This gifting season, give an experience and a skill for life. Give the Gift of Knowledge.
Read MoreExcellent interview by the journalist at Bored Panda. Who does forage and why?
Read MoreThe incredible Tamar Valkenier came to my foraging workshop. She’s a best selling author and a professional adventurer. Read what she has to say here>
Read MoreThe story of Diego Bonetto, a wild food forager who tells the tale of his struggles and finding his own path in a world he doesn’t quite fit.
Read MoreGardening Australia segment on how to forage for edible weeds. They are yummy!!
Read MoreKandos School of Cultural Adaptation review on ArtLink sparks a few questions:
Why is this art? Does it matter? What are we trying to achieve?
Jack Revell goes foraging for wild mushrooms to find more than he expected and how a pandemic brought us all out.
Read MoreLooking back at two decades of actions and projects. The legacy of Western Sydney University Art department and why I teach foraging skills still today.
Space YZ exhibition opens today at Campbelltown Art Centre.
Make sure you know what you're looking at before you eat it. If in doubt, do not eat it.
The way to check on key identification features is through visual clues, but also by using your other senses like smell and touch.
A great way to remember this is through stories, so learn the stories related to the plants, 'cause that will remind you of the features.
The best to forage is your own garden, as there is where you know what is growing and how it is managed. In your garden, you will be able to take your time to learn about plants, how to identify them and expand your knowledge. Following from that you explore your neighbourhood where you will spot trees with overhanging fruits. Learn patterns and start mapping. There are food and medicine everywhere.
Read MoreThere are food and medicine plants everywhere you look. From the great knowledge of Aboriginal people to the knowledge of migrants related to weeds and non-natives, we have plenty to celebrate. Here’s a four parts video series on how to forage for wild edibles.
Read MoreWhy foraging today?
Watch a short intro to a four-part series that want to present the what, how, where and why of foraging in Australia.
Read MoreRob is an archeologist and has been living on the Cooks River for generations. Rob came to the foraging workshop I offer and reflected on the value of Deep time, and what we can learn from it: the magic of the old stories.
Read MoreExcellent interview about foraging. This time I did not try to be charming or funny, I just wanted to tell it straight as is.
Read MoreProfessional forager Diego Bonetto work with master distiller Dave Withers of Archie Rose to produce a limited edition gin in two parts: Bush and Coast.
Read MoreAre you interested in foraging?
1-the best place to forage is your own garden.
2- positively identify everything
3-be nice to the colonies
Listen to a 10 minutes interview with Diego Bonetto to learn about it>
Foraging as communion to place.
"There is magic and miracle woven into the stories of the land, water and air. Right where you are now."
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Wouldn't it be great if you could make money out of your weeds?
Learn the how, what, where and who of this exciting possibility>
Your Garden magazine and Virgin Australia inflight magazine talking about foraging. Both ask 'Could foraging be the key to a healthier society and better tasting food?'. Read on to find out>>
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