New Crops

Ludi · Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 4:24 pm Post subject: New Crops

found this interesting link and I'm not sure where to put it:

http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/proceedings1993/v2-toc.html
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Ludi · Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 4:32 pm Post subject: Re: New Crops

Source of interesting seeds:

http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/order.htm

Chaparral · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 12:48 pm Post subject: Re: New Crops

Thanks Ludi. There are some pretty interesting papers in that link. Pure gold for the dryland farmer/gardener.

oowolf · Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 4:40 pm Post subject: Re: New Crops

Did you know that most all grasses can be "juiced" like wheat and barley grass. That includes quack (couch) grass, crabgrass, bluegrass, common reed (all parts edible), canarygrass, brome, fescue, redtop, orchardgrass, timothy, ryegrass, bluestem, blue grama, canada wildrye, gamagrass, green needlygrass, Indiangrass, cordstem, swithcgrass etc, etc...?

Ludi · Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 5:15 pm Post subject: Re: New Crops

I didn't know that, oowolf. Are they all safe to consume? I understand that after drought some grasses can concentrate prussic acid (cyanide). Sudangrass and Johnsongrass have this tendency.
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oowolf · Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 4:29 pm Post subject: Re: New Crops

There are over 10.000 species of grass. I don't think anyone knows about them all. The grasses I listed have been tried--many by myself--and found not to be toxic. Be sure to harvest before the plant enters the reproductive stage, as is done with wheat and barley.
If you're not juicing grass, you're missing out on a major (and easily obtained) source of nutrition.

Ludi · Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 4:39 pm Post subject: Re: New Crops

Thank you for that information!
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oowolf · Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 5:13 pm Post subject: Re: New Crops

Have you seen the "Green Foods Bible" by Sandoval?

Ludi · Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 6:42 pm Post subject: Re: New Crops

No I haven't, I don't tend to read much on diet. Smile

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RedStateGreen · Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:49 pm Post subject: Re: New Crops

I know the sedges are edible, especially the yellow nutsedge, which has edible tubers.

From what I'm reading here, any of the grain plants can be juiced (wheat, barley, rye, etc.) but that they should be very tender and green, long before the heads appear.

http://www.grainmills.com.au/webcontent59.htm
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careinke · Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 3:07 am Post subject: Re: New Crops

A couple of quotes I came away with from the Air Force Survival School.

1. "All true grasses are edible."

2. "All aggregate berries are edible."

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