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Survival Skillset

Lesson 1 of 14

Food: priorities, energy and the law

30 min

It is the second morning. You are cold, a little lost, and hungrier than you have ever been. Below you a clear beck runs through a stand of bushes heavy with berries you do not recognise. Every instinct says eat. This module is about food, and the first thing it has to teach you is that, in most emergencies, food is the thing you should worry about least.

In this lesson

  • Where food sits in your priorities
  • Count the cost of every mouthful
  • Which foods pay back
  • Six rules for eating in an emergency
  • Foraging law in the UK
  • Picking: the Theft Act
  • Uprooting: the Wildlife and Countryside Act
  • Site rules and byelaws
  • Access
  • Elsewhere
  • Foraging ethics
  • Common mistakes

The rest of this lesson is in the full course

Every module, practical and exam, self-paced and private, with a certificate at the end.

Original price was: £149.00.Current price is: £99.00.

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