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Foragers build a community of plants and people while connecting with the past

James Beard award-winning chef Alexis Nikole Nelson harvests wild food while building a community of plants and people.
James Beard award-winning chef Alexis Nikole Nelson harvests wild food while building a community of plants and people.

One way that people connect with their heritage is through food, and for some that means eating wild food. While there isn't an organization that tracks foraging nationally, longtime foragers, and the popularity of online foraging videos, will tell you that enthusiasm for the activity is growing.

is the author of. On a recent visit to Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park, near the Port of Los Angeles, he told NPR's A Martinez

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