Foraging for Huckleberries, Ground Cherries, and Tumbleweeds | Tips from Wild Food Girl

About this episode

In this episode, Erica Davis shares her expertise on foraging wild edible plants and cooking techniques.

In this episode of the Year of Plenty Podcast, we sit down with Erica Davis — better known as Wild Food Girl — to explore the fascinating world of wild edible plants. Erica has spent more than a decade teaching, writing, and foraging across the Rocky Mountains and beyond, and she shares her deep knowledge on identification, harvesting, and cooking techniques for some of the most interesting wild foods in North America Topics We Cover How Erica became “Wild Food Girl” and built her online sch...

People in this episode

Host: Poldi Wieland

Guest: Erica Davis

Topics covered

• foraging
• wild edible plants
• cooking techniques
• identification
• harvesting
• Rocky Mountains

Keywords

• foraging
• huckleberries
• ground cherries
• wild food
• edible plants
• cooking
• harvesting

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