Gina Rae La Cerva on Wild Food in the Age of Industrial Agriculture

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Gina Rae La Cerva on Wild Food in the Age of Industrial Agriculture

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Anthropologist Gina Rae La Cerva, author of the new book “Feasting Wild: In Search of the Last Untamed Food,” discusses why wild food has come to be considered a luxury, and the pressing need to build better, more resilient ecological and agricultural systems.

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