Episode 29 - Wild Food, Foraging & Omnivory: Jenna Rozelle What you should know about Wild Food, Foraging & Being an Omnivore:

This week, wild food educator, forager and hunter Jenna Rozelle from western Maine joins us on the podcast. We're talking about wild food, mentoring, and conservation. Jenna is a Chapter board member for New England Backcountry Hunters & Anglers and is also a Hunt To Eat Ambassador.

Are you interested in learning more about wild foods and foraging? Here's what you'll learn when you give this a listen:

• Jenna's background growing up in rural Maine & her mom's influence;
• Her lifestyle as a wild food educator and off grid homesteader;
• Get started with foraging wild foods like mushrooms;
• Become comfortable and familiar with one species at a time;
• Build confidence;
• Squirrel hunting & whitetail deer doe tags;
• Omnivory;
• New England BHA's hunting mentorship program;
• Understanding your food's 'food';
• Strawberry & Japanese Knot Weed Pie

Omnivore (/ˈɒmnɪvɔːr/) def. Wikipedia:

  A consumption classification for animals that have the capability to obtain chemical energy and nutrients from materials originating from plant and animal origin.

Recommended Books:

Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms of New England and Eastern Canada: A Photographic Guidebook to Finding and Using Key Species by David Spahr - Click HERE

The Forager's Harvest: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants by Samuel Thayer - Click HERE

Follow Jenna Rozelle on Instagram & Facebook. If you're in New England, you'll want to sign up for one of her Wild Food Classes.

To go back to the East to West Hunting Home Page, click HERE