Can You Really Live on Wild Food? Robin Greenfield Is! | Food Freedom

About this episode

This episode features a conversation with Robin Greenfield about living on wild food and the concept of food freedom.

This episode is a conversation with Robin Greenfield, activist, forager, and author of Food Freedom. Robin has spent years experimenting with what it means to step outside the industrial food system, first by growing and foraging all of his food for a year, and now by eating only wild food. In this conversation, we explore what food freedom actually looks like in practice, the role of community, and why food sits at the center of ecological and personal resilience. Episode Overview: Robin’s ...

People in this episode

Host: Poldi Wieland

Guest: Robin Greenfield

Topics covered

• wild food
• food freedom
• foraging
• community
• ecological resilience

Keywords

• wild food
• foraging
• food freedom
• ecological resilience
• community

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Food Freedom

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