Learn Your Land, Getting to Know Mushrooms & Plants with Adam Haritan — WildFed Podcast #039

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In this episode:

Adam Haritan | Nature enthusiast, forager & founder of Learn Your Land

Podcast discussion:

• Adam and Daniel meeting a few years back

• Developing Learn Your Land

• Working with Sam Thayer

• How COVID-19 has impacted the wild food world

• Getting into wild foods

• Reactions to different types of wild food posts on social media

• Getting to know non-edible wild species

• Is harvesting mushrooms more ecologically sustainable for beginners?

• Unpacking mycelium and fruit bodies

• Why so many mushroom foragers are "psychedelic people”

• Adam's predictions for the future of wild food

• Talking foraging regulations

• How hunting has impacted going into the woods for Adam

• Adam's new native tree project

• Where to find Adam's work

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Episode Resources: 

• Learn Your Land

• Learn Your Land Youtube Channel

• Adam on Instagram @learnyourland and Facebook

• Upcoming workshop: Mushroom Foraging Weekend with Adam Haritan & Sam Thayer

• Adam’s virtual wild mushroom foraging course

• Mean Jean, Pizzlies and Habitat Design with Deb Perkins — WildFed Podcast #003

• Video: The Miracle Of Woodpeckers

• Sam Thayer

• Sam Thayer’s books:

  • The Forager's Harvest: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants

  • Nature's Garden: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants

  • Incredible Wild Edibles

• Arthur Haines

• A Unifying Theory of Food & Why You Should Eat Blueberries with Arthur Haines — WildFed Podcast #033

• Midwest Wild Harvest Festival

• Alan Bergo

• The Final Frontier of Food with Chef Alan Bergo — WildFed Podcast #004

• Forgotten Wild Plant Cuisine with Alan Bergo — WildFed Podcast #031

• Mushroom picking does not impair future harvests - Results of a long-term study in Switzerland

• The Bufo toad (Colorado River toad)

• Living in a Lichen Wonderland with Felicity Roberts — WildFed Podcast #032

• IUCN Red List of Threatened Species — The Global Fungal Red List

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Meet Adam Haritan

Adam Haritan — founder of Learn Your Land — is a nature enthusiast, researcher, and forager currently residing in Western Pennsylvania. He leads various classes and workshops related to plant and mushroom identification, wild food harvesting, nutritional and medicinal components of wild foods, the benefits of nature connection, and more. His YouTube channel features over 100 instructional nature videos, and his Instagram and Facebook pages document his latest botanical and mycological discoveries.

Website | Instagram @learnyourland | Facebook