Welcome
Welcome to my website, I am Marcie, a recognised leading expert on gathering, processing, storing and cooking with acorns. I am the author of "Eating Acorns" as well as several research papers about acorns. My life on Kea is very far from my Silicon Valley upbringing and university experience at UC Berkeley. To document and share my experiences, I have also created a YouTube channel highlighting the unusual life of a native Californian living in Greece since 1984. The channel is a natural extension of my passion for storytelling and keen interest in video editing.
I offer a series of consulting services and produce a few unique products that I market in Greece and around the world. Most of my products can be bought online here at marciemayer.com!
OAKMEAL Initiative
The OAKMEAL Acorn Initiative is a multifaceted project that encompasses resource regeneration, food sovereignty, community cohesion and agroecology. I have helped farmers to rekindle the collection of acorn caps for exportation as well as establishing acorn flour based products in the local cuisine. These activities have led to new hope and a shift in thinking that empowers farm families to save a natural resource and create sustainable income from the ancient Oak forest on Kea Island.
The OAKMEAL Acorn Initiative holds annual acorn collecting, storing & processing seminars in Greece and maintains an acorn shelling, leaching and pressing facility on Kea Island.
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Watch below Woodlanders' episode on our Acorn Harvest:
