Foraging Ecology (EATING WILD PLANTS) with @BlackForager, Alexis Nikole Nelson

Image description: Alexis Nikole Nelson wears a straw hat with a red ribbon and a frilled blue off the shoulder blouse. She is standing near a green bush picking sprigs and smiling toward the camera. Credit: Columbus, OH-based photographer Rachel Joy Barehl, https://racheljoybarehl.com/

Image description: Alexis Nikole Nelson wears a straw hat with a red ribbon and a frilled blue off the shoulder blouse. She is standing near a green bush picking sprigs and smiling toward the camera. Credit: Columbus, OH-based photographer Rachel Joy Barehl, https://racheljoybarehl.com/

Mustard gossip. Knotweed recipes. Cow parsnips. Serviceberry appreciation. Hogweed warnings. Dead man’s fingers. The incredibly knowledgeable and entertaining Alexis Nikole Nelson a.k.a. @BlackForager walks us through Foraging Ecology with a ginormous bushel of tips & tricks for finding edibles at all times of the year, from blossoms to fungus. Belly up for some invasive snacks, elusive mushrooms, magnolia cookies, mugwort potatoes, violet cocktails, foraging guides, weed trivia and tips to avoid poisonous berries. Also: finding community, history, land stewardship and why foraging is important, empowering and quite tasty. 

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