one year to get rid of big, old grass carp that outlived their usefullness. But hook line and sinker will always be my favorite.
![](http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a47/ringin2/contest019.jpg)
To: appleseed
has she raided the mouse traps?
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posted on
05/27/2009 5:01:01 AM PDT
by
silverleaf
("Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal ( Martin Luther King))
To: appleseed
Carp are useful? Like lawyers, I guess.
To: appleseed
Here boy, come on! Nice doggy....
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posted on
05/27/2009 5:14:15 AM PDT
by
central_va
(www.15thVirginia.org Co. C, Patrick Henry Rifles)
To: appleseed
She’s part of the reason I left the PNW.
She’s a pretender.
Going for a week is nothing more than a diet.
Without the “panic” factor of having no end and no fridge to resort to, a lot changes. The “panic” factor is what must be dealt with to survive.
If she wants to test her self, she needs to do what Tom Brown, Jr. did. Go into the middle of the Northern Cascades for one year starting off with nothing but a good knife.
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posted on
05/27/2009 5:23:03 AM PDT
by
Ghost of Philip Marlowe
(The most dangerous fascists are those with a warm smile and soothing voice.)
To: appleseed
Smart girl.
Preparing for the Obama economy where 300 calories a day is considered normal.
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posted on
05/27/2009 5:27:38 AM PDT
by
Red in Blue PA
(http://ccwsaveslives.blogspot.com/)
To: dawn53
or what about a pointed stick?
(obscure Monty Python reference)
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posted on
05/27/2009 5:30:28 AM PDT
by
fortunate sun
(Tell me what books you want to ban and I'll tell you what type of politics you hold.)
To: appleseed
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posted on
05/27/2009 5:31:10 AM PDT
by
abb
("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
To: appleseed
Of course you could survive, unless you ate something poisonous or fell off a cliff. It takes much longer than a week to experience any significant harmful effects from not eating.
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posted on
05/27/2009 5:38:46 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(The eviscerations will continue until morale improves.)
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