Caution! Buckeye nuts are poisonous when eaten raw due to the chemical aesculin present throughout the tree!
Buckeye nut flour has been a mainstay food for people around the world for hundreds of years, & can be processed into a highly-nutritious, starchy flour similar to potato flour.
We currently plan to model a second wildharvesting cooperative in 2018 in a different part of the state. By gearing up, training, & then documenting “the first wildharvesting cooperative in the country”, we anticipate creating a replicable model which can be implemented just about anywhere, especially as The Wild Living Skills Database & Smartphone App continues to be developed.
We anticipate prioritizing hiring native teachers to help train Wildharvesting Cooperatives — part of plan to provide dignified jobs for native teachers.