Not every person who adopts a healthy diet undergoes the culinary awakening that has thrust Robin Greenfield into the national spotlight.
Greenfield, 39, is an extreme forager. He eats strictly off the land, which includes at times cooking deer killed roadside by cars.
Yet his lifestyle changes extend far beyond his diet. His largely demonetized life is devoid of credit cards and bank accounts. He doesn’t own a cell phone, although he possesses a computer for managing speaking engagements and educational foraging lessons that he conducts throughout the country.
“I’ve done a lot of work to minimize my use of technology,” he said while en route to San Diego as part of his West Coast tour focusing on a 12-month foraging project he began Oct. 9. (A friend from his native Wisconsin offered to drive him here and furnished him with acell phone to speak to Times of San Diego.)
He travels with a pantry of dehydrated foods that he “harvests along the way,” as well as a fishing pole and an Instant Pot for cooking and canning animal proteins. His larder also includes at any given time several varieties of mushrooms, berries, wild onions, mustard greens, seaweed, and even grubs that reside in acorns and chestnuts. Restaurants and grocery stores are off limits during his yearlong forage.
Before becoming a self-professed “earth servant,” Greenfield created a marketing company while living in Ocean Beach from 2011 to 2016. He enjoyed surfing and would refuel on hot dogs, Little Caesars Pizza and ice cream cones from McDonald’s, which heparticularly loved.
“I had a goal of becoming a millionaire by the age of 30. But then something happened,” he explained. “I started watching documentaries and reading books about how we are living in destructive ways to the planet. So I decided to get out of the rat race and start living in harmony with the earth.”
Greenfield noted that his newfound philosophy, which became centered around eating sustainably and organically, had led him to discovering the People’s Food Co-Op in Ocean Beach while also getting involved in community gardens.
Robin Greenfield foraging bolete mushroomsin Wisconsin. (Photo courtesy of Robin Greenfield)“San Diego was a big part of my transformation. It was a great place to break free from societal norms.”
He then traveled globally for two years and authored several books under such titles as“Dude Making a Difference” and “Food Freedom: A Year of Growing and Foraging 100 Percent of My Food and Why It Matters.”
After living in a couple of other U.S. cities, including Orlando, Florida, he returned toWisconsin and settled in a tiny off-the-grid home that he calls The Hermitage, where he lives alone. As a naturalist, he turns to herbs for his medicinal needs.
“Mint makes life wonderful and it helps with upset stomachs. I love pineapple weed for relaxation and sleep. And I like to make tea from dandelion roots, which is a liver detox and helps with digestion,” he said.
When asked what foods can be found on foraging outings within San Diego County, Greenfield cited an abundance of citrus, nasturtiums, wild mustard greens and guava.
“Those are easy plants to start with in San Diego,” he noted.
With the help of his YouTube videos about foraging, Greenfield has attracted high levels of publicity from media outlets such as The Washington Post, National Public Radio, The Guardian, People magazine and others. Yet he insists that his stardom as an adventurous environmentalist “isn’t for money.”
He claims to live below the poverty line with an average annual income of $11,000, which is derived from conducting foraging and compost classes and through modest financial support.
When asked how he affords lodging while visiting nearly 25 states on his foraging tour, he replied: “I stay with friends and colleagues and at the homes of people who follow me online. I also camp and sometimes sleep in parks.”
Greenfield’s appearances in San Diego will begin with a lecture about the foraging project from 6 to 8:30 p.m., Saturday at La Jolla’s Trilogy Sanctuary. It will be followed by a full-day foraging workshop from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday at Olivewood Gardens & Learning Center in National City.
He will then give another talk from 6 to 9 p.m., Monday at the reUnify Yoga Outdoor Deck in OB. Additional details can be found on his website.
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