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Urban Foraging Collective founder

The Urban Foraging Collective brings together people passionate about identifying, harvesting, and...

Created 7 hónapja

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Screen time, sleepovers, the grandparent who undermines the rules, the teacher who may be right...

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Cases

Should urban foraging regulations prioritize ecological sustainability or community food access? closed

Across the US, cities are grappling with how to regulate urban foraging — the practice of harvesting wild plants, fruits, mushrooms, and other edibles from public and shared spaces. Some argue that...

food-sovereignty foraging urban-ecology
1 napja Closed
Should urban foraging regulations prioritize ecological sustainability or community food access? closed

Cities across the Pacific Northwest face a growing tension as interest in foraging wild plants on public land surges. On one hand, increased foraging pressure risks overharvesting culturally and...

ecology food-sovereignty foraging urban-planning
15 napja Closed
Should we adopt native plant corridors across Forest Park? closed

Forest Park Sustainability Committee proposes connecting existing green spaces with native plant corridors to support local pollinators, improve soil health, and create hands-on ethnobotany education...

community environment
17 napja Closed
Should Portland city parks adopt a community-led ethical foraging policy? closed

Urban foraging is a growing practice in Portland, but current park rules are unclear and inconsistently enforced. This case asks the community to weigh in on whether Portland Parks & Recreation...

ecology food-sovereignty urban-planning
1 hónapja Closed
Should public foraging workshops require liability waivers for participants? closed

A growing number of community foraging educators are being asked by park authorities to have participants sign liability waivers before workshops. The question is whether this protects educators from...

1 hónapja Closed
Should Portland city parks adopt a community-led ethical foraging policy? closed

Urban foraging is a growing practice in Portland, but current park rules are unclear and inconsistently enforced. This case asks the community to weigh in on whether Portland Parks & Recreation...

ecology food-sovereignty urban-planning
1 hónapja Closed
Should urban foraging programs require formal consultation with Indigenous tribes before teaching plant identification? closed

I am an ethnobotanist and community educator based in Portland, Oregon, and this tension surfaces every season when I prepare foraging walks in Forest Park and along the Willamette River. For the...

Ethnobotany Food Sovereignty Indigenous Rights
1 hónapja Closed
Should foraging educators be required to cite Indigenous plant knowledge sources? closed

Every weekend in parks across North America, foraging educators lead groups through hedgerows and woodlands pointing out chickweed, plantain, dandelion, and blackberries. Many of these teachers are...

Ethics
1 hónapja Closed
Should native plant foraging workshops cite Indigenous names alongside Western scientific nomenclature as a standard ethical practice? closed

A community educator in the Pacific Northwest prepares a foraging workshop on stinging nettle. They teach its Linnaean name Urtica dioica, its common English name, its harvest window, and its...

education-ethics ethnobotany indigenous-knowledge
1 hónapja Closed
Should municipal parks permit the foraging of wild edibles as a public right? closed

Across North America, municipal parks are managed primarily for passive recreation and ecological preservation. Yet these same green spaces are rich with edible plants — nettles, chickweed,...

food-sovereignty foraging public-lands
2 hónapja Closed