I have two updates: a special live event next month, and a brand-new video on an iconic forest plant.
First up: On Tuesday, July 21, I’ll be speaking at a unique, immersive event called Field & Fork.
This is a multi-sensory farm-to-table dinner and ecology experience hosted by Plant it Further at the scenic 80-acre Lodge at Water’s Edge in Portersville, Pennsylvania.
I’ll be speaking alongside Cornell Master Beekeeper Christina Joy Neumann, and we’ll all be sharing a beautifully crafted seasonal dinner.
If you want to slow down, talk forest ecology, eat incredible local food, and connect in person, I would love to see you there.
Click here for details and tickets to Field & Fork.
Next up: Ginseng.
Recently, I thought about a forest I visited 8 years ago, and I wondered if two American ginseng plants were still growing there.
To get an answer, I decided to visit the forest and see for myself.
The only problem was that I never dropped a pin on a map, and I wasn’t sure exactly where I found the plants 8 years ago. But after an hour of intense searching under a canopy of tulip tree and red maple, I finally found them.
“What luck!” I thought to myself.
Interestingly, I was also surprised to see quite a few other plants that looked like ginseng. Some of these lookalikes were even growing right next to the real thing.
This made me wonder: If I’m getting confused out here, I’ll bet other people are too.
So, I decided to film a video breaking down how to spot a few ginseng lookalikes, as well as how to identify true American ginseng in the wild.
You can watch the brand-new video here.
Thanks for watching, and I hope to see some of you in July!
— Adam Haritan
Paths I Walk 