Gamekeeping taught me to respect both land and animals, and to work safely in dangerous environments.

Hunting for your own food is a way of living sustainably, eating food free from additives, processing, and packaging. Traditional cooking results in little waste. There is a greater appreciation of the food, it may have taken many hours and hard work to get the food to the table.

Exchanging food with others that collect and forage in other ways, sharing and cooking with friends, all contribute to a close community and many social hours of eating drinking and celebrating what nature has to offer.