Linda Runyon "roughed it" in a homestead in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate NY for many years, learning to depend on the land to provide her family's sustenance. The very trees around her became at once a source of food, inspiration and other survival needs.Let Linda show you this way of life through instruction and anecdote so that you, too, may find the sustenance you need from the trees.

The benefits of foraging wild food are relatively well-known: nutritious food, free for the taking, can be found far and wide. But how can a community's needs be addressed, especially with no teacher in sight? How does one guide the many? Renowned wild food teacher Linda Runyon releases her methods in her new book, "Promote Wild Food Certainty through Plant Identification Walks." By grooming an orderly outdoor exhibit of wild edible food in a clear, indexed sequence, Linda established a dozen different self-guided wild food tours in formats both large and small. She used these walks to seed interest in foraging and promote identification certainty the easy way. Here, she shares her knowledge, hard-won from trial and error, so ANYONE can achieve those educational results with ease while avoiding the pitfalls. A HIDDEN BONUS: Because Linda uses cultivation techniques to make her walks, she covers wild food farming, too With a minimal effort, you too can kick Mother Nature into overdrive and make a camouflaged Supermarket appear right in your own back yard With the searching and trekking gone and a harvest routine established, you can produce food like crazy and put up a few winter's supply in no time flat. Become part of the solution today and eliminate fear while starvation-proofing your loved ones

Get the kids involved learning about wild foods!This nice 24 page coloring book is amed at the younger children. Only the safest wild edible foods are represented, along with an animal local to the plant's habitat. The 10 full page line drawings have been done by Linda Runyon herself, and are accompanied by simple descriptions of the plants, how they are used & their Latin names.A thumbnail sketch of the opposite page is used to label the plants & animals.The back cover can be cut up into flashcards so identification games of your design can be played! Lots of fun for the younger child. Perfect bound with heavy cover, 24 pages.

Author Linda Runyon lived off of the land in the wilderness of Upstate NY for years, feeding her family with wild edible plants. She has paid her dues and learned the hard way so you don't have to. With this book, you will learn how to see and use the abundance that surrounds us everywhere plants grow. You won't look at the world the same way again, and you will never fear hunger. The book is 320 jam-packed pages, profusely illustrated by the author. You will learn how to identify, gather, prepare, store and enjoy an endlessly nutritious and renewable resource. The book is full of data, charts, nutritional breakdowns, and a poisonous look-alike section. There are many clear black & white photos as well as line drawings for identification. After you gather your bounty, there's even delicious recipes! The majority of the plants are found in ALL 50 states, and, indeed, most of the world. A few are unique to the East or the West United States. Opinion leaders in this subject agree that Linda is the teacher and this is the book. Linda teaches her subject with authority. Her experience of homesteading without stores, electricity and modern conveniences led to the creation of this ultimate wild food survival guide. "The Essential Wild Food Survival Guide" will become your valuable companion on the path to healthful living.

Tales from the Road Not Taken

What does it take to be a wilderness homesteader? Linda Runyon can tell you that it takes persistence, determination, survival skill, and a capacity for laughter at the caprice and foibles of man, beast and nature.

Linda's self-illustrated stories tell about her many years as a homesteader in the Adirondacks in her unique and entertaining style. Read about the time her hair stuck to the house wall in 20 degree below zero weather. Laugh at the one where she meets a wild raccoon in the teepee outhouse

Linda tells of living off the land, foraging for wild food, camping in deep snow, dealing with insects, critters, and more while forsaking most modern conveniences. She learned as she went, sometimes the hard way - all the while taking in the joy & peace that our "civilized" world has forgotten.

Take time out from today's hectic pace to contemplate the simple, yet profound rewards one may experience while living so close to nature.

Finally, the book that started it all. -- In the beginning of the saga, before the homesteading and the wild food, there was poetry. Ken Heitz was in a blue period of his life and began a process of spontaneously writing, for himself alone. He was working out what was important in life: the big questions. At some point he shared his writings with Linda Runyon, and the rest was history. Ken and Linda were married and began a great adventure together. They started their wild experience in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York in the early 1970s with the ideas & ideals at the core of this new book fixed firmly in their minds. You may be wondering- "But if it's new, how could it be a part of their history?" True, the poems were written many years ago, and Ken & Linda always wanted to publish it. They even published excerpts of it in the form of 2 smaller works during the homestead years. But only now has the book they dreamed of come into being.

This concise yet powerful field guide book contains maps and an introduction specific to the Middle East. Included are plant identification, simple but flavorful recipes, and food additives named in Arabic and Kurdish dialect. But most importantly, it contains invaluable plant identification for that area, so that feeding the world nutritionally becomes a simple matter of that identification. The ramifications of a free food source are staggering.

Eat Free for Life on One Acre of Land -- Yes, you read that right. Skeptical? The Author of this book did it for years. Author Linda Runyon was raised during summers at Nirvana Lodge, a tourist camp owned by her grandparents. As an adult, returning to Indian Lake from the Jersey shore seemed the natural thing to do. Homesteading in the Adirondack Mountains without modern conveniences, seeking wild foods, cooking outdoors & learning basic Native American ways became the beginning of "A SURVIVAL ACRE." There are literally hundreds of plants to choose from when selecting food sources. However, the 50 Survival foods listed here seem to be the most prevalent, and are found naturally throughout the Adirondacks, the country & the world. A few are unique to the East or the West United States. These 50 form the basis of an "Environmentarian" diet, and these staples nourish a body well and give great health. (An environmentarian is one who eats from their environment.) Linda has sold tens of thousands of these books. She was featured in People Magazine and has demonstrated her skills using wild foods on National TV. 52 pages long. A great beginning primer for the Wild Food way, this book has enjoyed great success from its first publication in 1985.