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MelanieSawyer

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Historical Forager of the 18thC. Living off grid 

in the Adirondack Mountains.


Placed 4th in History Channels ALONE Show S10. 


Public Speaking & Outreach
Mellanie Sawyer, History Channels Alone show Season 10 participany teaches about historical foods to

Wild Foods and Wilderness 

Melanie created Wild Foods because she has seen a huge interest in foraging and in eating clean on a budget. People are beginning to realize that nature provides and wild edible foods are in the woods, marshes and forests if you know what you're looking at.


 " If you can feed yourself, you can free yourself "


Wild Foods teaches about and introduces alternatives to the normal vegetables and fruits you might see in stores and markets, Melanie's hands on approach will teach you the 18th Century history behind who bought them to the Americas, where to find them and how to prepare them, Some things you'll be surprised that you didn't know you could eat and some you wont know at all but will be happy to befriend. 

learn more about Wild Foods
Melanie Sawyer who placed 4th on History Channels ALONE Show Season 10 holding faylily plants as she

Thunderhawk Living History School

History is awesome!  Melanie lives in the Adirondack mountains which means she is bang in the center of a lot of the events in the 1700's onwards that ultimately created the United States.  Mel created Thunderhawk Living History Program which teaches at schools and museums how life was for people of all races on the North Eastern Coast at the beginning of the 18 century.

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT LIVING HISTORY PROGRAMS
Melanie Sawyer who placed 4th on History Channels Alone show showing how to create traps to catch sm

"Teaching by doing" Melanie shows how to live with nature using both traditional and modern Bushcraft skills in a way that works to benefit both people and our environment. Knowledge of Wilderness Survival and Foraging Wild Food are key to any successful journey out into the wild

OUTDOORS AND WILDERNESS SKILLS

Exploring the wild foods of the Adirondacks with historical forager Melanie Sawyer [Extended Interview with PBS Mountain Lake]

What is a Historical Forager?

Want to know a bit more on how to ID that mushroom? Learn how to make a Spore Print!

Did you know that there's more to eating a Day Lily than just the buds and petals?

Melanie's ALONE show bio from the History Channel

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