In developing local food security, communities have been organizing farmer’s markets, food box delivery programs, collective kitchens, and community gardens: All great ways to build relationships between neighbours, farmers, and their food. However, what about naturally-derived consumer products that aren’t for eating? And what about the products, edible and otherwise, that are wildcrafted from forests, meadows, and other landscapes that are closer to nature than a farmed plot?

The episode opens with am excerpt from Guy Dauncey's speech in Nelson on April 23rd, 2007. 

The show starts off with a co-operative-themed folk song by Greg O'Neill, "The Big Idea". If you're accessing our free music-less podcast and would like to hear this tune, you can listen to here.