A bioregional diet focuses on consuming foods grown and produced within one's local ecosystem, emphasizing sustainability, seasonality, and community support. This approach promotes harmony with the natural resources of a specific geographic area, offering benefits to individual health, local economies, and the environment. However, it's crucial to recognize that the foods naturally suited to grow in a region often differ significantly from those readily available in supermarkets. Modern food systems have become globalized, offering a wide variety of out-of-season and non-local products year-round. This disconnect between local agricultural potential and consumer habits presents a challenge for those seeking to adopt a truly bioregional diet. Adjusting to a bioregional diet may require significant changes in eating habits and food choices. It involves:

• Learning about locally grown produce and their seasons
• Exploring recipes and cooking methods suitable for this bioregion - which may be at odds with traditional dominant Western cuisine
• Adapting meal planning to accommodate seasonal availability

While this transition can be challenging, it offers numerous benefits:

• Reduced environmental impact
• Enhanced food security
• Improved nutritional value in food
• Deeper connection to the local environment and community

A mixture of vegetables, fruits, herbs & spices, legumes & grains, leafy greens

This page sorts all wiki pages with relevant tags into commonly used groups.

Links:

• Seed Saving

• Plant page template: link

Page to use, if adding additional plants to the database.

• Full list of plants: Plant list

Lists all of the plants that have the correct tags included. May take a while to generate.