Hi all! Thanks for watching! Have you gone foraging in your own neighborhoods? Would love to hear about the stuff you've found (and whether, like me, you'll never look at a No Trespassing sign the same way again).
There used to be a website here in San Diego with a list of all the trees, bushes, plants, & vines, with edible fruits, nuts, veggies, etc. that were available for free. Either because they were on public property or hanging over into sidewalk or because the people that owned them were ok with it. For the life of me I cannot find it any more!!! 😩😫 but yes we take our kids to balboa park to pick kumquats and we got ogled by people 😬 we had to explain to them what we were eating 😊
I have have such signs up on my small estate of 8 acres, but my signs apply to everyone and my dogs are not racist and are equal opportunity when it comes to biting intruders.
I believed they pass all sorts of laws just to funnel *BLACK PEOPLE* into prisons, not poor people, not LGBT, not minorities, not natives etc. The more black people there are in an area, the more laws there are, the fewer black people there are in an area, the fewer laws there are - til this day. You can drive super-fast without needing to worry about speed-limits in certain parts of the country - not so much in other states. Me wonders why.
i absolutely adore her and her seemingly endless wealth of knowledge. i'm so happy that one day i had downloaded tiktok and saw her content because ALL of it is worth the watch. (and selfishly, i would love to be friends with her)
for the people in the comments saying it's not safe to forage from urban cities, do yall forget that our fruits and vegetables that we buy at the supermarket are sprayed with pesticides?!! like??!! anyways i love her and im so happy yall shared this very informative video! shes inspired me to go out and forage as well! food should not be a commodity, it should be accessible.
The pesticides that are used for our food are usually FDA approved unless you get them elsewhere. So its much safer to get it at a grocery store. That doesn't even take into account the potential danger you might encounter trying to forage the food.
Sure pesticides are not all great. But Smog, runoff, dog piss, and heroin is a whole new ball game. Plants are like sponges. It’s like playing Russian roulette. Industrial food has problems but eating from the side walk reminds me of that guy who fishes in the LA river🙅♀️ the privilege conversion she is starting is invaluable though. I had no idea.
@@siggietyrone3965 that’s all you think,once it’s harvested why you think it last for days since it got harvested until it gets to your grocery store. Yeah, perhaps if you know the truth you might say you better grow your own food.
It's pretty interesting, in Europe we currently have generally really loose land laws when it comes to walking trough private property or foraging. And we started out with quite harsh laws due to peasantry and nobility stuff. US kinda did reverse.
Thank you so much for sharing your platform to tell her story! I was lucky enough to be one of her followers early on and it has been an actual honor for me to watch her continued growth & abundance of success! She is one of the classiest & most gracious human beings I’ve ever come across in my life! I genuinely feel like I’m a better person because of just how much she’s educated me at this point! Bless the black forager infinitely! ❤️
This segment was so beautiful! Alexis is awesome! Black people in this country have always been self sufficient historically because we’re utterly resilient due to lack of resources in slavery - unfortunately, racist laws have changed that narrative to force many to be reliant on white institutions to keep us confined in both freedom and economic success (shameful!). But thanks so much for enlightening folks on our country’s history! It’s needed.
Also people with disabilities would not be able to forage. As someone like myself who is blind, I wouldn't have the necessary vision to spit out which plants I could find to make a decent meal with in the wild. For me and other people who disabilities shopping at a store is more convenient and safer. But I would love to learn how to garden to at least one day grow n produce my own veggies, herbs, and some fruit. I'm already currently in the process of trying to buy stuff from a butcher or farm if I can get a ride there.
AMAZING. this video was so enlightening. Love her and the history included. Wow I just never knew. I can remember my great grandmother from Mississippi telling me how they never felt the effects of the Great Depression because they grew there own food and we’re already leaving bing in less pretty much. The food that my great grandmother cooked was so fresh and so yummy. I take inspiration from this young lady and know that she is a shinning light in the world. Keep up the good work sista.
Great video to highlight foraging and make it more accessible to POC! Also glad more people are learning about her informative work that I enjoyed since last year
Teaching child from a very young age common foraged foods starting with wild blackberries & crab apples to dandelions f(lowers & leaves especially) and this video is a "MUST WATCH" for so many fun & educational reasons. THANK YOU!!!!!
