Jennifer Hahn

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Jennifer teaches Wild Food courses at Western Washington University’s Fairhaven College. Her graduate research on Salish Sea Seaweeds included working with the support of 18 First Nations and Tribal Nations community members to gather three species of edible seaweeds, then check levels of 162 contaminants and beneficial chemicals with her team of chemists, toxicologists, and marine scientists. The results are published in the international journal PLOS One. Jennifer guides natural and cultural history trips in the Inside Passage by kayak and mothership, and chronicles coastal places and people through storytelling and visual art.

Jennifer's books include:

Spirited Waters: Soloing South Through the Inside Passage (Mountaineers Books, 2009), recounting her 750-mile solo kayak trip through the Inside Passage from Alaska to Washington.

Pacific Feast: A Cook's Guide to West Coast Foraging and Cuisine (Skipstone Press, 2010), is a celebration of foraging for 50 wild edibles and cooking the wild bounty into 65 recipes from award-winning chefs. (available in e-book thru Mountaineers Books; hard-back is out-of-print)

Pacific Harvest: A Northwest Coast Foraging Guide (forthcoming from Mountaineers Books in April 2025)

Watch a video of Jennifer wildharvesting in action at http://youtu.be/En4W0yEoWrk!