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We have a number of foraging related videos available online, discussing everything from how to identify wild ingredients, safely and sustainably collect them, and how wild food can be brought into the kitchen to help reduce your food bill costs!

The Wild Edges is a short, environmental documentary inspired by the increasingly pertinent discussion regarding the limitations of nature within our society.Within our own Cornish community of Millbrook, where this film was produced and filmed, there are a number of debates occurring, from grass length to mowing practices, with some wanting to see ecology thrive while others see this growth as an insulting neglect to village aesthetics.Talking to local children, those who will be inheriting the landscape we create, this film meets with those involved in the environment to seek their perspective on why our wild edges are more important than we may realise.This film was written and directed by forager and Family Foraging Kitchen founder, Vix Hill-Ryder, and filmed by Tom Kirkman and Lucien Harris, with an original score by Jon Tye (Seahawks, Ocean Moon Group). Featured in the documentary are twitcher and performance poet, Mike McCan, wildlife photographer Lucien Harris, field mycologist Leon Frey, and David Curry, from Living Churchyards the Environmental Advisor for the Diocese of Exeter, as well as our rising star child presenters, Bluebell, Sage, and Rubus!We would like to thank the National Lottery for their huge support with this project and our ongoing community initiatives, as well as to every individual who made this film possible.Thank you.

In this episode, Vix reflects on the current food landscape in the UK, with supermarkets struggling to stock familiar produce and how many are now looking more closely at the UK's own seasonal produce.What better time to also start looking at our hedgerows? Their seasonal abundance offers so much insight into the history and ecology of our local areas, and can also be a source of nutrition and flavour too. In this episode, Vix showcases some of her favourite wild ingredients on the Cornish coast, revelling in what is one of the most abundant periods of the year.This series, however, isn’t solely about identifying and sustainably harvesting foraged foods. It’s also about how households across the country can use their local environment to supplement their dishes, adding exciting flavours to supermarket foods and community support initiatives.This video was made possible thanks to the National Lottery.Thank you for watching![Keen-eyed viewers will also spot the spelling mistake - it's Three Cornered Leek, not leak!]

In this episode, Vix demonstrates how the end of winter and beginning of spring is a wonderful time, with an abundance of ingredients that can add distinct flavours and an abundance of nutrition to dishes. From the fragrant aroma of magnolia flowers to the swathes of delicious alexander hearts, as well as the punch of charlock, the Cornish coast offers a bounty to the forager and can, with a little knowledge, be safely and sustainably incorporated into your diet.This series, however, isn’t solely about identifying and sustainably harvesting foraged foods. It’s also about how households across the country can use their local environment to supplement their dishes, adding exciting flavours to supermarket foods and community support initiatives.This video was made possible thanks to the National Lottery.Thank you for watching!

In this episode, Vix takes us to the Cornish coast and shows how easy and exciting our diverse seaweeds can transform a dish that’s created with packaged ‘yellow sticker’ produce, destined for landfill.There are a number of delicious seaweeds shared in this video, from the fragrant pepper dulse to the ubiquitous sea lettuce. Each one can quickly become easy to recognise and grows in abundance across the rocky shore of beautiful Kingsand.This series, however, isn’t solely about identifying and sustainably harvesting foraged foods. It’s also about how households across the country can use their local environment to supplement their dishes, adding exciting flavours to supermarket foods and community support initiatives.This video was made possible thanks to the National Lottery.Thank you for watching!

History has demonstrated that there is a consistently strong relationship between foraging and food insecurity.Now, as we enter the season of winter, a period that is being defined by financial hardship, we believe that the sourcing of wild food can once again be valuable to residents across the UK.Our new video series, Heating Or Eating: Wildly Surviving Winter, focusses on this issue, following head forager Vix Hill-Ryder as she shares insight into her own practices supporting her family’s diet with delicious and nutritious wild ingredients.This series, however, isn’t solely about identifying and sustainably harvesting foraged foods. It’s also about how households across the country can use their local environment to supplement their dishes, adding exciting flavours to supermarket foods and community support initiatives.This video was made possible thanks to the National Lottery.Thank you for watching!

New Video Series AnnouncementHistory has demonstrated that there is a consistently strong relationship between foraging and food insecurity. Now, as we enter the season of winter, a period that is being defined by financial hardship, we believe that the sourcing of wild food can once again be valuable to residents across the UK.Our new video series, Heating Or Eating: Wildly Surviving Winter, focusses on this issue, following head forager Vix Hill-Ryder as she shares insight into her own practices supporting her family’s diet with delicious and nutritious wild ingredients. This series, however, isn’t solely about identifying and sustainably harvesting foraged foods. It’s also about how households across the country can use their local environment to supplement their dishes, adding exciting flavours to supermarket foods and community support initiatives.Here is our series trailer. We hope not only that you enjoy it but also that you might be encouraged, with the confidence and knowledge, to begin picking your own wild ingredients, whether sprucing up a pesto with nettles or adding rosehips to your seasonal soups.We would like to thank Esther Alexandra for her super thumbnail design and Matidla Butler for her fantastic video production.Thank you for your support!The Family Foraging Kitchen Team

In our final episode of Series 2, Vix takes to Maker Heights, with its stunning views of Cornwall's coast, to create a delicious meal from hedgerow ingredients, such as cow parsley, red campions, and spearmint!This video has been created to complement our Wild Food Box initiative, whereby each month we forage and deliver twenty free boxes of wild food ingredients, offering them to low and no-income homes within our area. It is our hope that, with this project, we can help challenges of food poverty by sharing a passion and knowledge for foraged foods.If you'd like more information on our educational projects or would like to see our foraging walk course shedule, then visit www.familyforagingkitchen.co.uk!

In this episode, Vix explores residential areas to showcase the amazing wild foods that can be found right on your doorstep. Discussing the considerations that must be made when foraging in urban landscapes, Vix collects a number of delicious spring edibles and demonstrates how to turn them into a wonderful meal.This video has been created to complement our Wild Food Box initiative, whereby each month we forage and deliver twenty free boxes of wild food ingredients, offering them to low and no-income homes within our area. It is our hope that, with this project, we can help challenges of food poverty by sharing a passion and knowledge for foraged foods.If you'd like more information on our educational projects or would like to see our foraging walk course shedule, then visit www.familyforagingkitchen.co.uk!

Wild foods aren't always found in rural areas. In fact, many of our own gardens will spring up delicious edibles without us realising. Too often they are written off as 'weeds' when they should actually be welcomed, whether to own dinner table or for the local wildlife.So, if you're looking to get started with foraging, or simply want to learn what garden plants might be a suprising and superb ingredient for your kitchen, this episode is for you!This video was made with the support of the National Lottery and coincides with our Free Food Forever initiative. We believe that with wild food education, the risk of food insecurity can be reduced and communities can be built. For more information, visit our website!

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