PIONEER ROBIN GREENFIELD – ONE YEAR OF 100% FORAGING Christopher Nyerges [www.SchoolofSelf-Reliance.com] CAPTIONS: Greenfield and Nyerges collecting dock seeds on the outskirts of Pasadena. bottom photo: Helen, Robin, and Christopher discuss their day of foraging. Robin Greenfield is a man on a mission. Greenfield describes himself as...
TRACKER JIM LOWERY, R.I.P.
TRACKER JIM LOWERY, R.I.P. In mid-April of this year, 2026, the wildlife tracking world lost a great: Jim Lowery passed away. He was 78 years old. When I first became aware of the world of tracking – tracking animals and people -- mostly through the writings of Tom...
FEELING MALLOW
FEELING MALLOW Learning to Recognize the Common Mallow Plant (Malva neglecta and M. parviflora) By Christopher Nyerges (Nyerges has been teaching ethnobotany since 1974. He is the author of “Guide to Wild Foods and Useful Plants,” “Foraging Wild Edible Plants of North America,” and other books on the uses...