Black Bears and Wild Rice with Arthur Haines — WildFed Podcast #015
In this episode:
Arthur Haines | Botanist, Forager & Maine Guide
Podcast discussion:
Catching up with Arthur
Leave no trace
A wild vs. cultivated nutritional comparison
On wild ricing
Wild ricing politics
Is the work that goes into harvesting wild rice worth it?
Hunting black bears with hounds
Arthur's first black bear hunt
Winter wild foods focus
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Arthur Haines’ books:
What’s wrong with our conservation paradigm? | Arthur Haines | TEDxHartford
Meet Arthur Haines
Arthur Haines is a Maine hunting and recreation guide, forager, ancestral skills mentor, author, public speaker, and botanical researcher. Arthur runs the Delta Institute of Natural History in Canton, Maine, where he teaches human ecology, focusing on the values of foraging, wildcrafting medicine, and primitive living skills. In 2017, he authored “A New Path”, a comprehensive work on nature connection and rewilding, detailing how to incorporate ancestral practices into modern living. As a research botanist for the Native Plant Trust, he completed an inclusive flora of the New England region titled “Flora Novae Angliae” and has authored over twenty publications in peer-reviewed journals and books, including naming species of plants new to science. His series of YouTube videos has inspired thousands of people interested in foraging wild edible and medicinal plants. Learn more at ArthurHaines.com.