Today on Mushroom Hour we are graced by the presence of wild food expert and author Robin Harford. Robin is a plant-based forager, ethnobotanical researcher and wild food educator. He has published numerous foraging guidebooks and established his own wild food foraging school in 2008. His foraging courses were recently voted #1 in the UK by BBC Countryfile. Robin is the creator of Eatweeds which is listed in The Times Top 50 websites for food and drink. He has travelled extensively documenting and recording the traditional and local uses of wild food plants in indigenous cultures. His work has taken him to Africa, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and the USA. Robin regularly appears on radio and occasionally on television. His work has been recommended in BBC Good Food magazine, Sainsbury’s magazine as well as in The Guardian, The Times, The Independent, The Daily Telegraph among others. TOPICS COVERED:
Childhood in the Wilds of the Devon Countryside
Finding Freedom, Questioning Big Brother
Reconnecting with Nature as Somatic Healing
Sensory Method of Plant Identification
Power of Contemplative Practice & Bio-Individualism
Developing Relationship with Wild Plants as a Form of Activism
Finding Perspectives on Anger and Love
Foraging as an Act of Reverence
Processing Trauma & Addiction Through Somatic Experience with Plants
Living Wild Food Tradition of the Roamer Communities in England
In Search of Nomadic Hunter Gatherer Communities
The Oceanic Moken People & Anthropological Diversity
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