I’m not going to write a love song here the way I normally might about the virtues of wild greens. My love for them is stronger than ever, but in these strange times it feels more appropriate to cut to the chase. Chances are you’ve got bigger things on your mind than the omega fatty acid ratios in wild greens vs. cultivated ones—things like your health, your loved ones, your job, your future. I’ll save the sonnets for another day.

In uncertain times we reach for comfort food, but at the risk of sounding like your mother (no offense to your mum, I’m sure she's the best), you gotta eat your vegetables. Green leafy weeds might not sound like comfort food, but if I’m not feeling my best, nothing brings me back up to speed like going out into the yard for just a few minutes to collect a bowl of mixed greens and coming back in to toss them in vinegar and oil for a zesty, crunchy salad or piling them into a skillet to sauté with garlic, a fat and a squeeze of lemon…

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