Why You Should Strive to Become a Wild Food Generalist with Caleb Kasper and Dylan Baldassari

This episode is a conversation with my good friends and fellow outdoorsmen Caleb and Dylan. Both of them spend a lot of their free time either hunting, fishing, foraging, or all of them together. They are also grad students at the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, where they are studying with, and learning from, world-class mycologists. Needless to say, being a conscious participant in nature is their greatest passion.Episode Overview:Benefits of treating hunting, fishing, and foraging as holistic practiceNootropics - mushroom powders and a Chaga alcohol extractNew wild edibles we have been pursuingOur experience tapping birch trees and turning the birch water into honey meadHarvesting wild plums and making plum wineGolden oysters and how they made it to the US - The La Crosse mycology lab was the epicenter for research on this invasive mushroom speciesWhitebark pine trees and why they might all be gone soonTasty recipes we have been trying outDuck hunting from a beginner’s perspectivePrehistoric evidence of humans hunting wild horses 20K years agoOstrich Fern Fiddleheads and some of the confusing literature about its potential toxicitySome of the top wild mushrooms to go afterWild parsnips and why you should learn about itSupport the podcast on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/yearofplentySubscribe to the Youtube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/@yearofplentyvideoDo you follow the podcast on social media yet?IG: https://www.instagram.com/poldiwieland/X: https://x.com/yearofplentypodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/theyearofplenty/Thank you for subscribing and sharing the show with your family and friends.Subscribe with this link:www.theyearofplenty.comOr subscribe directly using your podcast app. The show is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts and many other platforms!Please rate and review the show in the Apple Podcast app. This always helps the show get ranked so that more curious foodies can explore real food and drink with us.I want to hear from you! Take the LISTENER SURVEY: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KZW53RT