A Virtual Eat Your Neighborhood Tour with Dave Odd

The students in the Food For Thought class are investigating the guiding question, How are food systems shaped and how do they shape the world?. As a part of this investigation, the students studied the Agricultural Revolution which led the class to the question, What would it be like to return to humanity’s roots as foragers?. The Eat The Neighborhood tour with Dave Odd is the signature Field Experience of the course; teacher, Brent Mix has partnered with Dave the last two years for this much-anticipated experience.

Dave of Odd Produce is Chicago’s only professional forager. He led the students on a virtual version of this tour through the North Park neighborhood. The experience showed the students that there are food and medicine all around us, we just have to know what to look for.

Why?

The purpose of this Field Experience is to investigate the guiding question, What would it be like to return to humanity’s roots as foragers?.

How?

The students were led by Dave Gold from Odd Produce to forage for food in our urban environment.