The soils in urban areas are often contaminated with heavy metals like lead. Some plants will actively accumulate metals and so it may not be a good idea to forage and eat such plants.
I think I’ve seen the Black Forager’s tiktok once once on Twitter but I’m so glad y’all introduced me to her stuff! I think she’s really awesome and smart!
Historical note: It's important to remember that "no trespassing" is also part of the Historical enclosure of the commons. The nobility of Europe turned common lands where peasants could freely hunt, fish, forage, and collect firewood into private property for the express purpose of forcing peasants to work for the landowners in order to survive. This is not just a problem of racist white people in the South, it's the foundation of modern Capitalism. If people were able to survive on their own, they couldn't be forced to sell their labor.
2:59 Those look like what my family likes to call, "bullsh&% strawberries." They grow in Pennsylvania, taste like nothing covered in pebbles, and like to grow near my real strawberries so that I can't tell them apart.
I call BS The writ of trespass was developed before 1250 as a sort of civil version of a felony. What the writs of trespass had in common was that they involved forcible, or at least intentional, action that directly resulted in injury. Lawyers tried to fit their cases into one of these writs since, if they could not, they had no case. While courts allowed some flexibility in their use, the basics had always to apply: direct harm forcibly caused. So, when a landholder chopped down a tree and it landed on his neighbor, that could be squeezed into a trespass writ; but where the tree landed on the road and a passerby stumbled over it after dark, there was no direct injury and therefore no trespass. To correct this problem a statute of 1285 allowed writs of trespass to be issued in consimili casu, "in similar cases." Non-specific writs of trespass could now be obtained if the fact situation were similar to those covered by traditional writs (as those had come to be interpreted by the courts) even if the injuries were not direct. A trespass in consimili casu was referred to as “trespass on the case” or simply “case.” The freedom of action allowed by actions on the case was not quickly taken advantage of and it is not until Edward III’s reign (1327-1377) that we begin to see significant numbers of writs called “trespass” that cannot fit the traditional definitions.
Oh yes! It's very silly mental gymnastics, but woke people love this stuff. They'll take any topic and associate it to racism. The logic used in this video is precisely the logic of "Hitler drank water and liked dogs, therefore if you drink water and like dogs, you are pro holocaust". It's the precise logic.
Thank you both for this wholesome, important work. It really brightened my day to watch this and learn so much. Good luck with the Webby's! You deserve it!
How concerned are you about pollution in roadside foraging? Obviously this is inherently great, but when I do it myself sometimes I wonder to what extent car culture makes it dangerous or adds undesired health effects. I've heard people suggest rules that you don't gather within a certain distance of the road so there isn't exhaust on everything, and that those close to the roads have high levels of heavy metals. I'd be interested to see an investigation of that question from someone like you who supports the hobby in general -- is it a valid cause of concern? Which sidewalk plants are more or less dangerous? Like with that purslane salad, I have to wonder how much roadside heavy metals are being taken up into the plant.
I can’t get my mind past the fact that a dog probably pissed on anything near the sidewalk. I know you can wash it. My brain will not allow me to get past it.😢
"As I went walking I saw a sign there, And on the sign it said "No Trespassing." But on the other side it didn't say nothing. That side was made for you and me."
I'd love to come forage some items from your home! Just to clarify, you don't believe in trespassing? I might come stay a week or so. Thanks man! See you soon! I do walk in the nude and will be inviting some people that are struggling with drug addiction, as they need a place to stay. Thanks!!
@@nioxa5421 Oh yeah! I was there literally in December! That's awesome. Oh! So you're saying I wouldn't fit in there? I wouldn't be welcome there? Huh. Seems like that's the exact thing you racebaiters are arguing against right now, but you lord it over others as a badge of pride. The hypocrisy is AMAZING.
I use to allow people on my property to hunt, fish and camp. But it soon became hoards of idiots destroying everything insight. I now have every trespasser arrested.
Wow, I really enjoyed the content in this video. Such insightful, informative, thought provoking knowledge packed into this one video. What a great job.
So yes, that was the reason behind trespassing laws a hundred years ago.... but now, trespassing laws exist mainly to prevent damage to property and ensuring safety of both the land owners and the potential trespassers.
Zechariah 1:15 And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.
