"Pacific Harvest: A Northwest Coast Foraging Guide" by Jennifer Hahn

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When
May 02, 2025 from 06:00 PM to 07:00 PM
Where
Village Books readings gallery, Bellingham
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A Nature of Writing speaker series event, in partnership with Village Books

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Discover the Pacific Coast’s tastiest wild delicacies from the beach, field, and forest! Written by expert forager and guide Jennifer Hahn, this guide introduces both novice and more experienced foragers to the Pacific Coast’s ample and diverse edible species. Recognizing your local edible berries, flowers, greens, roots, tree parts, mushrooms, seaweeds, beach vegetables, and shellfish is a passport to a comforting sense of place. Hahn also highlights authentic Indigenous harvesting practices including profiles of Indigenous leaders in the traditional foods movement. Hahn emphasizes a sustainable approach to foraging, reminding readers what other beings also depend on these plants and animals as food and shelter sources.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jennifer Hahn is an author, scientist, teacher, culinary explorer, and wilderness guide. She teaches sustainable wild food harvesting at Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies at Western Washington University and leads seaweed workshops for the North Cascade Institute, Salish Sea tribes, and First Nations. Her first book "Spirited Waters: Soloing South through the Inside Passage" won the Barbara Savage Miles from Nowhere award. A naturalist and guide in Southeast Alaska and the Inside Passage, Hahn has been featured on NPR and lives in Bellingham, Washington. 

ABOUT OUR BOOKSELLER PARTNER
Village Books and Paper Dreams is a community-based, independent bookstore and gift shop located in the Historic Fairhaven Village on the southside of Bellingham. Since 1980, we have been "building community one book at a time." Village Books is a place to meet your friends, talk books, or just while away an hour or two among our shelves. Years of experience with local customers and knowledge of local interests helps us carefully select the books you love. Thanks to you, Village Books is able to continue keeping local readers in mind. If you're in the neighborhood come on in to explore!