@Blackforager
Alexis runs one of my favorite social media accounts, on which she shares videos of her foraging lifestyle and the recipes she’s able to make with what she finds. In doing this, she reconnects to her Afro-Indigenous roots by revitalizing this traditional foodway. Her passion for this practice was first sparked by her mother, who introduced her to onion grass as a 5 year old.
When I watch her videos, I find that I’m opened up to a whole new world of food. The plants and fungi that she forages vary constantly, and many of the ingredients are accessible to urban, suburban, and rural people. Tiktok is an incredibly accessible educational platform, and Alexis’ reach is so wide: she has over 2 million followers. So not only are a huge amount of young people learning about ethical foraging techniques, how to forage, and what we can prepare with our foraged plants, but we as an audience are also learning about the Afro-Indigenous roots of foraging on North American land.