The Forager's Harvest by Samuel Thayer

The Forager's Harvest by Samuel Thayer

A guide to 32 of the best and most common edible wild plants in North America, with detailed information on how to identify them, where they are found, how and when they are harvested, which parts are used, how they are prepared, as well as their culinary use, ecology, conservation, and cultural history.

Samuel Thayer is a well-known expert on edible wild plants and the author of two award-winning books on the subject, Nature's Garden and The Forager's Harvest. For more than two decades, he has taught foraging and field identification. Samuel is an advocate for sustainable food systems who maintains a diversified organic orchard and harvests wild rice, acorns, hickory nuts, maple syrup, and other wild goods in addition to lecturing and writing. With his wife and three children, he lives in a remote area of northern Wisconsin.