How can we bring vibrancy, life, diversity and connection back to the land?  How would we be if we listened to all the wild plants of our land?  Katrina Blair first listened to plants at the age of 11 - and is now transforming her local community.  In this inspiring podcast, she leads us through ways we, too, can connect with plants as our teachers. 

Katrina Blair began studying wild plants in her teens when she camped out alone for a summer with the intention of eating primarily wild foods. She gained an MA from John F Kennedy University in Orinda, CA in Holistic Health Education and - as she tells us in the podcast - went on to found Turtle Lake Refuge in 1998, a non-profit organisation whose mission is to celebrate the connection between personal health and wild lands. She teaches sustainable living practices, permaculture and wild edible and medicinal plant classes locally and internationally. She is the author of two books, one a raw food cook book's 'Recipes for Living Deep' and The Wild Wisdom of Seeds (linked below). 

The Mission Statement of Turtle Lake Refuge says that it exists to celebrate the connection between personal health and wild lands.  

We are inspired to promote and practice sustainable ways of living, honouring wild nature and the evolution of community. Examples of our work include growing, harvesting and preparing local, wild and living food for the community, educating about the great values of the wild edible and medicinal abundance available in our area, providing local micro greens for the public schools, restaurants and stores and educating about organic land stewardship practices through our project Bee Happy Lands. 

Links: 

Turtle Lake Refuge: http://www.turtlelakerefuge.org

Recipes for Living Deep: http://www.turtlelakerefuge.org/rawfoodcookbook

The Wild Wisdom of Weeds: http://www.turtlelakerefuge.org/wild-wisdom