Cal Poly Pomona professor Douglas G. Kent says foraging some varieties can provide tasty superfoods.
Whether it’s the puffy white seed balls of the dandelion or the creeping succulent stems of purslane, weeds are a constant challenge to gardeners everywhere.A great number of the plants we consider weeds are not only edible, but many are considered superfoods, according to Douglas G. Kent, a professor at the Center for Regenerative Studies at Cal Poly Pomona and author of the book “Foraging Southern California: 118 Nutritious, Tasty, and Abundant Foods.
Cal Poly Pomona professor Doug Kent poses for a photograph during a foraging tutorial at the Santiago Nature Center in Santa Ana on Friday, January 27, 2023. Cal Poly Pomona professor Doug Kent gives a foraging tutorial at the Santiago Nature Center in Santa Ana on Friday, January 27, 2023. He gets excited as he discusses how weeds and humans have a long and shared history. Many of these plants were things that our early hominid ancestors adapted to eating, he said, and there’s also a reason you can find these plants all over the globe.
“Everybody that comes, I tell them to stay on the tracks,” he said, with a smile. “Don’t ruin my crop!”
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