Todays guest is Gina Rae La Cerva - A writer and anthropologist who searches for wild foods—and reveals what we lose in a world where wildness itself is misunderstood, commodified, and hotly pursued. She holds degrees from Yale University, The University of Cambridge, and Vassar College. An avid adventurer, LaCerva has researched tsunamis in Indonesia, crossed the Pacific Ocean on a sailboat, and gone scuba diving with barracudas. Her love of being outside began in childhood, as she grew up exploring the mountains of northern New Mexico. She is dedicated to writing about environmental science and philosophy in ways that both personalize and contextualize dense research, broadening the scope of engagement with these subjects to scientists and non-scientists alike. For most of human history, we hunted and gathered. Today, most people will never eat anything undomesticated. And yet the desire to eat wild has never been stronger. To understand this trend, La Cerva forages for wild onions in a Danish cemetery, tracks the trade in illegal bushmeat from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Europe, sips elusive bird’s nest soup in Borneo, and smuggles Swedish "heartbreak" moose meat home in her suitcase. "Feasting Wild" is a remarkable celebration of biodiversity, Indigenous and women's knowledge, our vital connection to nature, and delicious flavors! I hope you enjoy this episode with GinaRae La Cerva