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The Chequamegon Bay area native is living entirely off what he can find in nature around Ashland, Washburn, Bayfield, and the surrounding area. Everything from salt and oil to venison and wild rice must come from the land, with no garden to fall back on.
Greenfield moved back to the Bay Area in July and gave himself three months preparation time. He began foraging for all of his food and medicine and stocking up for the winter ahead.
Northern Wisconsin might not seem like an ideal location to forage because of the harsh, long winters, but Greenfield said that’s far from the case.
“Areas with long winters have a more prolific bounty in a short period of time,” he said. “It’s absolutely abundant.” More
Different stokes for different folks?
Does Wisconsin have Wacholder?
For the Venison.
I believe that it’s entirely natural for fast food restaurant parking lots to have trash cans.
He’s no Dick Proenneke. Sounds like he’s just eating foraged food.
Still traveling away for the winter and no mention of off grid.
I’m unimpressed.
He should ask the guy that lives in the bus in Alaska about foraging. Oh, wait.
He ain’t no Euell Gibbons.
I don’t know; it seems like a lot of work to me.
First guy I thought of when I saw the report on this guy, Euell Gibbons eating pine trees.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0N290zPrbA.yumm
Sounds more like Aldo Leopold.
Sumthin tells me he’s not too far from a road so that he can harvest the road kill…
Deer hunting season is over up here so he can resume walking in the woods.