Eden Wild Food

Thanks to Sam Thayer for the shoutout on his radio interview for his new book today.

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On Thursday, May 18th from 4:00-7:00pm, the Kroc Center will host Matt Normansell from Eden Wild Food (bio below) for an exciting foraging event!

Join us for this indoor/outdoor event where we will learn about foraging and then forage for edible plants across the Kroc Property.

To sign up, go here:
https://bit.ly/40H1MZW

Matthew Normansell is a British foraging and wild food guide who has been running successful wild food courses in Europe for the last decade. He relocated to the U.S. to marry his wife and business partner, Megan Normansell, who is a certified herbalist and health counsellor. Whilst being mostly self taught, he was greatly influenced by his upbringing in the countryside and by herbalists and healers in his mother’s family, and has worked and trained with some of the top foragers in Europe, such as Roger Phillips, as well as having met with and been influenced by foragers in the U.S. such as Pascal Baudar and Samuel Thayer.

Matthew has managed programs for local authorities, city councils, top chefs, cookery schools, food festivals and has trained Bushcraft guides on wild edible plants and fungi. He has held courses for the Oneida nation in Green Bay and for Sam Thayer’s company, Foragers Harvest. In addition, he has written for various national and local publications, online blogs, and appeared both on BBC TV and on Wisconsin Public Television as a foraging expert.

In addition, he is a foray leader for the Wisconsin Mycological Society and is certified as an Expert mushroom identifier through the Midwest American Mycological Information (MAMI) program, and is a certified mushroom expert in 3 Midwest states.