Organizer:
Matthew Diplock
Date/Time:
Date(s) - Saturday 05 September, 2020
2:00 pm
activities
NOTE: this trip will preference trip leaders so that we can help pass the knowledge through the club but dont let that stop you from applying. After a week, i will accept everyone on a first come first serve basis.
Ever walked along the coastline and wondered about all of those plants, seaweed and seafood?
Are they edible? how do you harvest them? how do you positively identify them? are you allowed to collect them?
Join Sydney forager Diego Bonetto on a 2.5 hour workshop learning the what, where and how of collecting a meal from the seashore.
Diego is an edible weed advocate renowned for his offering of urban foraging workshops. Building on the knowledge acquired while growing up on a farm in Italy, Diego introduces people to the ever-present food and medicine plants that surround us. He collaborates extensively with chefs, herbalists, environmentalists and cultural workers promoting a new understanding of what the environment has to offer.
WHAT WILL WE DO? We will take a walk along Clovelly gully, all the way to Shark Point and learn about coastal wild food, seaside plants, edible seaweeds,and their uses from an indigenous and cosmopolitan perspective.
We will touch on issues of legal restrictions, ecology and fragility of ecosystems, stewardship and care for the land and sea.
This is an informative workshop designed to empower people with identification skills. Participants will receive material on the day and follow up links so to progress with their own research.
The knowledge is old and widespread and this learning experience will empower participants by giving them a chance to meet, touch, smell and even taste the plants and seaweeds. Always eat in small amounts as a start.
Please dress for the weather and bring your camera and notebook if you wish to retain the information. We time this workshop to coincide with low tide however, venturing onto the rock platform can be slippery and will depend on wave conditions.
As part of the workshop, you will be issued with a booklet detailing the most common edibles of the Sydney Basin and notes on edible seaweeds. You will also receive follow up information about the plants we actually talk about in the workshop.
BIO:
Diego Bonetto is a forager, artist, storyteller and an expert on identifying the nutritious plants that grow under our feet that most people call ‘weeds’
Building on the knowledge acquired while growing up on a farm in Italy, Diego introduces people to the ever-present food and medicine plants that surround us. He collaborates extensively with chefs, herbalists, environmentalists and cultural workers promoting a new understanding of what the environment has to offer and works with council and institutions to provide content for community engagement projects. You see weeds, Diego sees food.
Diego is now launching wildfood.store, a company that offers foraging services for farmers, market gardeners and chefs.
Diego is a founding member of the Kandos School of Cultural Adaptation.
Diego has received a substantial amount of media including a Gardening Australia appearance, articles on Marie Claire, GQ Australia, SMH, and segments on ABC and SBS.
www.diegobonetto.com
www.wildfood.store
www.ksca.land
Instagram @theweedyone
