Lanessa Hickman
Stories (3/0)
Backyard Blues
Black people have long used nature to heal ourselves when segregated hosptials refused, feed ourselves and communities, and live a sovereighn lifestyle. But with the commercialization of gardening and farming upon us, access to gardening tools, seeds, and even plots of land has become scarcer. That's where foraging comes in. Foraging is the act of searching for wild food sources whether that be in a nearby forest, along the beach, or outside of your apartment complex. Alexis Nikole Nelson's foraging TikToks have gone viral since the pandemic first hit in the United States last spring; her videos chronicling nature walks, plant classification, her segment Poison or Sncacc, and cooking her newly foraged flora have garnered well over 400,000 views on TikTok, some even reaching the one million mark. Nelson's content cleverly mixes in her humor and sunny personality to build on a radical tradition of existing in harmony with the land to nourish ourselves and communities.
By Lanessa Hickman3 years ago in Feast