From Native American to Modern Tradition, Black Walnuts Are One of the Last Wild-Foraged Foods in America
, 2023-03-16 21:05:57,
It’s a win-win – where the customer gets healthy, sustainable and wild food, foragers thrive on providing raw materials. Supporting foragers, businesses, and suppliers in this way pushes us toward a newer—or perhaps even older—way of approaching the landscape of our food needs.
BIDDEFORD, Maine (PRWEB)
March 16, 2023
Most of us are familiar with the common nut that we grew up eating year-round. This nut, widely available in grocery stores, comes from the English walnut (Juglans regia), grown primarily in commercial orchards from trees originating in the UK and Europe.
But what many people may not realize is that the precious black walnut (Juglans nigra) is native to North America, where it can only be found wild in the eastern United States. From the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico east to Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, black walnut trees have preserved indigenous peoples, including the Cherokee, Delaware, Chippewa, Iroquois, Miskwaki, and others, for thousands of years.
Those Native American tribes, like the European settlers after them, valued the tall, stately black walnut for its bark, wood, natural dyes, medicinal and food value. For thousands of years, seekers have sought the wild, nutrient-rich black walnut nut,…
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