Foraging as a Way of Life

Mikaela Cannon is an author and instructor who facilitates classes and workshops focused on responsible foraging and wildcrafting. She is deeply rooted in her community and works with a multitude of local organizations towards the goals of Indigenous Truth and Reconciliation, environmental protection, and climate action. As a homeschooling parent, Mikaela is passionate about passing on to the next generation the skills and knowledge required to harvest and prepare wild foods. She has taken various courses in herbal medicine at Pacific Rim College, as well as studying Ethnobotany, Anthropology, and Biology at Okanagan College in the interior BC. She also trained as a wilderness guide in Sweden. Mikaela and her family raise chickens, sheep, and vegetables on a small farm near Armstrong, BC, Canada.

Mikaela Cannon brings a combination of personal experience and dedicated research to her engaging profiles of edible species. With detailed descriptions and photos, she brings to life native species special to western North America. —Jared Rosenbaum, CERP, author, Wild Plant Culture: A Guide to Restoring Native Edible and Medicinal Plant Species What sets this foraging guide apart from others is that it is arranged by months and seasons to direct you to the best plants and mushrooms to forage at any time of the year! I appreciate the clearly indicated caution boxes and "similar species/look-alikes" sections provided for each entry. This will be a fun book to plan my next foraging trip with. —Jeanine Davis, associate professor of horticulture, North Carolina State University; author, Growing and Marketing Ginseng, Goldenseal and other Woodland Medicinals; and co-owner, Our Tiny Farm Mikayla Cannon's passion for harvesting nature's abundance has yielded a comprehensive guide to foraging throughout the year. Beautiful photographs, detailed profiles, and numerous recipes make this book an exciting guide to reclaiming a naturally healthful diet. —Darrell E. Frey, Three Sisters Farm, and author, Bioshelter Market Garden and The Food Forest Handbook Foraging truly is a way of life for Mikaela Cannon, and this book captures her meticulously researched knowledge, practical experimentation, and deep respect for the earth and its Indigenous knowledge-keepers. It is beautifully illustrated, and includes recipes, medicinal uses, personal stories, detailed plant descriptions, and wise precautions. —Remy Rodden, biologist, award-winning envirosinger, and environmental educator www.remyrodden.com

• Disclaimer Territorial Acknowledgment Foreword by Nancy J. Turner How to Use This Book Welcome to This Book Notes About the LandA Year of Plants and MushroomsSPRING March Wild Ginger, Weeping Willow, Norway Maple, Kinnikinnick, Early Blue VioletApril Cleavers, Purple Dead Nettle, Oxeye Daisy, Hairy Bittercress, Stinging NettleMay Dandelion, Asparagus, Prickly Lettuce, Black Elderberry, CatnipSUMMERJune Red Clover, Salsify, Lamb's Quarters, Common Mallow, St. John's Wort July Saskatoon, Sheep Sorrel, Thimbleberry, Oregon Grape, Black HawthornAugust Curly Dock, Western Giant Puffball, Chokecherry, White Sweetclover, PlantainFALLSeptember Purslane, Common Burdock, Chickweed, White Chanterelle, Lobster MushroomOctober Yarrow, Rosy Gomphidius, Black Walnut, Chicory, Dog RoseNovember Late Fall Oyster Mushroom, Large-leaved Avens, Western Mountain Ash, Prince's Pine, Rocky Mountain JuniperWINTERDecember Field Pennycress, Trembling Aspen, Ponderosa Pine, White Spruce, Western RedcedarJanuary Lodgepole Pine, Interior Douglas-fir, Beaked Hazel, Western Hemlock, Paper BirchFebruary Common Barberry, Rocky Mountain Maple, Sulphur Cinquefoil, Black Cottonwood, Lamb's EarsAcknowledgmentsGlossaryDrawingsReferencesWebsitesIndex to Common and Scientific NamesAbout the AuthorAbout New Society Publishers