Take a walk in the woods with Mike Krebill. When Mike tells you a story about his experiences with a wild plant or mushroom, you-re getting far more than guidebook data - you-re getting a lifetime-s worth of keen observing, experimenting and, sometimes, close calls.
Mike is one of America-s most acclaimed foragers and wild food educators, a living encyclopedia of all things wild and edible. A Forager''s Life is about a life spent in nature and in the classroom - from the thousands of wild edible forays with adults and young people, to the legendary Euell Gibbons and the first Earth Day, to the rise of today-s great foraging wave, a wave that is bringing city folks and country folks together in search of that most basic of life-s pleasures: wild foods.
It''s about waking up to the natural world, with the nurturing help of great mentors along the way. At its heart, it''s the story of a natural-born teacher who never stopped being a curious little boy, and who
