CONTACT:
RebeccaELerner(AT)gmail(DOT)com
Eating cattail and wearing a shirt dyed with black walnut husks
REBECCA LERNER IN THE NEWS:
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The Los Angeles Times:
“Foraging is green eating at its purest”
Boston Globe:
“A new movement redefines local food”
Utne Reader:
“Adventures In Urban Foraging”
AdBusters Magazine:
“Wild Food Diet”
Urban Farm magazine:
A Meal on Every Corner
The Oregonian:
“Portlander tries a holiday diet of only foraged foods”
Portland Tribune:
“Trackers go wild in the city”
Chicago Tribune:
“Urban Foraging Tips”
Mix magazine:
“Field Guide to Foraging in the Northwest: A Few Words From The Wise”
TreeHugger.com:
“Wild Girl Goes Urban Foraging in Portland”
City Farmer News
Can City Girl Live Off Wild Food For A Week In Portland?
Birmingham Weekly:
“Those damned tree huggers”
KVAL.com:
“Could you survive a week eating wild?”
EcoLocalizer:
“Wild Girl Forages For Food in Urban Portland”
HowStuffWorks:
“Urban Foraging: A ‘Wild Girl’ Lives Off Portland’s Bounty” strong>”Your Time With Kim Iverson” (national radio show):
“Rebecca Lerner: Urban Forager”Dec. 1, 2009
KBOO 90.7 FM
Click here to listen to “Urban Forager Runs Experiment”
Home News Tribune:
“Rutgers grad gains national attention for urban forager diet” Nov. 30, 2009
Flux Magazine: “Sidewalk Cafe”
KOIN-Local 6 Portland:
“Finding Food”
KATU-ABC Portland:
“Could you survive a week eating wild?”
The Oregonian:
“The menu includes ant eggs for Portland forager”
World News Network:
“Becky Lerner Goes Urban Food Foraging in Portland”
Trend Central:
Urban Foraging: More Local Than the Green Market
OutThere Monthly:
Find Wild Food
Joie Magazine
Foraging: An Alternative Approach to Nourishment
BLOGS & PODCASTS
The Sprocket:
Episode 73: Rebecca Lerner
RowdyKittens:
The Essence of Urban Foraging
Cincinnatti Locavore:
“Urban Foraging Experiment”
Neighborhood Notes:
How to Eat Locally: Spring
The Ferris Files:
“A Feast of Weeds”
Groundswell Collective:
“Rebecca Lerner, Urban Forager”
QuirkyNomads.com (podcast): “Becky Lerner of First Ways talks about living on nothing but wild food in Portland, Oregon”
ILiveHere:PDX
Profile: Becky Lerner
Organic City Sounds
Portland Portrait: Urban Foraging
Two Frog Home
Fall of Excuses
FILM
“2012: Time for Change”(nationwide limited release documentary)
July 2010
blog cameo
Waste Not, Want Not
Short documentary that won “best film” at Colorado College Film Festival 2011.
YOUTUBE
See my how-to foraging videos on my YouTube channel here.
Rights and Permission:
Free to use any of my photographs on this site as long as you credit me (Rebecca Lerner/FirstWays.com). Note that if another photographer is credited here (such as Blair Ryan/BlairRyan.com), then s/he owns the rights to the image and you must contact him or her for permission. You can quote any content from this blog as long as you attribute it to me. If you do cover my work, let me know and I will link to your article here.
THREE REASONS TO COVER FORAGING:
1) It’s the ultimate in local, sustainable food.
2) It’s healthy: Wild plants are packed with nutrients.
3) It’s free: There’s no checkout counter on the sidewalk.
I find your site very informative and will certainly follow it with interest.