Long overlooked as a source of nutrition, acorns are nutritious, plentiful and free for the taking.
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Long overlooked as a source of nutrition, acorns are nutritious, plentiful and free for the taking.
While growing food and other crops beneath the forest canopy isn’t new — it’s been practiced by indigenous and traditional cultures around the world for centuries — a new focus on forest farming is highlighting the possibilities of forest-based production of non-timber crops in Western North Carolina.