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    From Globetrotting to Grounded: An Exploration of Wild Foods and Connection

    by Gina Rae La Cerva Oct 13, 2020 1 minute
    From Globetrotting to Grounded: An Exploration of Wild Foods and Connection By Gina Rae La Cerva. Photograph of a suitcase filled with fruit courtesy of Gina Rae La Cerva
    Photograph courtesy of Gina Rae La Cerva

    Estimated reading time: 4 minutes

    Musings from an environmental anthropologist dedicated to exploring wild, untamed foods — even in her own backyard

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    Is it possible to be homesick, not for a place, but for the past?

    One of the central

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