Monday, January 11, 2010

New York Times Article "The New Caveman Lifestyle Has Found a Home in the City"


Read the article here.

These guys are pretty intense. Having lived in the city, I know that Central and Inwood Hill Parks are glorious sources for wild edibles, and foraging is pretty easily done (Steve Brill even leads wild edible tours in the parks). I regularly came home with burdock, sassafrass, garlic mustard (considered an "invasive" by the parks dept., but it's delicious!), mayapple, even Kentucky Coffee Beans! Hunting in the parks I never tried, though. Several years ago Green Phoenix Permaculture was working with a parks dept. employee (and GPP member) to create a food forest garden in one of the parks, but the powers-that-be put the kibosh on it at the last minute. A lot of hard work down the drain, sadly.

2 comments:

  1. After reading the article, I feel ashamed that I only do Pilates and low impact aerobics during the winter months. Of course, I'm not going to go for a bare chested and barefoot run in the middle of winter, so I'll have to accept where I am and what I'm doing in that regard.

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  2. I wouldn't feel bad. I'm not about to start chowing on raw beef anytime soon. Getting me to eat COOKED beef is enough of a challenge! And it depends on what your goals are, too. But I will say that you going for a bare chested, barefooted run in Central Park would turn many heads and probably get you arrested.

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