It completely changed my relationship to land which is why I felt so strongly the sentiments in Braiding Sweetgrass. There’s really nothing like becoming that intimate with the land. There are some great things going on in the states – Samuel Thayer is the man to begin with. Here in Costa Rica I’m not so sure if anyone is really on the case… but there is a strong movement in Brazil of PANC (Plantas alimentícias não convencionais) and Valdely Kinupp has done amazing work cataloguing the edible plants of the Amazon region. If you are keen to develop more then I’m happy to put you in touch with some people. Just drop a email.

Wow. That is so awesome! I’d love to find a local forager here and eat all the things! 🙂

That’s great that you started foraging. Yep – It was my work for about 10 years (check out http://www.forager.org.uk) in total hence the obsession with food & landscapes combined with Rachael’s background in anthropology it’s inevitable we’re interested in the meeting point of how people and diet determine landscapes.