Wild Edible World: A Foraging Podcast

Spencer Lowery is the Treasurer for the Alabama Mushroom Society and a lifelong forager. We got to know Spencer more in our conversation, like his favorite mushrooms to eat and his upcoming mushroom events! He's not on Instagram, but catch him on TikTok or Patreon at "foragenorthamerica" to follow his exploits and recipes across the country! It was awesome to chat with Spencer and if YOU want to talk to us about foraging, hit us up!!! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-baker62/support

We have the distinct pleasure of chatting with Orion about cheeseburgers and books... I mean foraging!!! Nah, we cover it all in this awesome episode with @foragecolorado ; content creation, his natural resources degree and occupation, and of course all of his favorite foraging stories!! Orion is the best- but if you are in the online foraging community already you probably already knew that! Listen to the new episode out now! Love y'all --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-baker62/support

Come with us on a culinary journey exploring Biagio DiSalvo's past and current experiences with foraging. We discuss his history in science, his favorite recipes to make and, of course, all about his foraging path!! Follow him at @bscucina We can't wait to see what else he cooks up and maybe a future collab?? 👀 Love you guys, thanks for listening!!! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-baker62/support

Allen is a pure spore force and is obsessed with eliminating food waste. In this fresh new episode, Michael and Steve talk about Allen's history in Big Mushroom and what foraged ingredients he's currently into. Allen is also an integral part of Colorado Essence Festival with several other major mushroom creators!! We hope you enjoy this dope episode and check out Allen's projects! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-baker62/support

We have an episode from the WEWP VAULT today- here's a previously unreleased phone call we had with the dynamite Colter Barnes from History's ALONE season 8! We talk a lot about his foraging during the show, the adversity he faced, as well as his lifestyle and plans in Alaska!! This is such a good episode and went on the shelf for a while due to the less-than-desireable audio quality. However, listening back through this Colter has amazing insight, and hindsight, on nature and his time on the super popular survival show and this will prove to be another valuable episode of our show. Thanks to everybody for listening and extra thanks to @colterwambachbarnes for chatting with us, sorry it took forever to release! super triple thanks to @keweenaw_apothecary for being a sponsor of the show and for making this connection!! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-baker62/support

Time-travel back to fall with this special episode of WEWP where Steve and Michael talk about SCRUMPING and taste-test several wild varieties of apples and compare them to a few "control" grocery store apples. This is an ASMR-heavy episode with just the boys out in the woods that will leave y'all wanting to go scrumping!! This is a late release meaning it was recorded in the fall, during peak apple season. *Scrumping is a term used to describe the act of collecting wild apples --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-baker62/support

Brad is a wetlands scientist and reached out to talk to your two favorite foraging hosts! In this new episode WEWP#65 with Brad Earnest we chat about his favorite and least favorite plants, his experience with helping homeowners burn or select plants for wetland restoration! We met at a local library to chat so enjoy this NPR-vibe heavy episode, haha!! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-baker62/support

Get pecan crazy!! We talked with Farmer Dave of @rockbridgetrees about the diversity in pecans and how accessible and beneficial nut trees are to our environment, our bellies, and even our pocketbooks! Dave is such an inspirational nursery grower with a lot history and personality and we barely scratched the surface with this interview! Hope you all enjoy the new episode and get the urge to plant some nut trees! As they say, the best time to plant a tree is 30 years ago but the second best time is today! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-baker62/support

We're back to our classic format!! Interviewing foragers is fun and all but we wanted to bring it back to our core with just Michael and Steve this episode. A couple of sweeties discussing a sweet sweet plant, the honey locust! Listen to them discuss the visual varieties this tree possesses as well as the awesome sweetness it contains!! Hope you enjoy it! Remember to support our show by visiting our merch store and checking out our awesome custom t-shirts and seasonal hot sauce!! Thanks so much for being the coolest listeners in the podcast world. We love you!!! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-baker62/support

Doug lives in the Chicago suburbs and wanted to call in to chat with your resident foragers Michael and Steve about raising Icelandic sheep, foraging, and finding new passions!! We love chatting with our listeners! Douglas doesn't have a social media @ but still streams our show (thanks Douglas!!!) and sent us a bunch of photos of his different projects which will be featured in this post! Enjoy the new episode, we're slowly but surely working behind the scenes to bring you a better and more accessible show this year so thank you all for listening!! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-baker62/support

WOWEE-WOW were we excited to chat with Shane Alden Edwards @the_wild_dryad ! Shane is a multifaceted forager and artist in the Chicago suburbs so he met up with Michael and Steve for little to talk plants! Check out his art on his website and his myriad of videos on his socials, Shane is super cool! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-baker62/support

In episode 60 (!!) Chef Lorenzo Tavani @lorenzo__cooks schools Michael and Steve on his history in the culinary field and his inspirations to start foraging. Lorenzo has all sorts of dinner events in Colombus throughout the year so follow his IG and check his website for scheduling updates!! You're definitely going to want to gobble up his food AND his videos!!! Cheers to your PASSION, chef!! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-baker62/support

The fellas had an awesome call with musician and forager Sean Rowe about his history with foraging! Sean has a deep history with music and foraging and the two come together with his new YouTube series "Can I Eat This, Sean" where he hosts a fellow musician through a new foraging experience and then have a jam session. He's certainly one of the coolest foragers out there with a wealth of experiences to draw from. Listen to the new episode and get groovy! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-baker62/support

The boys have a long chat with Wade Fox, @foxamongbears , to chat about all things Koji, fermentation, the maillard process, and of course foraging!! Wade is an absolute creative force of nature and weilds his skills like a master in the kitchen, yet humbly and hungrily learns from his peers. We can't wait to taste more of his wizardry - listen to the episode and get inspired to make your own alchemy!!! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-baker62/support

In this episode, Steve and Michael sit down with a couple pieces of mail they've received over the last couple of weeks and talk about the talented folks we share this community with!! In the second half they discuss the new merch and taste the new hot sauce on air! Keep on scrumpin', folks. Love y'all ❤️ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-baker62/support

Jesse is coming to us from Alabama to take us to Acorn School! In this episode we took a deep dive into Jesse's history with acorns; the whole A-Z on processing and eating. We loved having him on and his online presence is excellent- check him out on all the socials and videosites @feralforaging Much love, Jesse, can't wait to have you back!!! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-baker62/support

Pretty much exactly one month ago, Michael spent some time in Minnesota and while he was there he sat down with Tim Clemens, @mnforager , for a lovely little chat regarding Tim's origin story in the first half and then after the break they munch on some "Buzz button" or "electric daisies"! Tune in for our electrifying conversation! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-baker62/support

Bonus Labor Day episode! This is a long overdue release with Jon Miller regarding our collaboration together! Michael went on a brisk morning walk with Jon to chat about the spruce tip collecting we did as an event for their brewery membership program. For a little while longer, you too can enjoy the fruits of our labor with the Morton Arboretum, also in Lisle IL. Find "In Search of Spruciness" American Pale Ale at Bubblehouse while you still can! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-baker62/support

In this episode we have a phone call with forager, chef, and author Alan Bergo of @foragerchef and Forager Chef's Book of Flora regarding the new Minnesota mushroom collection law proposal. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-baker62/support

Bonus episode! Friend of the cast, Luke Oswald, recently interview WEWP host Steve Cantu on his show Publicly Challenged! Here's the episode info from his feed: In this episode, I talk to Steve Cantu of Wild Edible World Podcast. We sat in a park at a picnic table and discussed our lack of chanterelle that we had found and decided to record an episode and cover a wide array of topics and somehow tie it all in with foraging and wild food preparation. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-baker62/support