Show Notes
If you’re looking to build a relationship with the land that feeds you, you can start by embracing the wisdom of the Internet’s Mushroom Auntie.
Gabrielle Cerberville, a.k.a. your new Mushroom Auntie, a.k.a. The Chaotic Forager, has spent her academic life collecting degrees in music. If you catch her in the forest, however, she’s more likely to be collecting mushrooms and plants for cooking and preservation. She’s known online as a mycologist and foraging educator, and—more recently—as the author of the book Gathered: On Foraging, Feasting, and the Seasonal Life – An Illustrated Adventure in Wild Food, Self-Discovery, and Honoring Earth. Part memoir, part field guide, part cook book, and part guided nature meditation, Gathered is 100% an invitation to connect more deeply and authentically with the earth. This week, Gabrielle joins Erin and Sean to discuss its writing, the deeply collaborative process of its editing and fact-checking, and the interconnectedness of nature, food, politics, and community.
Find Gabrielle online at:
ChaoticForager.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/chaoticforager
TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@chaoticforager
YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC0LqNI92KujRLCj-247ve3w
Facebook: www.facebook.com/chaoticforager
Purchase a copy of Gathered: www.harpercollins.com/products/gathered-gabrielle-cerberville?variant=43429934661666
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Citations
Can you forage on Crown land in Canada?
Using wood from Crown land for personal use. (2025, May 26). ontario.ca. https://www.ontario.ca/page/using-wood-crown-land-personal-use
Credits
Website Design and Illustration by Sophia Alladin
Intro and Outro Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/when-my-ukulele-plays
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Timestamps
00:14 Introduction 01:10 Gabrielle Cerberville, Your Internet Mushroom Auntie 03:20 The Chaotic Forager and ADHD 05:16 The Myth of Being a Self-Taught Forager 08:29 Community Sufficiency, Not Self-Sufficiency 11:55 Gabrielle’s Music Education 14:35 Marrying Music and Foraging: The Deep Ecology Project 19:01 How Gabrielle Develops Recipes with Foraged Foods 21:40 Foraging and Seasonality 23:30 The Honourable Harvest 26:37 Building a Relationship with the Land 31:04 Foraging on Public Land (Food Is Political) 40:48 The Process Behind Gathered 48:51 Gabrielle’s Shout-Outs 53:45 Outro and Contact Us
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