In this episode of Voices from the Field, NCAT’s Nina Prater is joined by Tim Hammer, co-owner of Homegrown Native Foods, LLC. Tim is an educator who teaches people about responsible and safe foraging of wild plants and mushrooms in the Ozark mountains of Arkansas. In this conversation, they discuss the many qualities of native plants that make them desirable in the farmscape, the commercial potential of different native plants, how to forage in the wild responsibly, and more.

ATTRA Resources: 

Native Plants Offer More Than Beauty to the Farmscape

Switchgrass as a Bioenergy Crop

Alternative Pollinators: Native Bees

Companion Planting & Botanical Pesticides: Concepts & Resources

Other Resources: 

Homegrown Native Foods, LLC

Tim Hammer Contact Info

Bringing Nature Home, by Doug Tallamy

Fall Glade Onion information

Arkansas Food Innovation Center

The Beaver Institute

Bo Brown, Foraging Author and Nature Educator

Prairie Moon Nursery