D.I.Y. Department
Elizabeth Kolbert covers an Eat the Invaders event at Williams College in The New Yorker. (Subscription required.)
An excerpt from an early afternoon in Kolbert’s yard digging up burdock: “For me, this is a way of educating people and also a chance to have a good meal,” Roman said as he turned over the rocky soil. He noted that foraging for wild foods has become so popular that some native plants, such as ramps, are being overharvested. With invasive species, this is not a concern: “The goal here isn’t sustainability.”