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'''Gathering''', also known as '''foraging''', is the activity of collecting food from edible wild plants. | '''Gathering''', also known as '''foraging''', is the activity of collecting food from edible wild plants. | ||
== Safe and poisonous plants == | |||
When gathering food from wild plants, it is important to recognize which food is safe for consumption and which is poisonous. There are a few mnemonics that help to recognize which berries are edible:<ref>[https://www.thehealthy.com/aging/mind-memory/mnemonic-devices-save-life/ 14 Survival Mnemonics That Could Save You From Big Trouble] Dreher, Beth; Specktor, Brandon. 22 August 2017</ref><ref>[https://lifehacker.com/get-to-know-your-edible-berries-with-a-simple-mnemonic-5334055 Get to Know Your Edible Berries with a Simple Mnemonic] - Pash, Adam, 10 August 2009</ref> | |||
* "White and yellow, kill a fellow." | |||
* "Purple and blue, good for you." | |||
* "Red could be good, could be dead." | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
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Gathering, also known as foraging, is the activity of collecting food from edible wild plants.
Safe and poisonous plants
When gathering food from wild plants, it is important to recognize which food is safe for consumption and which is poisonous. There are a few mnemonics that help to recognize which berries are edible:[1][2]
- "White and yellow, kill a fellow."
- "Purple and blue, good for you."
- "Red could be good, could be dead."
See also
References
| This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Hunter-gatherer, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License (view authors). | 
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- ↑ 14 Survival Mnemonics That Could Save You From Big Trouble Dreher, Beth; Specktor, Brandon. 22 August 2017
- ↑ Get to Know Your Edible Berries with a Simple Mnemonic - Pash, Adam, 10 August 2009