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How To Find Nutrient-Dense Wild Edibles And Medicinal Plants In Your Own Backyard.

Ben Greenfield Life

Ben Greenfield

Education, Fitness, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.65.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2014

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Ever wished you knew if you had plants in your backyard that you could actually eat - plants that might even be good for you, save you money grocery shopping, heal you, provide you with nutrient density and more?

Or maybe you just want to know how to survive in the wilderness for a few days on your own.

The fact is, if you know what to look for, you can find a wealth of edible and medicinal plants all around you. You just need to know where to look, and which plants to avoid so that you don't poison yourself.

Not only that, but you can also survive in the wilderness with just a few primitive skills - fewer than you'd think.

In this podcast, I interview Tim Corcoran, an expert on wilderness survival, permaculture, edible wild plants and more.

Tim is co-director of Twin Eagles Wilderness School · Nature & Wilderness Survival School, an organization he co-founded with his wife, Jeannine Tidwell in Sandpoint, Idaho (located about an hour from my house.

Tim is a certified Wilderness First Responder, a graduate of the Kamana Naturalist Training Program, and a graduate of the Vermont Wilderness School’s five-year Apprenticeship Program.

During this episode, we discuss: -3 wild edibles you can find in your own backyard... -Two crucial wilderness survival skills that everyone should know... -How you can quickly die if you don't have the right mindset going into a wilderness survival situation... -Why we've lost our sense of tribe and community and what we can do about it... -How to go through a rite of passage... -Why you should know Gilbert Walking Bull's "Seven Sacred Attributes"... -And much more!

Click here for the YouTube videos that accompany this episode, click here to grab the free e-book that Tim is offering on "Top 10 Edible Wild Plants", and leave your questions, comments and feedback about wild edibles and medicinal plants at BenGreenfieldFitness.com!

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Ben Greenfield Fitness.com podcast.

0:07.1

We provide you with free exercise, nutrition, weight loss, triathlon and wellness advice

0:13.0

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0:15.9

So whether you're an Iron Man triathlon or you're just trying to shove a few pounds,

0:20.7

get ready for non-runner of the meal of cutting edge content from Ben Greenfield Fitness.com.

0:30.0

Hey folks, it's Ben Greenfield here and I've just finished an invigorating walk about on

0:45.8

the forest outside my house with a guy who is an expert in medicinal plants, wild edibles,

0:54.8

primitive survival skills, wilderness exploring, animal tracking, you name it.

1:00.0

This guy is like a, you're like a Native American warrior who's been except you're wearing

1:04.6

a t-shirt and jeans.

1:07.3

Tim Corcoran from Twin Eagles Wilderness School in Sandpoint, Idaho, located about an hour

1:14.1

from my house is here with me.

1:17.1

And maybe you've, you've wanted to know about things in your own backyard that you could

1:21.9

eat or maybe you've wanted to know that you could at least survive maybe for what you

1:26.3

think Tim, a day, two days, three days in the wilderness.

1:30.1

Yeah, maybe a week.

1:32.4

Or maybe you just really want to get more in touch with nature and back to your roots

1:37.0

and kind of get to know the area that's around you, which a lot of us are pretty much disconnected

1:44.2

from these days.

1:45.9

Tim and I are going to tell you how you can do that.

1:48.8

And one thing that you should really know if you want to get the full benefit out of

1:54.0

today's podcast is if you go to the show notes over at Ben Greenfield Fitness dot com slash

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