Preserving Cultural Food Heritage - Lori McCarthy #168

It was an absolute pleasure to talk with Lori McCarthy — a third generation Newfoundlander — about the importance of preserving cultural food heritage for future generations. Lori has dedicated her life to preserving the cultural food of her homeland, Newfoundland and Labrador, through her company Cod Sounds and the Livyers Cultural Alliance. Her core values embrace locally sourced regional cuisine and this is reflected in her food experiences and through her cooking school. Newfoundland and Labrador have a rich and fascinating history — grounded in the cod fisheries that once sustained them. Lori gives us a firsthand look at the land she calls home and shares how deeply the collapse of the local cod fisheries affected the fisherman and surrounding communities. Today Newfoundland and Labrador are home to a thriving food and restaurant industry, and Lori is at the forefront of keeping the area's traditional, local and wild food in the spotlight. Lori's work is incredibly inspiring and serves as a model that we can all learn from. Lori encourages us to join together with people from our local community to celebrate our local ecology and our own unique cultural food heritage — and to work together to pass this treasured knowledge down to future generations! EPISODE BREAKDOWN: Show Introduction: Hunt + gather updates: A successful bear hunt A bear hunt Q&A Introducing Lori McCarthy Describing Newfoundland and Labrador How Lori got started in her work The rich food-based history of Newfoundland and Labrador Winters and the growing season History of the cod fisheries The cuisine of the local landscape + Lori's journey into wild foods Preserving cultural food heritage A foraging year in Lori's local ecosystem Eat It Wild Predictions for foraging in the future Lori's prognosis for the future human species

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Preserving Cultural Food Heritage - Lori McCarthy #168 is an episode from ReWild Yourself by Daniel Vitalis.

This episode is 01:27:04 long.

This episode was published on Oct 18, 2017.

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