Alexis Nikole Nelson
@blackforager
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if I’m tweeting, gingerly tell me to go finish my book. probably eating weeds somewhere 🌱🤘🏾she/her AlexisNikoleNelsonTeam @unitedtalent .com
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Here it is! Mushroom pants! Foraging! Hijinks!
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Everyone says “take a break for your health when you need it” but like???? We do not live in a world that is conducive to that????
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Was waiting for my bag at the airport carousel and a guy goes out of his way to stand RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, so I audibly laughed, stepped right in front of HIM, and then my bag was the first one out from our flight 💅🏾
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At me next time, sis 😚 or are you too busy baiting people who would never stand up for you given the chance? 😆 also bold to just… ignore the entire video’s contents just for a couple likes! Have you considered a new hobby? Like foraging? Or reading comprehension?
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Why yes, I will retreat from all people I know and love & ignore my phone and e-mail just to come back a week later to be hyper-productive/responsive for 72 hrs before burning myself out again & there’s NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT because there’s NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT IT EITHER
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I did the CUTEST lil twirl whisking my bag of and made the MOST DIRECT EYE CONTACT
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I hope people know I am NOT KIDDING when I say I’m gonna be a smidge miserable for a few years to make that ✨money✨ and then I’m buying a cottage near the sea!! And deactivating every device!!
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(And for those of u who know me u know eye contact w strangers is VRY HARD FOR ME SOMETIMES, but this was WORTH IT and DELISH)
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Did it hurt? When they stole your kidney in the candy mountain cave?
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Beginning of the pandemmy vs now.
I don’t talk about it a lot, but I was in the trenches of an ED and VERY unsure about if I needed to be here
Now I’m making a living out of the things that’ve always brought me joy, and WOW I’m glad I tripped and fell into this phase of my life
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At this point I’m just seeing how many followers I can gain WITHOUT being given a blue checkmark. Cause you KNOW I’m not giving Apartheid Clyde 8 whole dollars 😭
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Y’all I got myself a lil gratitude journal and I’m a lil over a week in and HOW DARE IT BE WORKING???
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I guess my video mentioning the ✨botanical racism✨ that led to an edible plant being listed as poisonous has made the weird, angry part of Twitter mad 😆 just say you didn’t understand the video, and move along!! Normalize not getting LIVID when you don’t understand something!!
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Well,
@Delta
’s “goodwill gesture” for leaving me stuck with no help getting a hotel for the night is…
*drumroll 🥁 🥁 🥁*
Thirty dollars!
CAN WE PLS HAVE STATE RUN AIRLINES NOW PLS LIKE EVERYONE ELSE
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Being a black person who does anything notable and outdoorsy in Ohio means you will anger a small pocket of old white men at least once a month 😅🥲
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I made a post saying “hey! More people should observe the honorable harvest! Maybe don’t be a jerk when foraging” and CHILE u would’ve thought I told some people I was going to eat their mom
Here’s a selection of comments, and I bet you can’t guess what they all have in common!
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how to make your own throat coat teaaaa 🫖 thank u to my backyard elm trees! 🌳
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We lost our oldest cat yesterday. She was 23, we knew it was coming, it still hurts. I was away for work. Thanks to the White River for holding some of my tears ❤️
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I’ve been in NYC for less than 20 minutes and I just watched a woman punt an iced coffee down the sidewalk like it hurt her feelings
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Woods to wings in two hours!! I love Chicken of the Woods season!!!!!
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SEAWEED WEEK: a seaside foraging experience brought to you by my trip to Maine and my obsession with macro algae!
#seaweedweek
A THREAD!
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Went to the woods for spicy smartweed, left with 16lbs of Chicken of the Woods!!!
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@KeepitrealAust
I literally teach about wild foods and how to process and eat them, so there’s a solid chance I’d last longer than you, friend 🤣
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The one time I wear sweatpants to the airport and an employee thought I didn’t know what first class meant when I went to board the plane
Y’all this is why lots of black women are constantly feeling like we need to be done up, even in casual situations
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This is what reciprocity looks like! Gathered a TON of knotweed shoots from my fave creek bank so the native plants stand a chance!
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I ALWAYS LOOK CUTE ON DAYS WHEN I DONT END UP SEEING ANYONE IRL 😤
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Sometimes I feel very small and meek, and then I remember my ex’s wife (who I’ve NEVER MET) had to block my IG to stop seeing my face all the time and I suddenly feel too powerful
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If you work for a company, you KNOW the weird pressure to get right back to work, and since so many are working from home, it’s like “well… I guess I can use the computer from bed, right?”
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We’ve been in NYC for less than an hour and I just watched a man steal a whole school bus
He immediately hit a tree on the sidewalk and how do y’all live like this?
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GINKGO BILOBA: STYLISH TREE, QUEER ICON, AND SNACK MAKER
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AAAAAH!!! IT ME
Alexis Nikole Nelson represents part of an increasingly visible community: Black foragers.
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My last day at my job, and I am SOBBING. It’s crazy how much more happy and stable you can become when you’re surrounded by good people.
When I was hired five years ago, I was wayward as heck, and didn’t have faith in myself to do much of anything…
(First week vs Last week😭)
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Was this written by a goose
Your ancestors hunted mammoths with a spear,
you can walk past a goose on the sidewalk.
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I think we should just call Spiderwort drinks magic potions because LOOK AT THAT COLOR!!
