Eat Weeds
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The best-selling guide to finding food within 3 metres of your front door
Three generations ago it was common practice all over the world to collect this wild food; knowledge of what, where and when to forage was a necessary part of daily life. We still had lived experience of harvesting wild food with our own hands. But with the advent of supermarket culture the knowledge associated with foraging has mostly been lost.
Today, we want this knowledge back. From forest to seaside, riverbank to city street - even your own yard - there is wild food and medicine available to those who know where to look. In the face of global challenges such as climate change, food insecurity and pandemics, we seek to empower ourselves with the information and skills that enable self-reliance and equip us to care for our families and communities.
Eat Weeds shows you how to engage with wild food sources, transforming your neighbourhood into an edible adventure.
Praise for Eat Weeds
There's a depth of knowledge that's reassuring, but also a lyricism and affinity to plants and the planet that's heartwarming.
Organic Library
Bonetto knows that pulling a dandelion from the backyard and turning it into pesto might be a forgotten skill for most of us, but he believes the art of finding and enjoying wild food is still one most of us are connected to via gateway wild foods. Eat Weeds is a practical, real-world guide to identifying Australia's incredible edibles . . . there are recipes to turn this foraged wild food into meals, snacks and condiments.
Broadsheet
Use this book to become more in tune with your neighbourhood and the various wonders it can provide.
Readings
Diego Bonetto grew up on a dairy farm in northern Italy when it was still common practice to collect the wild produce of the land. He moved to Australia in the mid-90s and spent years working in orchards and garden centres, where he realised how rare his foraging knowledge was - and how much the people around him longed to rekindle their untapped connection to nature. He now runs foraging workshops that teach participants how to engage with delicious wild food while starting conversations around belonging, sustainability and agency. He has collaborated with chefs, herbalists, environmentalists and cultural workers; he is also an artist passionate about using his practice to restore botanical literacy to communities. Diego has been featured by Marie Claire, GQ Australia, Lonely Planet, The Sydney Morning Herald, ABC and SBS, among other media outlets.
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