#salmonberry — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #salmonberry, aggregated by home.social.
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Spotted a pair of mating hummingbirds today, but failed to catch them on camera. #Fungi and #flowers were slower-moving, so y'all get those instead.
#awalkaday #fungiverse #mushtodon #bloomscrolling #salmonberry
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Spotted a pair of mating hummingbirds today, but failed to catch them on camera. #Fungi and #flowers were slower-moving, so y'all get those instead.
#awalkaday #fungiverse #mushtodon #bloomscrolling #salmonberry
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A sure sign of spring here in the western Washington lowlands is when the pink blossoms of salmonberry open up. #salmonberry #nature #flowers #pink #PNW #photography
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A sure sign of spring here in the western Washington lowlands is when the pink blossoms of salmonberry open up. #salmonberry #nature #flowers #pink #PNW #photography
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How #Indigenous #FoodSovereignty can improve #FoodSecurity
Sustainable Bites: Food and Our Future What can we do to help make our food systems more sustainable? UBC researchers share small steps that can make a big collective impact.
March 24, 2025
"Indigenous households experience food insecurity at rates two to three times higher than non-Indigenous households in Canada. #Agroecologist Dr. #JenniferGrenz, an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Forestry and Faculty of Land and Food Systems, studies Indigenous food sovereignty and food systems, and how to revitalize them.
Did you know?
#Kwetlal, or #camas, a lily-like plant with a starchy bulb, was an important staple for #IndigenousPeoples along the #SalishSea.
Kwetlal was cultivated in Garry oak #ecosystems by #W̱SÁNEĆ and Quw’utsun Peoples, until #colonization nearly destroyed these unique food systems.What does Indigenous food sovereignty mean?
" 'Indigenous food sovereignty is the reclamation and revitalization of our food systems,' says Dr. Grenz, who is Nlaka’pamux of mixed ancestry, whose family comes from the #Lytton First Nation. She grew up and lives on the coast of BC.
"The lands across #BritishColumbia, Dr. Grenz explains, were purposefully shaped since time immemorial for foods, medicines and technologies by the Indigenous Peoples who lived there until colonial settlers dispossessed them of their lands, culture and traditions.
" 'Indigenous food sovereignty is also about #CulturalResurgence: being able to access those foods and medicines again and find new ones as we face a changing climate,' said Dr. Grenz. 'Heal the people, heal the land. Heal the land, heal the people. I think that’s really what food sovereignty is about.'
"Revitalizing Indigenous food systems can help diversify and localize food systems in ways that could buffer against #FoodInsecurity in a changing climate.
"Dr. Grenz’s research team is working alongside Indigenous communities impacted by the 2021 heat dome and wildfires to understand the effects on culturally important plants.
" 'If you think of land as just vegetation and an aesthetic notion of what belongs, you’re going to have very different approaches and different outcomes to recovery than if you see that land as a food system, not just for humans, but for our animal, bird, fish and insect relations,' says Dr. Grenz. 'We’re working alongside communities to develop those Indigenized processes around wildfire recovery that honour Indigenous food systems, sustainability and resiliency.”'
How can #Settlers support the revitalization of Indigenous food systems?"Learn about the histories of the lands you live on and what the traditional food systems were, what they are now and what they could be, says Dr. Grenz.
"Incorporating reciprocity into your relationship with the land is also important. 'Learn about the plants of those lands and find a way to invite them into your life. How can you take care of them, nurture them and steward them?' asks Dr. Grenz.
"One way might be to Indigenize your own back yard or community garden. Or learn about Indigenous food system protocols and the concept of '#HonourableHarvest.'
How can land-based learning support Indigenous food sovereignty?"Land-based learning is an opportunity to get students and people out on the land—and start taking steps to give back while they are learning.
"At #UBCFarm, Dr. Grenz and students are starting two different Indigenous food systems to work as part of the agrarian food system that exists there — 'essentially bridging two food systems, #decolonizing and #Indigenizing our understandings of what foods are and how those two systems work together to benefit both.'
