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Asheville Nuttery Free Food in a Nutshell
Imagine if the trees lining your neighborhood streets provided delicious food, free for the taking. Now, consider if that food was versatile to use and rich in unsaturated fats, fiber, and minerals. Lastly, think if that food required minimal human input, fertilizers, or pesticides to grow, and it created wildlife habitat, reduced erosion, and sequestered carbon.
If you live in temperate North America, that food is likely already available in the form of native acorns and other nuts. In fact, there’s a bounty growing all around us, largely untapped by humans. But if you’ve ever processed nuts—cracking, dehulling, leaching, and grinding—you know it’s an arduous process that can deter many from taking advantage of this free food source. That’s why Asheville Nuttery, an innovative nut foragers collective in Asheville, North Carolina—where…
