13 years ago Sam Thayer held the first Midwest Wild Harvest Festival at Beaver Creek Reserve near Eau Claire, WI and did so for 3 years. The event took a 4 year break until some people on the Midwest Wild Edibles and Foragers Society Facebook page decided to resurrect the event in 2012. To help us celebrate its 10 year anniversary, we are exited to announce that Sam Thayer of The Forager's Harvest will be our Guest Speaker:
"Ecoculture"
"Ecoculture"
Author of The Forager's Harvest (2006), Nature's Garden (2010), and Incredible Wild Edibles (2017). Sam is one of the leading experts in the US about wild edible plants and continues to set the mark as a foraging authority. He has been an instructor for us every year since the festival started.
Sam began foraging as a child and has been teaching and writing about wild edibles for over 20 years. Not only is his writing impeccable, he is a very engaging and knowledgeable instructor. In addition to wild food foraging, Sam is an all-around naturalist with particular interest in reptiles, amphibians, bird watching, botany, and mammals. His passion for wild food extends to studying the origin of cultivated plants and the socio-economic history of the human diet. Other favorite activities include running, bicycling, archery, fishing, cliff diving, swimming, photography, cooking, growing fruit trees, using scythes and other old hand tools, hunting, and anything with the family.
Sam began foraging as a child and has been teaching and writing about wild edibles for over 20 years. Not only is his writing impeccable, he is a very engaging and knowledgeable instructor. In addition to wild food foraging, Sam is an all-around naturalist with particular interest in reptiles, amphibians, bird watching, botany, and mammals. His passion for wild food extends to studying the origin of cultivated plants and the socio-economic history of the human diet. Other favorite activities include running, bicycling, archery, fishing, cliff diving, swimming, photography, cooking, growing fruit trees, using scythes and other old hand tools, hunting, and anything with the family.