One of the things I love most about this podcast is getting to have conversations with amazing people who love to dive deeply into their chosen field of study. Some of these individuals do work that greatly improves the entire field of study, like Dr. Kersey Lawrence with Tracking, or Mark Elbroch and Sam Thayer with Field Guides. These contributions have far reaching consequences that help us all to grow and learn and 'do better'.

In this interview, Sam Coffman shares his journey with plants & gardening in childhood with his parents and native peoples, to becoming a Special Forces Medic, and then deep into Botany and Herbology. He's woven a life filled with a love of martial arts, awareness, survival skills, wild foods and search & rescue and shared it with students from all different walks of life for decades.

As an actively practicing 'herbal medic', he offers us a way to be connected to nature while also holding a commitment to excellence that can have lasting impact for healing and growth for us all.