Two New Zines: "Together or Not At All "by Bex Berryhill and "Free Food Field Guide" by Salena GH (Patreon)

Hello everyone!

We have a couple new fancy zines and a patch for you! Find it all at www.tangledwilderness.org. Both of these texts are available for anyone to read for free, so we have the files attached here, but check them out as Fancy Zines printed by the wonderful Eberhardt Press.

Together or Not At All by Bex Berryhill

“This is a guide to owning land collectively. That’s actually too broad: this is a guide to the part at the beginning of owning land collectively where you have to parse through existing legal structures and figure out how, on paper, this is all going to work. It’s a guide meant to shine a beam of light into the daunting cavern of real estate law, to clear some ground to plant a permanent garden where long-term collective power can grow and thrive. There are no delusions of utopian grandeur here; in fact there is a foundational tension underpinning this work. Owning land with other people is one of the most robust ways to ensure long-term housing security, build collective power, and nourish deep relationships with a place. At the same time, the idea of “property” is complicated at best, and land “ownership” is fundamentally a non-liberatory practice. Private property is a morally bankrupt concept built off capitalist and colonialist structures which systematically reroute and consolidate power (stemming from control of land and resources) to the white owning class, via the tools of genocide, slavery, displacement, extractive industries, redlining, and other historical and contemporary practices. The enclosure of true commons—space and resources available to all members of a society—has a long and ugly history. In short, private property is a bad system, and it’s also the context we currently live in and have to navigate.”

About the Author

Bex Berryhill (they/she) lives in a mostly finished cabin at a rural land project on the Olympic Peninsula. They are a co-founder of the Gray Coast Guildhall, a collectively owned and all-volunteer operated performance and organizing space. They engage in various types of projects and pursuits, always towards the goal of building a life worth living, in a web of shared resilience, autonomy, and joy. They can be reached at wildishness@riseup.net

Free Food Field Guide by Salena GH

Learn about chickweed, dandelion, wild onions, asparagus, stinging nettle, lamb’s quarters, rubus spp, vaccinium spp, and sunchoke. The guide contains identification descriptions, nutritive qualities, recipes, botanical illustrations, and tips for cultivating the plants covered. It has become obvious that the economic and food systems we all live in and depend upon can be easily disrupted by any number of potential catastrophes. It would be beneficial for anyone whois interested in food sovereignty to practice a little rewilding, by which I mean we should take a cue from our ancestors and nourish ourselves with what is readily growing at our feet.This booklet is a short list of plants that will help introduce the concepts of foraging, wild tending, and horticulture to beginners.This list is by no means exhaustive and should be expanded upon as experience and confidence grow.The criteria for plants included in this collection are as follows:

Plant species must have a wide range throughout the contiguous US.

Plants must be common, which can include natives, weeds, plants classified by the USDA as invasive, and cultivated annuals and perennials.

There are no toxic look-alikes. For safety concerns, plants belonging to the parsley and nightshade families have been intentionally excluded from this beginner’s guide.

Plant species are easy to identify.

Plant parts provide nourishment.

Plants are relatively hardy and easy to propagate, forage, and/or tend.•Plants are easy to harvest, process, and cook.

Plant species exist in urban, suburban, and rural envi-ronments.

Wherever there is a crack in the concrete, aback yard, or an empty lot!Always be 100 percent certain of a plant species if you plan to eat it. Ask someone else’s opinion if you can or consult another resource. Once you familiarize yourself with what’s growing in the ground, rewilding can be fun and satisfying!

It's Okay to Hate Fascists Patches and Stickers

These 3"x4" patches and stickers are drawn by the incredible Jesse Lee who you can find on IG @Jesse.Lee_Art