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“This full color guide makes foraging accessible for beginners and is a reliable source for advanced foragers.” —Edible Chicago

The Midwest offers a veritable feast for foragers, and with Lisa Rose as your trusted guide, you’ll learn how to safely find and identify an abundance of delicious wild plants. The plant profiles in Midwest Foraging include:

*Clear, color photographs
*Identification tips
*Guidance on how to ethically harvest
*Suggestions for eating and preserving

A handy seasonal planner details which plants are available during every season. Thorough, comprehensive, and safe, this is a must-have for foragers in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, and North Dakota.

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Regional Foraging Series

“Lisa Rose is exactly the sort of person you want to teach you how to forage for wild food. Her calm, warming voice and extensive plant knowledge make you want to dash out your back door to discover what edible delights lie just beyond.” —Hank Shaw, James Beard Award–winning author of Hunter Angler Gardener Cook

“This full color guide makes foraging accessible for beginners and is a reliable source for advanced foragers.” I>Edible Chicago

“Useful for beginners and those searching close to home...Introducing these species to kids would be a fun backyard teaching moment for parents.” I>Iowa Press Citizen

“The Timber Press foraging series offers another set of books with high quality photography. . . . also available as handy Kindles.” I>American Herb Association Quarterly

“A must-have for anyone who likes to forage...a remarkable piece of work, offering beautiful photos and hundreds of tips about when, how and where to harvest edible plants.” I>Grand Rapids Press

“With 115 plants included, Midwest Foraging covers a lot of ground and is a good first choice for a beginning forager in the region covered. For more experienced folks with a larger library this is a valuable companion to include with your other field guides.” I>Permaculture Podcast

“I love this book… A trustworthy reference book to what is safely edible… A great addition to anyone’s foraging toolkit.”
Little House in an Old Town

On Sale: Jun 24, 2015
Page Count: 318 pages
Publisher: Timber Press
ISBN-13: 9781604695311

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Lisa M. Rose

About the Author

Lisa M. Rose is an herbalist and forager with a background in anthropology and a professional focus on community health. Her interest in ethnobotany and herbal medicine has taken her to study plants, people, health, and their connection to place internationally. Rose leads foraging plant walks and teaches classes on edible and medicinal wild plants. She forages for her own family, herbal apothecary, and community herbalism practice.

Miriam Doan is a visual storyteller and creative producer who hails from the Great Lakes region. Throughout her career as a photographer and producer, she has documented global healthcare initiatives to capture impact and inspire action. To begin work in her own community, she began an urban flower farm in Chicago, offering a one-mile bouquet to seasonal subscribers during the summer. Here, she discovered a love for capturing movement, connection, design, and color in the natural world. She continues her work in health care, while deepening her discovery of nature and our continual desire to rearrange it. Recent work featured in: The Guardian, Now This, National Geographic, BBC World News, ABC News, New City, Chicago Reader, Chicago Social, NPR, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Online Journal, Rotary.org, The Rotarian Magazine and Rotary International World Polio Day (2018 Shorty Award), Global One: Women on the Frontlines Photography Exhibit & Artist Panel, Asia House – London, Seattle K5, Atlanta Journal., CNET, ONE LAST PUSH campaign.

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