Katrina Blair began studying wild plants in her teens by camping alone one summer eating wild foods. She completed a BA in Biology and a MA in Holistic Health Education. She founded Turtle Lake Refuge, a non-profit, whose mission celebrates the connection between personal health and wild lands. She is author of Local Wild Life–Turtle Lake Refuge’s Recipes for Living Deep, and The Wild Wisdom of Weeds: 13 Essential Plants for Human Survival,