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The Suppressed Plants That Could Feed and Heal the World

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40 more plants they wanted forgotten.

Why each plant vanished, what the science says, and how to grow, find or use it today.

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The Books

Two volumes, 75 plants, no overlap. Each chapter answers four questions: why the plant disappeared, what science says, who benefited, and how to grow, find or use it today.

Nature's Lost Vault Volume I ebook cover
Volume I

35 Forgotten Plants That Once Fed Nations

Staples, famine roots, healing greens and lost fruits: mesquite, acorn, cattail, pawpaw, stinging nettle and 30 more.

  • 35 chapters, 460 pages
  • 70 illustrations, 500+ verified sources
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See what's inside both volumes

Volume I: 35 plants in five parts

  • The Calorie Kings. High-calorie staples that could feed entire populations.
  • The Earth Vault. Nutrient-dense roots and tubers that sustained civilizations.
  • The Green Pharmacy. Medicinal and nutritious greens.
  • The Healers & Protectors. First-aid plants growing in your lawn.
  • The Forgotten Orchards. Native fruits erased from commerce.

Including mesquite, stinging nettle, dandelion, pawpaw, purslane, moringa, wild rice, Jerusalem artichoke, prickly pear, aronia berry, lamb's quarters, acorn, watercress, cattail, fava bean, skirret, duckweed, tepary bean and 17 more.

Volume II: all 40 plants

Part I

The Lost Harvest

Staple grains, nuts and perennial vegetables that once filled granaries and gardens.

  • Amaranth Amaranthus spp.
  • American Chestnut Castanea dentata
  • Honey Locust Gleditsia triacanthos
  • Camelina Camelina sativa
  • Salsify Tragopogon porrifolius
  • Sea Kale Crambe maritima
  • Walking Onion Allium × proliferum
  • Daylily Hemerocallis fulva
Part II

The Wild Table

Foraged greens and edible flowers growing in ditches, lawns and forest edges.

  • Chicory Cichorium intybus
  • Sheep Sorrel Rumex acetosella
  • Sow Thistle Sonchus oleraceus
  • Cleavers Galium aparine
  • Wild Violet Viola sororia / V. odorata
  • Wild Garlic Allium vineale / A. canadense
  • Eastern Redbud Cercis canadensis
  • Ostrich Fern Matteuccia struthiopteris
Part III

The Apothecary Garden

Healing herbs that filled pharmacopoeias before they were written out of them.

  • Yarrow Achillea millefolium
  • Mullein Verbascum thapsus
  • Boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum
  • Lemon Balm Melissa officinalis
  • Motherwort Leonurus cardiaca
  • California Poppy Eschscholzia californica
  • St. John's Wort Hypericum perforatum
  • Milk Thistle Silybum marianum
  • Self-Heal Prunella vulgaris
Part IV

Medicine of the Forest

Trees, fungi and lichens that carried medicine long before the laboratory did.

  • White Willow Salix alba
  • Hawthorn Crataegus spp.
  • Ginkgo Ginkgo biloba
  • Sassafras Sassafras albidum
  • Yaupon Holly Ilex vomitoria
  • Chaga Inonotus obliquus
  • Reishi Ganoderma lucidum
  • Usnea Usnea spp.
Part V

The Forgotten Orchards Return

Wild fruits and berries that never fit the supermarket, and never needed to.

  • Elderberry Sambucus nigra / S. canadensis
  • Sea Buckthorn Hippophae rhamnoides
  • American Persimmon Diospyros virginiana
  • Mulberry Morus spp.
  • Rose Hip Rosa canina
  • Hardy Kiwi Actinidia arguta
  • Staghorn Sumac Rhus typhina

Look Inside

Real spreads from Volume II, exactly as in the PDF. Tap a page to read it larger.

Volume II spread: California poppy botanical plate facing the chapter opening, The Flower That Goes to Sleep
California poppy: plate and chapter opening
Volume II spread: The Erasure of Reishi timeline and The Science They Buried, with a box listing what the trials actually show
Reishi: timeline and what the evidence shows
Volume II spread: ginkgo leaf extract compared with donepezil in clinical trials, facing the ginkgo then-and-now illustration
Ginkgo: the trials compared, then and now
Volume II spread: Reclaiming Ginkgo, with how to identify, grow, harvest and use it, and a list of cautions
Reclaiming ginkgo: identify, grow, use, cautions
Volume II spread: Part IV opener, Medicine of the Forest, facing the white willow botanical plate
Part IV opener and the white willow plate
Volume II table of contents listing all 40 chapters in five parts
The full Volume II contents

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What Volume I Readers Say

4.5 out of 5 from 22 reviews of Volume I  ·  1,000+ copies of Volume I in readers' hands

From Volume I readers on our previous store. Volume II is new, so its reviews are still to come.

