Ethan Welty On How Urban Foraging Could Change Cities Forever

Imagine if city governments focused more on planting food-bearing plants than ornamental plants. Everyone can come together for urban foraging, making such plants essential for beautification and community building. Ethan Welty wants every person in the world to give more attention to these food-bearing plants, and this is his main purpose for co-founding Falling Fruit. Joining Corinna Bellizzi, he explains how he uses this online platform to promote fruit harvest in urban settings by mapping which cities you can forage food. Corinna and Ethan also share about the trees and plants they grew and harvested, as well as the process and benefits of guerilla gardening and grafting.

About Guest:

Ethan Welty is a postdoctoral researcher at the World Glacier Monitoring Service and University Of Zurich. He is the Co-Founder of Falling Fruit, a technology-focused 501(c)(3) non-profit organization mapping the world's edible plants. They have developed an online platform to promote urban foraging and local food.

Guest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethanwelty

Guest Website: https://fallingfruit.org 

Show Notes: - used raw audio files

0:00 – Introduction 

2:05 – Ethan's postdoctoral research

5:19 – Falling Fruit

12:14 – Food-bearing plants vs. ornamental plants

24:19 – Guerilla gardening and grafting

33:50 – Local food and community building

37:40 – Ethan's favorite fruit to harvest

40:19 – Walnuts and acorns

44:16 - Carbon sequestration

49:14 – Plan of action

54:04 – Advice on getting started with urban foraging

57:59 – Conclusion 

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