Henry David Thoreau Quotes

Good food for free has been the holy grail of foragers since our ancestors first climbed down from the trees.

Acorns were good until bread was found.

I've tried to eat little shrubs before. We were on an unsupported 20-plus day traverse, following the migration of endangered antelope across the Chang Tang Plateau. We were like, 'Oh, this is what they ate; we should try it.'

Take a trip to the forest and experience the greatness of getting on your knees and picking your own food and going home... and eating it.

Man's survival, from the time of Adam and Eve until the invention of agriculture, must have been precarious because of his inability to ensure his food supply.

Our ancestors went to the woods to find fuel; they set snares there for birds and gathered nuts and fungi.

I love judging food by its smell and feel and taste. The healthiest tomato isn't always the perfect one that's been covered in pesticides.

I talk to children in schools all over the world, and I've found that both boys and girls are fascinated by how hunter-gatherers manage to survive entirely on what's around them in their environment: trees, rocks, animals and plants.

A human being at rest runs on 90 watts. That's how much power you need just to lie down. And if you're a hunter-gatherer and you live in the Amazon, you'll need about 250 watts. That's how much energy it takes to run about and find food.

My nickname was Tarzan: I found my food in the jungle; I hunted birds.

People want real food. The demand for it is through the roof.

Chickweed is regarded by most gardeners as just that - a weed - but is excellent in sandwiches or salads.

I do like going out and finding free food. I've done it since I was a child. Fishing prawns and shrimps from the sea is wonderful, as is picking blackberries, sloes and mushrooms. Having a guide while out looking for mushrooms is really important, though, as picking the wrong type can be quite dangerous.

I'm in the woods so much I can tell you which plants are edible.

He may travel who can subsist on the wild fruits and game of the most cultivated country.

I have no interest in putting stuff in my body that's made in a lab.

Generally speaking, there's a difference. Moose nose is just pure cartilage. It's not just the end of a chicken leg, it really is - imagine the cartilage of game meat.If I ever took the spare tire off of my car and was on a survival show, and Bear Grylls was like, "What you need to do in a survival situation is eat your tire," I'd be like, "That's moose nose!"

Pay more, eat less. Diversify your diet and eat wild foods when you can.

If it grows, eat it. If it doesn't grow, don't eat it.

We must have been hunters and gatherers but some of us were just waiters and hopers.

A white truffle, which elsewhere might sell for hundreds of dollars, seemed easier to come by than something fresh and green. What could be got from the woods was free and amounted to a diurnal dining diary that everyone kept in their heads. May was wild asparagus, arugula, and artichokes. June was wild lettuce and stinging nettles. July was cherries and wild strawberries. August was forest berries. September was porcini.

To really appreciate life you got to know you're going to die.

People really don't have to give you anything, so appreciate what people give you. And just don't let that go to your head, whatever it is they give you.

I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was wrong with my life. In the end, of course, it changed almost nothing. But I came to appreciate that mountains make poor receptacles for dreams.