Hey, it's Manouche. And I know some people love to cook. I just love to eat, which is partly why I

loved making the episode that we've got for you today. It is called the Food Connection. And we

visit with a forager who is huge on Instagram. You may know her. A chef who only uses ingredients

indigenous to North America and a farmer who thinks of his high tech organic farm as his own agricultural

Wakanda. We also talked to lots of other people. It is an awesome episode that first aired back in

September. So I hope you enjoyed again or for the first time. And I will be back next week with

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Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god.

Today we are starting the show outside foraging for food. I have been searching this whole city and I

finally found them. Black, Locust trees and they're blooming. This is Alexis Nicole Nelson.

And I am a forager. Ghost flowers. Let's go make snacks. Which is a very fun way to say I eat plants that

do not belong to me. And I teach other people how to do the same thing. The coolest job title ever.

Alexis is best known on TikTok where she has over two million followers.

We're making dandelion root coffee. And it's kind of a foraging legend.

Pick up some dandelions. Your neighbors will probably thank you.

For those who haven't seen Alexis's work, her videos are all about her foraging adventures,

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