EP18 Roushanna Gray | The Art of Foraging & Immersive Nourishment
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In this episode Olivia Taylor speaks to Roushanna Gray about food as a powerful learning tool & connector that all people can relate to, access to land & limiting policies, the importance of preserving plant & animal names in vernacular, the untapped potential of seaweeds, whether foraging is a romanticised notion, how to personally re-connect with nature, and so much more!
Roushanna Gray is the founder of Veld and Sea, an immersive and experiential wild flavour focused business based in Cape Town. The concept of Veld and Sea is to track the edible landscape through the seasons, with workshops that invite others to experience what nature’s flavour of the moment is. In Summer coastal foraging, in Autumn and Winter land-based harvesting and in the Springtime the focus moves to the flowers.
Resources mentioned:
- KHWA TUU Heritage Centre, West Coast
- Protect The West Coast - in solidarity with stopping over 100 mining companies from destroying sensitive natural ecosystems, & preventing accessibility to coastal areas impacting land and ocean sovereignty, water rights, as well as putting the indigenous Guriqua people's cultural traditions and livelihoods at risk.
- EDUCATION - this knowledge should be a part of our schools' curriculum.
- Books - plant ID books available in Kirstenbosch bookshop. Local ocean guidebooks at most good bookstores.
- Spotify playlist WILDFOOD FOR THOUGHT: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37eX74khpmD8cQTer6fS4P?si=BDcNG7NhQ86w3mvfwsTXCA
To follow more of Roushanna's work, you can find her on Instagram @veldandsea.
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