What the Jamestown Colonists Ate: Local and Imported Foods

Local Foods (Virginia)

• Corn, beans, squash, pumpkins
• Nuts, berries
• Fish, oysters, crabs, clams
• Deer, rabbits, squirrels, raccoons, opossum, bear, wild turkey

Imported/Supplemental Foods

• Wheat flour, oatmeal, barley, peas
• Pork, bacon, salt beef, dried fish
• Sugar, honey