The renaissance of wild food plants: Insights from Tuscany (Italy)

A Baldi, P Bruschi, S Campeggi, T Egea, D Rivera… - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper provides an overview of wild food plants traditionally used in the gastronomy of
Tuscany, an Italian region with high biological diversity and whose cultural heritage is well …

Foraging Practices and Sustainable Management of Wild Food Resources in Europe: A Systematic Review

G Mina, V Scariot, G Peira, G Lombardi - Land, 2023 - mdpi.com
Wild food gathering activities (ie, foraging practices) played an important role in securing
food in the past. Nowadays, these resources and the knowledge around their use are …

[PDF][PDF] The Catalan initiative for the Earth BioGenome Project: contributing local data to global biodiversity genomics

M Corominas, T Marquès-Bonet… - NAR Genomics and …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Catalan Initiative for the Earth BioGenome Project (CBP) is an EBP-affiliated
project network aimed at sequencing the genome of the> 40 000 eukaryotic species …

Essential Oil Coating: Mediterranean Culinary Plants as Grain Protectants against Larvae and Adults of Tribolium castaneum and Trogoderma granarium

NE Papanikolaou, NG Kavallieratos, V Iliopoulos… - Insects, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The protection of stored agricultural products has been established as a
global priority serving both food safety and security. Toxicity and residual issues of synthetic …

Ethnobotanical study of wild edible plants in the mountainous regions of Semnan Province, Iran

M Jalali, M Abedi, F Memariani, A Ghorbani - Journal of Ethnobiology and …, 2024 - Springer
In mountainous areas, wild edible plants are an important part of the local diet. Climate
change and anthropogenic activities have profound effects on wild edible plants in these …

Catching the Green—Diversity of Ruderal Spring Plants Traditionally Consumed in Bulgaria and Their Potential Benefit for Human Health

T Ivanova, A Marchev, M Chervenkov, Y Bosseva… - Diversity, 2023 - mdpi.com
The global climate and societal challenges in the recent years urge us to strengthen food
security; thus, the rediscovery of wild foods and foraging practices is also part of the …

Archaic food uses of large graminoids in agro Peligno Wetlands (Abruzzo, Central Italy) compared with the European ethnobotanical and archaeological literature

K Cianfaglione, L Longo, R Kalle, R Sõukand, A Gras… - Wetlands, 2022 - Springer
Large graminoid species, which often dominate wetland ecosystems with extensive and
dense formations, are among the most indicative plants from the first human settlements …

[HTML][HTML] Nutritional Properties of Wild Edible Plants with Traditional Use in the Catalan Linguistic Area: A First Step for Their Relevance in Food Security

M Casas, J Vallès, A Gras - Foods, 2024 - mdpi.com
Wild food plants (WFPs) are crucial for the subsistence of many human populations. While
there are at least 7000 edible plant species in the world, only approximately 420 are …

Long-Term Monitoring of the Traditional Knowledge of Plant Species Used for Culinary Purposes in the Valencia Region, South-Eastern Spain

A Belda, J Jordán-Nuñez, B Micó-Vicent… - Plants, 2024 - mdpi.com
The aim of this study is to inventory and study ethnobotanical knowledge of edible plants in
the Valencian Community (Spain). In respect to culinary uses, 92 species of plant were …

Chemical and microbial risk assessment of wild edible plants and flowers

M Carpena, MA Prieto, M Trząskowska - EFSA Journal, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The document focuses on the chemical and microbial risk assessment of wild edible plants
(WEPs) and flowers, highlighting potential risks from heavy metals, pesticides and …