Reflections of a Wild Food Generalist with Clay Bowers — WildFed Podcast #044
In this episode:
Clay Bowers | Foraging instructor & wild food generalist
Podcast discussion:
Introducing Clay
Comparing hunting literature to modern-day foraging literature
Talking trapping
Dipnetting for suckers in Michigan
A mutual love of squirrel hunting
Adding more soul and story-telling to foraging writing
Being a steward of your local ecosystem
Working with Clay
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Episode Resources:
Clay on Instagram @clay__bowers
Sam Thayer’s books:
Learn Your Land, Getting to Know Mushrooms & Plants with Adam Haritan — WildFed Podcast #039
A Sand County Almanac (Outdoor Essays & Reflections) by Aldo Leopold
Upstream: Searching for Wild Salmon, from River to Table by Langdon Cook
A Unifying Theory of Food & Why You Should Eat Blueberries with Arthur Haines — WildFed Podcast #033
The Quest for Wild Terroir - Pascal Baudar, ReWild Yourself Podcast #159
Hunter Angler Gardener Cook with Hank Shaw — WildFed Podcast #029
Elevated Wild with Wade Truong & Rachel Owen — WildFed Podcast #037
Through Use: Awakening Human Ecology - Thomas Elpel, ReWild Yourself Podcast #145
Botany in a Day: The Patterns Method of Plant Identification by Thomas J. Elpel
Meet Clay Bowers
Clay Bowers is a foraging instructor, natural navigator, and plant nerd living in Northern Michigan. Learning about his plant and fungal neighbors has been a passion of his since childhood, but it has only been a true obsession for about a decade now. He believes the way of Wildcrafting will change how we look at the world. He leads foraging classes in Northern Michigan. Find him at NomiForager.com. Read his full bio here.
Website | Instagram @clay__bowers