Christopher Roberson, Radical Hospitality Chef

Informed and co-created with the work of Climate Justice Activist & Community Ethnomycologist Saren Glenn of Marxist Mushrooms, Chris will lead us into the whimsical and wise world of being in relationship with fungi. A workshop focused on the history, relationships, foraging, and cultivation of fungi & mushrooms.

Climate Justice Activist & Community Ethnomycologist Saren Glenn's work focuses on the connection between mycelial networks found in nature and our decentralized networks found in community organizing spaces and social justice movements.

Chris is a Knoxville-based environmentally conscious Chef with a passion for the future of food and food justice. Given the gift of over 15 years cooking and eating through the food ways of folks across this globe has deepened Chris’s love of food and shaped his cooking style, as well as his ever-evolving food politics.