Kate MacQuarrie is an award-winning botanist and naturalist who has been eating wild foods, tracking wild animals, and interpreting the story this land tells about itself for more than 30 years. She holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in biology, has conducted research in PEI's upland hardwood forests and coastal sand dunes, found plants not previously known to exist on the Island, and published papers in national and international peer-reviewed journals. Kate owns PEI Untamed — a business dedicated to helping people learn, explore, and reconnect to the natural world. Nearly 1,000 people attend her in-person programs annually and thousands more follow her on social media.