Guerrilla Grafting, Wild Carbs & Foraging Japanese Knotweed with Healing Ecosystems

About this episode

The episode features a discussion on food resilience and foraging with Bryan from Healing Ecosystems.

In this episode, I’m joined by my friend Bryan from Healing Ecosystems. He’s someone who’s not just talking about food resilience—he’s living it, experimenting with wild foods, and creating abundance on the land in ways most people haven’t even considered. Episode Overview: Guerrilla grafting edible pear varieties onto ornamental Bradford pears in public spacesHow to grow and forage wild carbohydrates like turnips, sweet potatoes, Jerusalem artichokes, and groundnutsTraditional acorn processi...

People in this episode

Host: Poldi Wieland

Guest: Bryan

Topics covered

• guerrilla grafting
• wild foods
• food resilience
• foraging
• carbohydrates
• Japanese knotweed

Keywords

• guerrilla grafting
• wild carbohydrates
• foraging
• edible plants
• food abundance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Healing Ecosystems

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