But, how dare you eat turkey!
Mixing Thanksgiving with climate justice: forget the turkey, pass the foraged plants
Ever thought to eat what is commonly considered an invasive weed?
That’s exactly what this group of nine Bay Area residents did recently, nibbling away at bright green nasturtium leaves under the guidance of Linh Hoang, who hosted “A New Thanksgiving” at the Lake Merritt Pergola in collaboration with Sunrise Movement Bay Area.
Eyes lit up and eyebrows rose as the sharp, radish-like flavor of the leaves burst onto tastebuds.
The event combined a potluck dinner with lessons about edible plants that can be found growing in sidewalk cracks and neighborhood parks around Oakland. For Hoang, it was an opportunity to connect Indigenous practices of foraging to the work of climate justice, and to address deep-seated myths surrounding the holiday.
Go away. Leave the rest of us alone.
A holiday classic
75 years ago we harvested corn today.
It had been raining and too muddy to get a wagon and team into the field.
As a child, I got the down row.
Somehow today seems better.
Merry Thanksgiving and Happy Christmas.