Forage Oakland
My daughter put me onto the Forage Oakland project. Created a year ago by my daughter’s college friend, Asiya Wadud, the project addresses “how everyone can benefit from viewing their neighborhood as a veritable edible map.” It’s an interesting concept and one that is as old as the Bible. Israelite law demanded that the corners of grain fields not be harvested. Also, any grain dropped during harvest was to be left for the poor to be picked up for food. This served the dual purpose of an early welfare program but also prevented the farm owners from hoarding.
Asi has come up with a very interesting project and, I have to say, she has some excellent photography as well!
3 Responses to “Forage Oakland”
excellent…. it reminds me of the book sarah got me about urban wildlife. this also involved urban plants that are very edible. it gave instructions for chickory coffee.
If you get a chance maybe you could let us know the name of the book…sounds interesting!
The Urban Naturalist by Steven Garber. I guess i left that part out. Interestingly he worked for the Port Authority of NY and NJ where some of his duties included managing the bird problems at JFK. I guess they should have had him at LaGuardia as well.