The magic in all mushrooms, and all of creation.

The magic in all mushrooms, and all of creation.
How a workshop learning how to forage for mushrooms can offer so much more than just free food.

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How to forage and cook rambling dock, the edible weed.

Rambling dock (AKA Turkey rhubarb) is a common weed on the east coast of Australia. It is also edible and yummy.

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Finding Food In the Forest: How a Pandemic Sparked New Interest In Mushrooms

Jack Revell goes foraging for wild mushrooms to find more than he expected and how a pandemic brought us all out.

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Wild food foraging - Ep 4

Foraging for wild edibles is a great way to learn about fragility and sustainability. It gives you the chance to experience first hand the results of environmental damage. Foraging will allow you to take responsibility and make you aware of your obligations. Look after Country is everyone's job.

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Wild food foraging - Ep 3

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.

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How to forage for wild edibles- Ep.1

There 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.

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Why 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.

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Golden Kelp: how to identify and collect edible seaweeds

Did you know that you can eat seaweeds? The one down at the beach?
Meet golden kelp, the edible seaweed.

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It's raining, it's pouring.. are the mushrooms ready yet?

It’s raining, it’s pouring.. are the edible mushrooms ready yet?

Click through to get the tools to find out.

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Reflection on the River

Rob 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.