The Essential Wild Food Survival Guide

This book is the key to the preparation of wild foods without the use of preservatives, extenders, invasive chemicals or factory processing. Formerly released as "From Crabgrass Muffins to Pine Needle Tea", "The Essential Wild Food Survival Guide" is new & improved. It will become your valuable companion on the path to healthful living.

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.

Linda Runyon's "The Essential Wild Food Survival Guide" is the "How-To" guide we have all been waiting for that identifies many varieties of edible wild foods. Her 13-year experience of homesteading without stores, electricity, and all other modern conveniences, brought about the creation of this ultimate wild food survival guide!

Besides being far less expensive, differences from the earlier edition include a larger, easier-to-read format, clearer improved graphics throughout and an expanded recipe section. The photographs of the wild foods are there to study in clear black & white. This is the edition we were hoping for all along.

$22.00
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A Survival Acre

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.

$15.00

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A Basic Middle Eastern Desert Survival Guide

The World’s Hungry Are Walking On Their Food

   As has been theorized, investigated, and proven true, “weeds” have been found growing wild in all countries and in most dirt spaces. This is not complicated; indeed, it is one of the most basic of the survival gifts of nature.

   The idea of eating nature’s natural abundance is reminiscent of Gandhi’s intention that simple foods be planted in the yards of everyone. This is now an attainable goal thanks to increasing and reliable data sources, and planet-wide, modern media technology.

   The ramifications of a free food source are staggering. Who would not appreciate delicious thistle soup, or a dandelion salad with additional flavorful wild greens, or breads made from amaranth flour (to name only one of the many types of flours potentially made from “weeds”)? These life-saving, essentially free meals would be especially appreciated by anyone who has ever experienced slow starvation.

   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.

   Such wild food education can and will eliminate world hunger in a way that is natural and most beneficial for a body and soul.

$12.00

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Homestead Memories

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 racoon 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.

$12.00

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The Wild Foods and Animals Coloring Book

Get the kids involved. Get them 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 more identification games can be played! Lots of fun for the younger child. Saddle bound with heavy cover, 24 pages.

$7.50

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Why Not LOVE?

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.

In the newsletters and on this site you have been treated to samples of Ken’s work . We now offer this 112 page perfect bound book, "Why Not LOVE?", illustrated by Linda.

$9.00

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