Cornwall was the ideal place for a wild food purveyor to bring his knowledge and skills to bear. It has the right mix of outgoing people and wild resources that are neccessary in order that the concept of wild food as an adjunct to farmed foods can work in the 21st Century. In simple terms, wild food is not a gimmick, it is ancient yet common knowledge that has been largely lost since the Second World War when mass production of food became the norm.        

    

Uniformity of product, constant supply, cheap prices. These were   driving forces behind England's food production and consumption in the latter half of the twentieth century. Wild food is the ability to use locally grown & sourced produce that has not had to be farmed but that occurs naturally and in abundance along our shores, moors, pastures and lanes. Perhaps a new term other than "wild food" would suit the present day market place, yet to our grandparents and their forebears's wild food was simply a necessary seasonal additive to their diet. More commonly known as foraging, wild food made up a portion of their diet along with food sourced from farms locally, garden vegetables and herbs.

 

Wild food has low food miles so comes with an incredibly low carbon footprint. Not to mention that as a naturally occurring abundant product, properly sourced and recorded there are no environmental farm costs involved either. Encyclopedic knowledge coupled with an exploring nature has led us to foraged foods that lay open a rediscovered vista of ultra fresh, seasonally abundant produce that is akin to discovering the cuisine of a whole new country. Miles Lavers is leading the way in Wild food supply & usage and his business supplies some of the best chefs in Cornwall's most innovative and exciting restaurants. As Cornwall's only respected wild food purveyor he has vast knowledge on seasonal information, wild food growth patterns, locations on where to find wild food growing as well as picking, storage and preserving know-how.

For food lovers, environmentalists, lovers of the Cornish countryside and coastline, Miles Lavers has provided great insight and benefit. This site details a passion. That passion is for food and the environment in equal measure for the purpose of understanding wild food in Cornwall and across the country. A food experimenter for many years he was naturally led to foraging locally for food stuffs to compliment and add to a vast repertoire of knowledge on edibles. 

 

All of England provides a wild larder for those willing to learn, look and seek out wild food. Cornwall however provides that blend of land and coast mixed with a vibrant restaurant and hotel trade that allowed for Miles to turn his wild food purveying into a viable environmentally sustainable business. This is important as all small steps taken to lower food production impact on the environment are of great benefit all round.