The KavaCast, Foraging Honolulu with Nat Bletter, PhD — WildFed Podcast #144

In this episode:

Nat Bletter, PhD | Forager and Founder of Madre Chocolate

Podcast discussion:

  • Podcasting from Oahu

  • Kava — best ways to enjoy, its effects, varieties and more

  • The unique flavor profile of Nat's cacao

  • A bit about Nat's background

  • The incredible wild foods of Hawaii

  • Thoughts on what makes a plant native vs invasive

  • The weird case of the sweet potato

  • Nat’s food forest garden and aquaculture set-up

  • Making chocolate

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Meet Nat Bletter, PhD

 
 

Dr. Nat Bletter has 15 years of experience in botany, documenting exotic fruits and vegetables, gathering food in the wild, herbal and traditional medicine, and exploring Asia, South America, Central America, and Africa. He has a Ph.D. in Ethnobotany from the City University of New York and New York Botanical Garden, where he researched medicinal plants of Peru, Mali, and the Guatemalan Mayans, ethnobotany, taste-modifying plants, and stimulant plants such as cacao, which has spurred him to start a traditional-ingredient, high-antioxidant, artisanal chocolate company Madre Chocolate. He now works at University of Hawai'i Manoa researching plants and migration in Thailand and Laos, and making chocolate from scratch.

Website | Instagram @nattybynature808

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