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Chef Robin Kort of Swallow Tail Tours. Photo: Angela Fama Photography
Many of us are familiar with the sights, smells, and sounds of nature. But how many of us know what it tastes like? That’s where Chef Robin Kort of Swallow Tail Tours comes in. She offers foraging classes and tours both online and in-person to help us connect with wild foods.
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Vancouver Outdoor Community Spotlight: Chef Robin Kort of Swallow Tail Tours
Is it us, or is fall all about food? BC comes into its own with seasonal foods, from squash and pumpkin to apples and pears, each being found in bounty throughout Vancouver. There is one overlooked seasonal food we don’t often talk about during fall… Mushrooms!
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Get Wild this Fall with Mushroom Foraging Tours and Online Courses
Photo credit: Bronwen Erickson @birchwoodherbals
By: Jessica Linnay
Between the trees, along the shores, and nestled among foliage throughout Greater Vancouver grow inconspicuously common and incredibly helpful plants: wild growths that not only take root in the soil of our backyards but also in our daily lives in the form of teas, tinctures, ointments, spices, and sustenance. Surely you’ve noticed dandelion greens at the farmer’s market or experienced a powerful cup of nettle tea; but that we pass by these plants in the wild without realizing their value symbolizes a broken connection to nature that local herbalist Bronwen Erickson hopes to renew by hosting Herb Walk & Wild Foraging at Jericho Beach Park on April 2.
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Urban Foraging: Herb Walks and Medicine Talks in Vancouver
