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How Black foragers find freedom in the natural world

Whether they’re herbalists or home cooks, Black people often have to contend with conflicted histories of disconnection from the land — and a present in which they don’t always find nature a sanctuary.

(Adraint Bereal | The New York Times) Alexis Nikole Nelson, known as the Black Forager to her 1.7 million TikTok followers, holds an uprooted edible plant in Columbus, Ga., July 13, 2021. Though there are no definitive statistics, foragers have informally reported an increase in the practice during the pandemic.

By Cynthia Greenlee | The New York Times