"In one, they are establishing a Garry oak ecosystem and growing camas, which is a traditional food system of the W̱SÁNEĆ and Quw’utsun Peoples. Another type of #ForestGarden, similar to other Coast #Salish, #Tsimshian or #Haida food systems, will see the forest shaped by different plants like beaked #hazelnut, #elderberry, #salmonberry and #thimbleberry.The students will be able to practice how to care for plants ordinarily thought of as forest plants, and 'learn how to reclaim traditional #LandStewardship practices to actually increase the production of those berries.' "
Source [includes video links]:
https://beyond.ubc.ca/how-indigenous-food-sovereignty-can-improve-food-security/#SolarPunkSunday #FirstNations #Quwutsun #ClimateChange #Resilience #DecolonizeYourDiet #HonorIndigenousFoodSystems #LandBasedLearning #IndigenousFoodSovereignty #IndigenousFoods #BuildingCommunity #CommunityGardens #FoodForests
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How #Indigenous #FoodSovereignty can improve #FoodSecurity
Sustainable Bites: Food and Our Future What can we do to help make our food systems more sustainable? UBC researchers share small steps that can make a big collective impact.
March 24, 2025
"Indigenous households experience food insecurity at rates two to three times higher than non-Indigenous households in Canada. #Agroecologist Dr. #JenniferGrenz, an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Forestry and Faculty of Land and Food Systems, studies Indigenous food sovereignty and food systems, and how to revitalize them.
Did you know?
#Kwetlal, or #camas, a lily-like plant with a starchy bulb, was an important staple for #IndigenousPeoples along the #SalishSea.
Kwetlal was cultivated in Garry oak #ecosystems by #W̱SÁNEĆ and Quw’utsun Peoples, until #colonization nearly destroyed these unique food systems.What does Indigenous food sovereignty mean?
" 'Indigenous food sovereignty is the reclamation and revitalization of our food systems,' says Dr. Grenz, who is Nlaka’pamux of mixed ancestry, whose family comes from the #Lytton First Nation. She grew up and lives on the coast of BC.
"The lands across #BritishColumbia, Dr. Grenz explains, were purposefully shaped since time immemorial for foods, medicines and technologies by the Indigenous Peoples who lived there until colonial settlers dispossessed them of their lands, culture and traditions.
" 'Indigenous food sovereignty is also about #CulturalResurgence: being able to access those foods and medicines again and find new ones as we face a changing climate,' said Dr. Grenz. 'Heal the people, heal the land. Heal the land, heal the people. I think that’s really what food sovereignty is about.'
"Revitalizing Indigenous food systems can help diversify and localize food systems in ways that could buffer against #FoodInsecurity in a changing climate.
"Dr. Grenz’s research team is working alongside Indigenous communities impacted by the 2021 heat dome and wildfires to understand the effects on culturally important plants.
" 'If you think of land as just vegetation and an aesthetic notion of what belongs, you’re going to have very different approaches and different outcomes to recovery than if you see that land as a food system, not just for humans, but for our animal, bird, fish and insect relations,' says Dr. Grenz. 'We’re working alongside communities to develop those Indigenized processes around wildfire recovery that honour Indigenous food systems, sustainability and resiliency.”'
How can #Settlers support the revitalization of Indigenous food systems?"Learn about the histories of the lands you live on and what the traditional food systems were, what they are now and what they could be, says Dr. Grenz.
"Incorporating reciprocity into your relationship with the land is also important. 'Learn about the plants of those lands and find a way to invite them into your life. How can you take care of them, nurture them and steward them?' asks Dr. Grenz.
"One way might be to Indigenize your own back yard or community garden. Or learn about Indigenous food system protocols and the concept of '#HonourableHarvest.'
How can land-based learning support Indigenous food sovereignty?"Land-based learning is an opportunity to get students and people out on the land—and start taking steps to give back while they are learning.
"At #UBCFarm, Dr. Grenz and students are starting two different Indigenous food systems to work as part of the agrarian food system that exists there — 'essentially bridging two food systems, #decolonizing and #Indigenizing our understandings of what foods are and how those two systems work together to benefit both.'
"In one, they are establishing a Garry oak ecosystem and growing camas, which is a traditional food system of the W̱SÁNEĆ and Quw’utsun Peoples. Another type of #ForestGarden, similar to other Coast #Salish, #Tsimshian or #Haida food systems, will see the forest shaped by different plants like beaked #hazelnut, #elderberry, #salmonberry and #thimbleberry.The students will be able to practice how to care for plants ordinarily thought of as forest plants, and 'learn how to reclaim traditional #LandStewardship practices to actually increase the production of those berries.' "
Source [includes video links]:
https://beyond.ubc.ca/how-indigenous-food-sovereignty-can-improve-food-security/#SolarPunkSunday #FirstNations #Quwutsun #ClimateChange #Resilience #DecolonizeYourDiet #HonorIndigenousFoodSystems #LandBasedLearning #IndigenousFoodSovereignty #IndigenousFoods #BuildingCommunity #CommunityGardens #FoodForests
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Foraged a pint of #salmonberries over my lunch break, and encountered a charming thistle as well!
