About this item
In this engaging and eye-opening read, forager-journalist Becky Lerner sets out on a quest to find her inner hunter-gatherer in the city of Portland, Oregon. After a disheartening week trying to live off wild plants from the streets and parks near her home, she learns the ways of the first people who lived there and, along with a quirky cast of characters, discovers an array of useful wild plants hiding in plain sight. As she harvests them for food, medicine, and just-in-case apocalypse insurance, Lerner delves into anthropology, urban ecology and sustainability, and finds herself looking at Nature in a very different way. Humorous, philosophical, and informative, Dandelion Hunter has something for everyone, from the curious neophyte to the seasoned forager.
About the Author
The author lives in Portland, Oregon. As an urban edible and medicinal plant expert, she appeared on the national TV shows "Brew Dogs" on Esquire Network and "Dark Rye" on Pivot, NPR, the Los Angeles Times, Portland Monthly magazine, TreeHugger.com, The Boston Globe, BUST magazine, OPB and more. She also contributed the Pacific Northwest plants to the Wild Edibles iPhone/Android app.
She has an M.F.A. in creative nonfiction from Goucher College and a B.A. in philosophy from Rutgers University. Her writing has appeared in Orion magazine, Utne Reader, The Oregonian, RealitySandwich.com, and a dozen other publications.
