Harvesting Nature's Bounty A Guidebook of Wild Edible, Medicinal and Utilitarian Plants, Survival and Nature Love

Kevin grew up in rural Southern Indiana. He has a BS from Purdue University in Biology Education and has a MS in Computer Science from the Naval Postgraduate School. His wilderness survival education began at 12 years of age by venturing into the woods indentifying and collecting wild edible and medicinal plants, camping, hiking, hunting and fishing. After graduating from college, Kevin joined the Navy and later retired as a Lieutenant Commander. While on active duty he attended eight wilderness survival schools. Today he continues to develop his thirty plus years of wilderness education. While stationed in the Washington DC area he conducted nature classes for several years as a volunteer naturalist at the United States Patuxent Research Refuge. He has published multiple articles in several national magazines. After retiring from the Navy Kevin brought his family back to Southern Indiana where he works as a financial advisor in Lousiville, KY. Kevin currently conducts regular nature and wilderness survivial classes at Bernheim Arboretum in Kentucky and at several locations in Southern Indiana. He also continues to give talks and classes to service organizations, school groups, scouts and many others.Duffy, Kevin F. is the author of 'Harvesting Nature's Bounty A Guidebook of Wild Edible, Medicinal and Utilitarian Plants, Survival and Nature Love', published 2004 under ISBN 9781594532948 and ISBN 159453294X.