Environmental activist visits Lexington on a year-long tour to share way of life

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — Environmental activist and forager Robin Greenfield is on a year-long United States tour to elucidate why he eats solely what he can discover in nature.

“I’m foraging 100% of my food and medicine down to the salt, oil, spices, no grocery stores, no restaurants,” Greenfield mentioned.

Greenfield is at the moment in Lexington, main plant walks and talking on the University of Kentucky to encourage folks to rethink their relationship with meals. He carries his total pantry with him, which incorporates wild rice, mushrooms, berries and herbs. He says the earth already supplies what we’d like.

“In 2011, I was living a fairly typical life, very focused on material possessions and financial wealth, and then I started to watch some documentaries and read some books, and I learned that the way that I was living was causing so much destruction to the earth, to the people, to the plants and animals,” Greenfield mentioned. “If you learn one plant per month for a year, that’s 12 plants. That’s life changing if you can walk out your door and know 12 different plants, so one plant at a time.”

He says his mission is just not about giving up trendy life, however about reconnecting with the pure world round us.

“Within just an arm’s reach of this tree, I found seven different foods and medicines… dandelion, henbit, dock,” Greenfield mentioned. “You know our food just kind of comes from the grocery store and the restaurants, and we don’t really think about it, but for every single person here in Lexington, if they go outside, they’re walking past an abundance of food and medicine.”

To study extra about Greenfield and his mission, visit his website here.