#nature #pnw #awalkaday #salmonberry #foraging #nativeplants
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Foraged a pint of #salmonberries over my lunch break, and encountered a charming thistle as well!
#nature #pnw #awalkaday #salmonberry #foraging #nativeplants
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Salmonberries make me smile.
They aren't the sweetest by a long shot, but they've grown everywhere (a walk away, throughout my adult life) that I've lived. They (along with round, red huckleberries) feel like home.
I like their color (shifting from green to yellow to orange to red-gold) and flavor. That flavor always reminded me of a sort of watery Gatorade - not great, but not bad either. I even like the dumb little hairs they have.
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Salmonberries make me smile.
They aren't the sweetest by a long shot, but they've grown everywhere (a walk away, throughout my adult life) that I've lived. They (along with round, red huckleberries) feel like home.
I like their color (shifting from green to yellow to orange to red-gold) and flavor. That flavor always reminded me of a sort of watery Gatorade - not great, but not bad either. I even like the dumb little hairs they have.
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Today was gorgeous, and I felt the pull to get out and shoot, so I put on my hiking shoes and found a place I'd not explored before: Bob Heirman Wildlife Park at Thomas' Eddy. As usual, for me, I wanted water nearby and this little wetland park fit the bill.
There isn't an extensive set of trails here, the main one being an out and back that goes through a marshy field and then along the Snohomish River, and a shorter one that goes to Shadow Lake. I brought two lenses with me, a long one (150-600mm) for possible birding, and a macro. While I *heard* plenty of birds, I didn't see many, and none in a good position for getting a decent shot.
But there were salmonberries *everywhere*. Mostly still ripening, but I did find one that was ready to pick and it was *delicious*. :D
Also the salmonberries, unlike the birds, stayed still long enough to get their photo taken. :P
Gear: Nikon Z7 II, Nikon VR 105mm f2.8 Macro
(Cross-posted from my blog: https://andrewflenniken.com/2024/06/05/june-5th-2024-ripening-into-summer/)
#Photography #Spring #Salmonberry #Nikon #NikonZ7II #NikonCreators
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Today was gorgeous, and I felt the pull to get out and shoot, so I put on my hiking shoes and found a place I'd not explored before: Bob Heirman Wildlife Park at Thomas' Eddy. As usual, for me, I wanted water nearby and this little wetland park fit the bill.
There isn't an extensive set of trails here, the main one being an out and back that goes through a marshy field and then along the Snohomish River, and a shorter one that goes to Shadow Lake. I brought two lenses with me, a long one (150-600mm) for possible birding, and a macro. While I *heard* plenty of birds, I didn't see many, and none in a good position for getting a decent shot.
But there were salmonberries *everywhere*. Mostly still ripening, but I did find one that was ready to pick and it was *delicious*. :D
Also the salmonberries, unlike the birds, stayed still long enough to get their photo taken. :P
Gear: Nikon Z7 II, Nikon VR 105mm f2.8 Macro
(Cross-posted from my blog: https://andrewflenniken.com/2024/06/05/june-5th-2024-ripening-into-summer/)
#Photography #Spring #Salmonberry #Nikon #NikonZ7II #NikonCreators
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Native #SalmonBerry have started blooming.
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Native #SalmonBerry have started blooming.
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Pre-salmon berries! #salmonBerry #florespondence
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Every year I think, oh look! More salmonberry plants. I’ll cut them back, but first I’ll let them produce berries, which I’ll eat. And almost every year, the birds get there first and eat every single berry. I should just give up.
But! This year I was allowed to have one berry, and this is it.
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Every year I think, oh look! More salmonberry plants. I’ll cut them back, but first I’ll let them produce berries, which I’ll eat. And almost every year, the birds get there first and eat every single berry. I should just give up.
But! This year I was allowed to have one berry, and this is it.
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More from McDowell Creek in Oregon
Canon SL2 - Tamron SP AF 90mm Macro - ISO 800 - f/9
#photo #foto #photography #canon #tamron #macro #McDowellCreek #shamrock #trillium #salmonberry
