Ranger to promote wild food

Wednesday, August 19 2009 17:59:33 by Editor

A ranger in Lincolnshire is championing the cause of picking wild food ingredients in British woodland.

The impending world food shortage and rising food costs have left many in the UK fearing for the future of food but WatchNK ranger Alan Eley, a regular worker at Hill Holt Wood, told thisislincolnshire.co.uk that he wants to promote foraging in woods to find unusual food sources.

He is organising a wild walk in the Old Wood, Skellingthorpe on August 27th in an effort to teach participants about wild food.

"Part of what I'm trying to promote is getting people to look in the woodlands for ingredients and trying things out like making nettle soup for a dinner party," he told the local news provider.

Adding: "We tell people it is really important to have a good identity book with them at all times as some things that look really appetising need to be avoided and some things that look horrible are actually delicious."

Much of the natural woodland in Britain is protected by the Woodland Trust, which was founded in 1972 to help preserve areas and ancient trees in the UK.