Turning Weeds Into Secondary Crops with Luke and Linda Black Elk

Join farmers Luke and Linda Black Elk as they introduce us to dandelion, amaranth, lamb's quarter, purslane, plantain, milkweed, and dock -- edible Indigenous plants often treated as "weeds" but that have the potential to be marketable, secondary crops for sustainability-minded farmers and land managers! For foraging tips, including proper plant identification, visit https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/fi... Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:50 Dandelion 1:50 Amaranth 3:01 Lamb's Quarters 4:00 Purslane 5:00 Broadleaf Plantain 6:20 Milkweed 8:13 Curly Dock Click here to SUBSCRIBE: https://shorturl.at/htTv5 Learn more about NATIFS and the Indigenous Food Lab here: https://natifs.org/ Or if you find yourself in Minnesota, stop by and visit us at the Midtown Global Market building: 920 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN 55407 ▶▶▶Shop for Indigenous products through our online marketplace: https://iflmarket.square.site/ ▶▶▶Find our recipes here: https://shorturl.at/3OEp6 ▶▶▶Are you an indigenous chef or knowledge keeper and want to get featured in the IFL test kitchen? Send us an email to: [email protected] Follow us: ​⁠‪@IndigenousFoodLab‬ ​⁠‪@NATIFS‬ About NATIFS: North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems (NĀTIFS), founded by The Sioux Chef Sean Sherman, is dedicated to addressing the economic and health crises affecting Native communities by re-establishing Native foodways. We imagine a new North American food system that generates wealth and improves health in Native communities through food-related enterprises This work is funded in part by MHC with money from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund that was created with the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008