Pawpaw, An American Treasure with Michael Judd — WildFed Podcast #150

In this episode:

Michael Judd | Permaculture Designer + Author of For the Love of PawPaws

Podcast discussion:

  • Catching up with Michael and describing his unique property

  • Ideal growing conditions for pawpaw

  • Hindrances in getting pawpaw to market

  • Michael's best practices for growing pawpaws

  • How and why to propagate plants

  • What it's like to eat a pawpaw

  • The many varieties of pawpaw cultivars

  • Where to find Michael

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It’s Pawpaw season — as you’ll hear throughout today’s episode! And Foraged.Market is your source for this American treasure!

You know Foraged.Market as the place for buyers and sellers of wild-sourced and specialty foods from around the world. Right now, as the pawpaws are in their final stage of ripening, Foraged.Market is gearing up for the harvest, preparing to ship ripe pawpaws and frozen pawpaw purees to hungry folks like you all over the country and world!

They’ve also got pawpaw cookbooks, today’s guest Michael Judd’s online pawpaw course, pawpaw seedlings, and more. Check out the great pawpaw landing page they’ve built at Foraged.Market/pawpaws to start shopping and to get on the pawpaw waitlist. As soon as the Ohio harvest happens, these fruits will start shipping! Don’t wait! This is a seasonal, zero-sum game, and the pawpaw inventory won’t last long!

Remember, Foraged.Market has tons of wild foods, including wild foraged mushrooms like chanterelles, chicken of the woods, lobster mushrooms, morels, and so much more. In fact, if people are foraging it, they probably carry it.

And if you are looking for a great side hustle that’s in alignment with your values and passions, consider becoming a seller there as well.

The site is Foraged.Market/pawpaws for America’s largest native fruit!

And Foraged.Market for all your favorite wild and specialty foods!

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Many of their students got out on their first successful hunts last season utilizing what they’d learned through The Hunter’s Journey.

Remember, even if you are not quite ready to harvest an animal yourself, you can apply these skills to shooting with a camera.

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Meet Michael Judd

 
 

Michael Judd has worked with agro-ecological and whole-system designs throughout the Americas for over two decades, focusing on applying permaculture and ecological design. His projects increase local food security and community health in both tropical and temperate growing regions. He is the founder of Ecologia Edible & Ecological Landscape Design, Project Bona Fide, an international nonprofit supporting agro-ecology research, and SilvoCulture, a Maryland based nonprofit which is helping plant 1 million nut trees in the Mid-Atlantic region. He is also the author of Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist, and For the Love of PawPaws.

Michael lives with his family on a permaculture homestead nestled along the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains near Frederick, Maryland. The Judds’ homestead consists of 25 acres of mixed woodlands, food forests, gardens, and a nursery designed for experimentation and education.

Website | Instagram @permacultureninja

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