Presented by the Food Summit, Join Josefina Barrantes, Sandra Zepeda, and Karley Rojas on an Ethnobotanical Plants Tour of the campus on April 15th at 2 pm at Founder's Hall.
We will be walking a route of campus and discussing selected plant relatives consistent with the information presented in the ‘Foraging Edible Landscapes at Humboldt State University’ course. Information for each plant will include: Identifying physical characteristics of the plant, Edible/medicinal aspects, Origin/were it has been introduced/if it’s a non-native prolific grower.
Josefina Barrantes and Sandra Zepeda are the the curriculum developers and teachers of the ‘Foraging Edible Landscapes at Humboldt State University’ course, and lead developers of the Cal Poly Humboldt Ethnobotanical Map. Karley Rojas is the research assistant for the Rou Dalagurr Food Sovereignty Lab and Traditional Ecological Knowledges Institute, ethnobotanist, and consultant to the Ethnobotanical Map.
*A prerequisite for this workshop is the 'Gathering for Indigenous Empowerment' Workshop. If you did not participate in the prerequisite workshop, please complete the activity and assessment (please email
kr228@humboldt.edu, Karley Rojas, for a link). *