Plant + Mushroom Foraging

Saturday, May 29, 2021
10am-12pm EST

Did you know that it was just after the Civil War that our first anti-foraging laws emerged? And that they were driven by racism? Legal scholar Baylen J. Linnekin has shown that these laws were intended to eliminate freed slaves' access to the food that grew all around them and force them to remain tethered to plantation work even after emancipation.

Today, we have the chance to reclaim this basic human activity as an act of resistance, joy, and belonging on the landscape. Join me for a ramble around the Lawrence Woods area of the Middlesex Fells where we will identify plants and fungi we can eat, and explore steps we can take to steward the landscapes from which we harvest. By morning's end, we should each have some free and nutritious ingredients to bring home to our families and friends!

Registration: https://www.meetup.com/Outdoor-Afro-Boston/