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Wild food is only the beginning. Learn to read landscapes, build real field skills, and reconnect with the place we once called home.
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Podcast Episode - Learning the Grasslands
An early Food Afield adventure through Alberta's bird country, exploring beginner hunting, wild food, and the joy of learning.
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Field Guide: Your First Shellfish Harvest
Learn to find, harvest, and cook your first wild shellfish safely.
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Journal - The Shellfish Can Wait
I still love bringing home wild food. I just find myself valuing the shoreline, forest or field that produced it even more.
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Journal - I Hunt Landscapes
For years I thought successful hunters were simply better at finding animals. I was wrong. The real skill is learning to read the landscape.
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Podcasts
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Podcast Episode - Learning the Grasslands
Podcast Episode - Clams of the Pacific Coast
A documentary-style podcast exploration of butter clams, basket cockles, tides, and coastal food systems on the Pacific coast.
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35:16
Field Guide - Definitely The Most Overlooked Cut of Meat
How to cut up the front shoulder of venison and extract the Flat Iron Steak
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7:51
I Didn't Understand This Before My First Deer
Why the real reward of wild food begins once the animal is on the ground
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The Sound That Ends It
What do bowhunting, fly fishing, and harvesting shellfish have in common? More than most people realize. This essay explores why attention, observation…
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Journal - The Divide Is Growing: Those Who Can Feed Themselves and Those Who Can’t
The state of food… there’s a lot to unpack here.
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Podcast Episode - Oysters: How to Find, Harvest, and Eat Them on the Pacific Coast
A practical guide to finding, harvesting, shucking, and eating wild Pacific oysters on the coast of British Columbia.
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Food Afield is a documentary podcast about wild ingredients — where they’re found, how they’re gathered, and the places that shape them.
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