Reddit reviews Food For Free (Collins Gem)

The (SAS Survival Guide)[https://www.amazon.co.uk/SAS-Survival-Guide-Survive-Collins/dp/0008133786/] has some good survival information whilst not taking up much room in a bag. I also have this one for foraging and this for identifying mushrooms. In an emergency situation I'd say knowing what is and isn't edible around you is important. When I'm out I often use my phone to identify anything I am not familiar with and have a reasonable knowledge now but having the books to be sure seems sensible.

I have an air rifle which will take birds and rabbits if it comes to it too and whilst they have made it harder to get one these days (you have to order it to a licensed shop to pick it up and can't just order it to your address any more... and these stores are often few and far between) it does seem like a sensible thing to have. Not for self defence but for having access to a food source that most people would not have.

Besides that I don't think the information varies too much from what you find on US sites. Though the prices often do so you have to economise more than they would... likewise of course with the size of houses here compared to there. I don't have the same kind of space for stockpiling food and water as I would in the US.

Hiya mate.

New forager here from the UK too.

Just come across this book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Food-Free-Collins-Richard-Mabey/dp/0007183038/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1503150969&sr=8-1.

I'm going blackberry picking tomorrow!

These pocket sized guide books are worth having a copy of too if there's one suited to your location.

Here is the mobile version of your link

I'm in the UK and I got this one.

It's cheap, small and easy to carry.

Many of the edible weeds in N. America are also found (or have edible counterparts) in Europe also. Things like dandelions, dock, chickweed, and amaranth are all common.

Most seaweeds around the world are edible if you are going to be on the coasts.

I'd take a look at these books from Amazon's UK site as many of the plants will also be found on the mainland too:

Self-sufficiency Foraging

Food For Free

Hedgerow

Edible Seashore

Very similar. This is the one I have: link

youre going to need two different ones i think.

https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Collins-Pocket-Guide-Britain-Northern/dp/0002198576/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=collins+pocket+guide+trees&qid=1570611961&sr=8-1

and

https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Food-Free-Collins-Richard-Mabey/dp/0007183038/ref=sr_1_14?keywords=collins+pocket+guide+plants&qid=1570611991&sr=8-14

I've got Food For Free by Richard Mabey which is pretty good, lots of information on how to prepare and cook food (and sometimes whether or not it tastes like shit!)

Might be more UK based, but it's well worth a look.

You're thinking of the book/film ["Into the Wild"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into_the_Wild_(book). The book he read in it was Tanaina Plantlore.

There are lots of similar books out there. I personally have the book "Food for Free".