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The Forager's Harvest
A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing
Edible Wild Plants

Rather than cover hundreds of plants in abbreviated accounts like the typical field guide, the author has chosen a smaller selection of species to discuss in exhaustive detail, including only those plants he has eaten fifty times or more. This book contains as many as ten high-quality color photographs of each plant. These have been painstakingly selected to facilitate identification and depict the plant parts at exactly the stage of growth in which they should be harvested. The accompanying text is accurate and thorough, giving readers of any experience level the confidence to harvest wild plants for food. Botanically, the text is accurate - yet it remains accessible to the layperson by using technical terms only when necessary.

The Forager’s Harvest has many unique features that will appeal to naturalists, hikers, campers, survivalists, homesteaders, gardeners, chefs, Native Americans, and whole-food enthusiasts. The book contains a calendar of harvest times for wild produce, a step-by-step protocol for positive identification, an illustrated glossary tailored to the needs of foragers, a recommended reading list, plus special sections on conservation, safety, nutrition, harvest techniques, preparation methods, and storage. While The Forager’s Harvest is not a regional guide, it will prove most useful to readers in the eastern US and Canada, the Rocky Mountains, and the Pacific Northwest.

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About the Author:
Sam Thayer was born in Wausau, Wisconsin. After high school he chased his dreams, building a rustic log cabin near Lake Superior where he lived for six years, studying nature and using wild food for his everyday fare. He began teaching about foraging in 1995 and in 2001 he won the Hazel Wood Natioanl Wild Food Cooking Contest. Thayer has become nationally recognized as a leading authority on edible wild plants and was inducted into the National Wild Foods Hall of Fame in September 2006. Thayer is known for his teaching and writing style, characterized by myth-busting, technical accuracy, highlighting little-known plants and new ideas, and an emphasis on the importance of first-hand experience. He has authored numerous magazine articles, made several television appearances, and is a frequent guest on outdoor radio programs. Thayer currently writes and teaches about edibles full-time, speaking at institutions across the country. And most importanly, he still eats wild food every day.

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