Samuel Thayer

Samuel Thayer is an American author and wild food forager. He is also a self-taught natural historian and the founder of Foreger’s Harvest. Samuel was born in Wausau, Wisconsin, and spent his childhood in Madison, where he graduated from Madison East Highscool in 1994. He is a self-published author of The Nature’s Garden: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants; The Forager’s Harvest: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants and Incredible Wild Edibles: 36 Plants That Can Change Your Life.Thayer has won three awards for his book Nature’s Garden, including Midwest Book Awards (2006), Midwest Book Awards (2010), and second place for the 2011 Benjamin Franklin Award. His book The Foragers Harvest won the IPPY Book Award Midwest Book Award and was a finalist for the USA Book News Best Books in 2007. He is a resident of Northwestern Wisconsin and lives with his wife and their three children. Besides speaking and writing, Samuel Thayer is also a wild rice harvester, a syrup producer, and a small organic orchard owner. When not foraging, you will find him bird watching, studying reptiles, amphibians, and mammals.