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Why Wild?



The first reason is the taste. Wild foods bring some of the most intense and interesting tastes in the world.  Like the spicy taste of a cultivated radish? Just wait until you try some wild radish greens!  Wild blackberries, picked fresh off the vine, have no equal.  Like asparagus?  Just think how much better it tastes when it comes from your neighbor instead of Argentina, without the week spent in a shipping crate.  The average calorie comsumed in the U.S. takes 10.4 calories of fossil fuel to produce, wild food takes…. 0. Only the sun and rain to grow, and since it's local, it doesn’t take much to get it to you.  The drive you take to pick up your box is probably the most energy intensive part of the process.  In this time of environmental and political focus on food, wild foods are a welcome addition for a host of reasons


 

 

 

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