Gathering “wild” food in the city: rethinking the role of foraging in urban ecosystem planning and management

McLain, Hurely, Emery and Poe in Local Environment - Volume 19, Issue 2 Recent “green” planning initiatives envision food production, including urban agriculture and livestock production, as desirable elements of sustainable cities. We use an integrated urban political ecology and human–plant geographies framework to explore how foraging for “wild” foods in cities, a subversive practice that challenges prevailing views about the roles of humans in urban green spaces, has potential to also sup..