Polar Bear Hot Cocoa

Kelela by Eric Johnson for Essence April 2023

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Nessie beaker mug, 1968, by William John Clappison for Hornsea Pottery Co. Ltd.

Attic Living Space, 1969

This is not true and it is in fact neither very simple nor very plain to forage sustainably. This kind of flippant "it's such an easy hobby" attitude when it comes to harvesting is exactly *why* there are so many problems with once-abundant traditional foods being depleted. Every plant is different, has different needs, and can support a different intensity of gathering. Foraging isn't just some fun hobby, and shouldn't be treated like one. It is a method of intentionally working land to gather resources meant to sustain oneself, whether those resources be food, medicine, or something else. It requires conscious maintenance of the land you are working, and active monitoring of not just your own gathering, but the gathering of your entire community. It requires experiential, often generational knowledge. You cannot boil a resource-gathering operation down to a simple truism and expect others to be able to do it respectfully and sustainably.

Arthur J. Robinson, aka Mr. Okra, in his recognizable red truck, New Orleans, Louisiana.