I really appreciate the drawings of the plant, tree, fungus or root at the beginning of each description. … The sections are relatively short and to the point. … Most importantly the book will tell you if there is a poisonous plant that can be mistaken for the desired plant. This book is a must have for not only the forager but the curious and the unaware.

Frank T.

Michigan, USA · October 2026 · Volume I

The book in either form (ebook and paperback) is amazing. There is so much information inside. I can't help but be amazed at everything it covers. We have truly lost so many useful plants. Thank you so much for your work.

Josee P.

Quebec, Canada · June 2026 · Volume I

I learned a lot, thank you for the research and publishing! I ordered some of the seeds, did a bit further research, and have gathered what I will need for planting some before winter, others for starting indoors in March, and next spring's sowing.

Lois H.

Idaho, USA · August 2026 · Volume I

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About the BEST book covering Alternative Food & Medicinal Plants. Comprehensive, covering nutritional values, Growing, Harvesting, Sourcing, et al.

Neal S.

Nevada, USA · July 2026 · Volume I

I'm Cherokee and a lot of these articles my Grandmother taught me. It brings back treasures of years I've not thought about until I received [your] book. Thank You

Linda C.

Florida, USA · July 2026 · Volume I

I have a lot of books about herbs but not like this. I love the history you read about the plants. Very positive first impression.

Mark

Netherlands · March 2026 · Volume I

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The complete investigation so far: 75 plants, 1,019 pages.

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Nature Lost Vault

Three generations ago, families knew which "weeds" could feed them through winter. We are an independent project tracing how that food and medicine knowledge was written out of the record. The two volumes are the long form of the YouTube channel: every chapter documented from primary sources, every claim traceable, and where a popular story was wrong, we say so.

Written for foragers, homesteaders, herbalists, gardeners and readers of food history. Not a field ID guide on its own, not medical advice, not a print book.

280,000+YouTube subscribers
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75Full research chapters
1,000+Copies of Volume I sold

Questions, Answered Honestly

What exactly do I get?
Each volume comes as a PDF and an EPUB. The PDF keeps the full page layout with the plates, timelines and evidence boxes; the EPUB reflows to fit e-readers and phones. The bundle gives you both files for both books: 75 chapters, 1,019 pages. Both are ebooks only; there is no print edition at the moment.
Which devices and apps can I read it on?
The PDF opens on any computer, tablet or phone, in Adobe Acrobat Reader, Apple Books or your web browser. The EPUB works in Apple Books, Google Play Books, Kobo and most e-readers. Kindle users can send the EPUB to their Kindle with Amazon's Send to Kindle.
I'm not good with computers. Will I manage?
Yes. After you pay, the next page shows a big Download button for each book. Tap it and the book opens, the same way a photo or a document opens from an email. We also email you the link, with step-by-step help for iPhone, Android, Kindle and computers. And if you get stuck, reply to your order email, or use the questions form below and a real person will walk you through it.
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Do I need an account? Is it a subscription?
No to both. There is no account and no password, and you pay once, with nothing to cancel. Your download link is on the page right after checkout and in your email. Your order includes 3 downloads of each file. If you lose the link or your downloads run out, reply to your order email, or use the questions form below, and we will help.
Can I print it?
Yes, for your own use. The PDF prints on ordinary home paper; choose "fit to page" in your print settings. Most readers print only the chapters they want to take into the garden or the kitchen, since the two volumes run to 1,019 pages.
Is this a foraging guide?
Not on its own. Every chapter ends with a practical section on finding, growing and using the plant, with lookalikes and cautions where they matter. But the books are histories and evidence reviews first. Before you eat anything wild, check it against a field guide for your region and, ideally, someone who knows your local plants.
Is this medical advice? Are the plants safe to use?
No, it is not medical advice. The books document how these plants were used and what research shows, including where the evidence is weak or negative. Some plants interact with medicines or are unsafe in pregnancy, and the chapters flag the cautions we found. Talk to a qualified health professional before using any plant as medicine.
I bought Volume I. Do I get Volume II?
Yes. Volume I buyers receive Volume II free by email. If it has not reached you, reply to your order email, or use the questions form below with the address you ordered with, and we will send it.
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Read it for 30 days. If it is not for you, reply to your order email, or use the questions form below, and we refund every cent, back to the card you paid with. You keep the books.
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