Newfields Speaker Series
The Black Forager
Newfields Speaker Series: The Black Forager
Doors open at 3 PM / Presentation begins at 3:30 PM
Forager, outdoor educator, and award-winning influencer, Alexis Nikole Nelson, The Black Forager, will take you on an adventure in a captivating conversation about the world of food.
In this discussion at Newfields, the Forbes 30 Under 30 TikTok Tastemaker will take you on a journey through the woods and to the oceans in search of edible plants to enrich your palate and the planet. While delivered in a light-hearted manner, Nelson empowers those living in food deserts with greater self-sufficiency–which is no laughing matter. She also peels back historical layers on African American and Indigenous food traditions that have traditionally been repressed.
She will yell, sing, and celebrate all the edible plants hiding in plain sight! She invites all to come on the foraging journey of collecting, identifying, and eating wild food.
The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session and a poster signing.
Guests will enjoy a cash bar, concessions, and leave with a beautiful poster signed by Alexis Nikole Nelson, The Black Forager.
If you aren’t already one of her 5 million followers, you can follow her at @BlackForager on TikTok, Instagram, and X.
Please note: Foraging is fun! But it is also serious. Don’t go wild before you have done your research. Still, exercise caution with what you eat. When in doubt, leave it out!
Saturday, February 24
The Tobias Theater at Newfields
$30 Members & $40 Public
Advance tickets required for members and public
Why Alexis Nikole Nelson is Captivating Audiences
Alexis Nikole Nelson is a forager and an outdoor educator using her platform to yell, sing and celebrate all the edible plants hiding in plain sight! She invites all who will come on the foraging journey of collecting, identifying, and eating wild food.
Nelson has also cooked up quite a few awards, receiving the James Beard Award for “Best Social Media” 2022, being chosen for the Forbes 30 Under 30 list, being chosen as a TikTok Tastemaker, and being honored as part of Fortune Magazine’s Creator 25 in 2021.
With 5 million followers joining Alexis on the adventure, she reframes the world of food, asking us to consider tastefully satiating and environmentally sustainable food choices. She also peels back historical layers on African American and Indigenous food traditions that have traditionally been repressed. Whether Nelson is teaching audiences which seaweeds are delish or turning acorns into cheese, she does so with a song and a smile. Nelson’s comedic lessons and videos direct audiences to freely accessible food options and demonstrations of tasty dishes.
While delivered in a light-hearted manner, Nelson’s content has empowered those living in food deserts with greater self- sufciency – which is no laughing matter.
Nelson takes audiences into the woods and to the oceans in search of edible plants to enrich their palates and the planet.
As Alexis would say, happy snacking, don’t die!