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Alexis Nikole, a TikTok forager teaching her audience how to make the most of free and abundant plants.
Alexis Nikole considers her TikTok fame a fortuitous accident. She knew nothing about the platform until she started an account for her day job as a social media manager. But when the 28-year-old from Columbus, Ohio, began experimenting on her personal page during the pandemic, she got more than she bargained for. Specifically: over 600,000 enthusiastic followers and 10.3 million likes.
Since April of last year, Nikoleâs now viral account has been showcasing her immeasurable knowledge of foraging and cooking with wild plants: a sorbet made out of Japanese knotweed (
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When the coronavirus pandemic first shuttered businesses and restaurants across the country, Alexis Nikole Nelson – otherwise known as @blackforager on Tik Tok and Instagram – posted a video about finding edible plants in one’s own neighborhood.
“I went out in my neighborhood and I was like, ‘Hey, I know you re nervous about going to the grocery store. I am too! Let s meet five plants that are definitely growing in your neighborhood that you can eat,’” Nelson said.
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