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I’m literally sitting here asking myself “am I just being lazy” and YALL THE WAY WE ARE TAUGHT TO GASLIGHT OURSELVES 😆/🥲
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I’m already feeling so thankful for this meal (wild rice risotto) not only because of how deeply important and labor intensive wild rice has been and continues to be for indigenous peoples of the Upper Midwest, but also because it was gathered and given to me by a friend ❤️
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Watching the Studio Ghibli movie The Secret World of Arrietty for the PLANTS 🌱
A (VERY PRETTY) thread:
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The speed with which some 🖐🏻 folks will immediately say a black woman is “bitching” or “having a breakdown” just because they don’t like what you’re saying to them is WILD
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JORTS, IS MY LIVELIHOOD A JOKE TO YOU? 😆
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I hope people keeping their pet cats inside (unless on leash!) is the next having the family dog live inside instead of in a dog house or garage!!
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If you work for yourself, LOL, it’s like do I send an email to everyone I’m working with rn and say “sorry… my cat just died AND I’m super sick and tbh I don’t know when I’m gonna be feeling better !!”
Because I just hear my parents voices saying DONT MAKE EXCUSES
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I was Kida from Atlantis for Halloween and now I wanna have silver hair all the time 😭
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Hi hello I put effort into my appearance TWICE this week. Pls give me a cookie and a gold star.
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Is the moral of the story that capitalism might kill me someday? Maybe!!
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First lightning bug of the season spotted on a walk, and he decided to hang out with us for a bit! I love these lil beans so much!
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MY FACE!! IN THE NEW YORK TIMES??? 😭
@CynthiaGreenlee
I’m crying all the happy tears today!
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Nothing like an Ohio tornado warning basement party
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Indigo Milk Caps! Very blue! Very edible (once cooked/processed!)
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The speed with which I would be in LA if anyone on any
@dropout
show asked me to be a guest!!! I’d literally go straight to the airport with just the clothes on my back!! Anything for those goofy goobers!!
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RANDOM SECRET HOBBY REVEAL: I play the autoharp and also really like
@falloutboy
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Would anyone watch a YT video breaking down what is and isn’t true to life when it comes to Stardew Valley foraging? 🍄🌱🌼 because… I really wanna make one 😆
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Thinking about that time I laughed out loud during Elon’s q&a sesh in the TED auditorium because someone in the Black
@TED
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MY SILLY FACE ON *THE*
@NPR
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We spoke to Alexis Nikole Nelson, a.k.a the "Black forager" on TikTok, about foraging, the outdoors and connecting with African American and indigenous food traditions.
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When I tell you it is dangerous to be black and doing ANYTHING that isn’t immediately recognizable… I hope Bobbi doesn’t let this deter her from science (1/3)
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MOM, LOOK, MY FACE IS ON
@CBSMornings
!!! 💕
Alexis Nikole Nelson (
@BlackForager
) is teaching the internet how to safely forage for food — for free.
She says seeking out plants and weeds for meals helps her feel “connected” to the environment, adding she wants to see a world where everyone feels “entitled to the outdoors.”
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@theferocity
I definitely think it’s gotten worse lately!! (Or maybe we are traveling more??)
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She plays in the dirt a lot, but she cleans up cute
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Finding out Avril Lavigne wrote “Breakaway” made my world make 1% more sense and honestly I needed that today
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Spiderwort soda color progression!! 5 mins in vs 4 hrs in!
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Wineberries may be invasive as heck, but they are also SO DANG PRETTY 🤩 Like lil glass raspberries!
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I also love the purposeful obtuseness, the literal mental parkour that folks are doing to miss the point
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Do I ever get emotional because you love your friends SO MUCH and it’s literally CRAZY that out of all the people and all the times to be alive, you got to meet and know and love them??
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@nellarose
I had the cops called on me when I studied abroad there. A woman in the same store as me SWORE that the reason she couldn’t find her wallet is because I must’ve stolen it. Two hours later, it’s found under a shelf and the police “apologize” w a kids gelato and a pat on the rump
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Thanks for snacking on flowers with me
@rainnwilson
! I hope you’re day is as zesty as a Nasturtium!
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My face is in
@Cosmopolitan
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Happy earth day!! celebrate by laying face down on the damp earth and screaming!!
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I am amazed by my own ability to go from “not hungry” to “oh my god feed me or I will turn into the worst version of myself” in, like, 20 minutes
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Forever obsessed with how detailed the plants are in The Secret World of Arriety 😭 look at those Dayflowers!! And the tiiiiiiny pink sprig of Lady’s Thumb hiding among them!!
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Spent my Earth Day outside with my love and it was truly A DREAM
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LOOK! At this cottage!! Near where my Nana was born!! .2 miles from the beach!!
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My only hope is that Betty got to see all the footage that had been put together for her 100th birthday celebration. I need that to have happened.
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First bby mantis of the season in the yard! SO SMOL 😭💕
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Handheld chainsaws SHOULD NOT EXIST because they are TOO RAD and TOO POWERFUL and I slice through Trees of Heaven TOO FAST 😤
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MOM, IM JAMES BEARD NOMINATED 😭💗🙌🏾
@beardfoundation
Social Media Account: KJ Kearney,
@blkfoodfridays
; Alexis Nikole Nelson,
@blackforager
; Aleya Zenieris,
@tasty
#jbfa
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I took PushPop on a walk and he decided he’s obsessed with sitting on parked scooters 😆 it took five minutes before he was ready to keep moving!!
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I am gonna be the kind, but weird old lady at the end of the block that kids make up stories about!!
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I am???? On this list????? Holy crap?????
It's 30 under 30 day. This year's food list highlights up-and-coming superstars from the worlds of restaurants, farming, packaged food, alcohol and recipe development who have persevered despite the odds.
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I do feel lucky that so many people I work with are understanding. Literally was sent home early for a shoot so I could go home and be with my lil family. But now that I’m home I’m just staring at emails about the 3000 other things I need to do
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