Year of Plenty: Traditional Foodways

Wild Food Chef Panel at Feral Feast 2026 | Cooking with Wild Plants, Mushrooms & Game

Join the Mountain Forager course waitlist: https://www.theyearofplenty.com/courses In this episode of the Year of Plenty Podcast, we’re coming to you live from Feral Fea

How to Grow Fruit Trees That Actually Thrive with Orchard People

In this episode of the Year of Plenty Podcast, we’re joined by Susan Poizner, certified arborist, fruit tree care educator, author, and host of The Orchard People Podcast

Landscape Literacy: Wild Flavor Is Everywhere | Nick of North

This episode is a conversation with Nick of North, a wild food chef, forager, and educator from Prince Edward Island who works at the intersection of cooking, ecology, an

Food Sovereignty, Wild Food, and Borderlands Cuisine with Hank Shaw

This episode is a conversation with Hank Shaw, wild food chef, author, and the voice behind Hunter Angler Gardener Cook. Hank has spent decades hunting, fishing, foraging

Can You Really Live on Wild Food? Robin Greenfield Is! | Food Freedom

This episode is a conversation with Robin Greenfield, activist, forager, and author of Food Freedom. Robin has spent years experimenting with what it means to step outsid

Foragers Roundtable: 2025 Foraging Season in Review | Harvests, Lessons & What’s Next

Poldi and Lindey are joined by Orion (Forage Colorado), Tim (Ironwood Foraging Co.), and Bryan (Healing Ecosystems) for a relaxed, end-of-year conversation about wild foo

Forgotten Staples: Foraging Wild Plums & American Lotus with Feral Foraging

This episode is a conversation with Jesse from Feral Foraging about two of North America’s most overlooked wild foods — Wild Plums and American Lotus. Jesse is a skilled

Feed Us With Trees: Ancient Wisdom for a Resilient Food System with Elspeth Hay

In this episode of the Year of Plenty Podcast, we’re joined by Elspeth Hay — writer, public radio host, and author of Feed Us With Trees. Elspeth takes us deep into the o

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

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. Eri

Mayapples, Wild Coffee & the Foraging Onion Approach with Hoosier Forager

Hoosier Forager joins us for a thoughtful conversation about how we approach foraging, why it matters, and how to build confidence with new wild foods. We also dig into t

Guerrilla Grafting, Wild Carbs & Foraging Japanese Knotweed with Healing Ecosystems

In this episode, I’m joined by my friend Bryan from Healing Ecosystems. He’s someone who’s not just talking about food resilience—he’s living it, experimenting with wild

Pawpaw Foraging Secrets | Discover America’s Largest Edible Indigenous Fruit

This episode is a conversation with Shane Edwards, also known as Wild Dryad—a self-taught botanist, illustrator, and foraging educator. We explore the lost legacy of the

This Is What We've Lost About Food—And How to Get It Back

This episode is a deep conversation about traditional foodways and how food is so much more than calories. We explore how eating seasonally, preserving food, and building

Mustard Plants & Cow Parsnip | Wild Food Talk with Forage Colorado

Wild mustard and cow parsnip are two edible plants hiding in plain sight—and they’re packed with flavor, nutrition, and foraging value. In this Year of Plenty Podcast epi

Find These Mushrooms Before Spring Ends

This episode is a conversation with Savanna aka Foraging_KY who is a lifelong forager passionate about mushrooms, gardening, and native plants. We chat about some of her

Cattail Foraging: This Wild Plant Provides Food Year-Round

Cattails are one of the most abundant and overlooked wild foods in North America— providing nutrient-dense food all year long. But why aren’t more people taking advantage

Escaping the Chronic Disease Trap with Ancestral Eating: Gut Health, Metabolic Healing & Heavy Metal Detox

In this episode, we dive into functional nutrition, gut health, metabolic resilience, and heavy metal detoxing with returning guest and functional nutritionist Natalie Er

Permaculture Expert Reveals Pro Tips for Seed Starting Success

Want to grow healthier, stronger seedlings? In this episode, permaculture expert Kareen Erbe reveals her best seed-starting secrets, covering everything from ideal grow l

Secrets to Farming with Limited Acres [Rose Veal, Soy-Free Chickens, Silvopasture]

This Year of Plenty Podcast episode is a conversation with Mathew, the visionary behind Little Way Farm and Homestead, a family-owned and operated farm and homestead trai

BRING BACK VICTORY GARDENS!

We've been doing research into the history of Victory Gardens and were blown away by some of the facts we uncovered…so Poldi decided to sit down and record a rant ab