![Brooklyne Wassel and colleague Philip Hensley developed the Master Forager program after popular demand from residents in their counties.](https://secure.caes.uga.edu/news/multimedia/images/9768/brooklyne-wassel_web.jpg)
Nourished by Nature
On an unseasonably warm winter afternoon, three women armed with baskets and shears made their way along a nature trail in the woods of Pike County, Georgia. Peering into the underbrush, they stopped occasionally to examine spots of interest in and under the trees and around fallen logs and decaying stumps. A curious observer might wonder what they were searching for with such intent — unless they overheard the trio’s conversation.