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Arlington, VA — The Mercatus Center at George Mason University today announced the launch of the John Stuart Mill Fellowship, a one-year program for entrepreneurs to study the philosophical …

Bill had a chance to have local writer, Kurt Jacobson, on a recent foraging tour, and Jacobson’s article about the experience plus other foraging activities in Maryland was just published

Melanie Joy and Bill Schindler are polar opposites when it comes to dietary paths and their hopes for the future of food and farming.

CHESTERTOWN — The owner of the Eastern Shore Food Lab, Bill Schindler has been all over the world, from Ireland to Britain, teaching people about foraging, finding wild edible plants. He shared his …

Walk into Modern Stone Age Kitchen in Chestertown on Maryland’s Eastern Shore and connect to ancient civilizations around the world. A professor of archeology at Washington College for 15 years, food …

Excerpt from Chapter 5 of Eat Like a Human published in the Spring 2023 edition of the Price Pottenger Journal

The highest achievement bestowed on organizations and individuals by the Kent County Chamber of Commerce in recognition of their outstanding contributions through service, advocacy, and leadership. …

The Eastern Shore Food Lab in Chestertown recently completed their inaugural board meeting. Formerly under the auspices of Washington College, the global board of this new nonprofit encompasses five …

CHESTERTOWN — If you have the chance to meet the Schindler’s, Bill, Christina and their three teenagers, it won’t take long to find out it’s no secret how passionate they are about making foods that …

When we heard Dr. Bill Schindler’s story, we knew it was something we wanted to share with our Snack Society. Dr. Schindler has dedicated his life, both at work and at home, to discovering and …

Article in the Tidewater TraderI eat meat. Well, more accurately, I eat animals since we practice nose-to-tail butchering, cooking and eating in our home and include more than just the meat from …

A pleasant walk in the woods can quickly turn into a nightmare if you’re not prepared. Here are 20 survival skills to have in your back pocket before you head out on your next wilderness adventure.

While some people may use nationality, religion, culture, skin color, and other qualities to separate us, the fact is that we are all one humankind, and we all have a rightful place on Mother Earth. …

Modern-day hunter-gatherer Bill Schindler reconnects our dietary past with our present-day lives to make food as safe and as nourishing as possible

An archaeologist and TV star transforms ancient hunting, gathering, and food processing technologies into lessons on how to prepare and consume nourishing food today—and he runs into his own past …

Bill Schindler, Ph.D., is an archaeologist, primitive technologist, and chef. He brought each of these unique skill sets together to write his new book Eat Like a Human: Nourishing Foods and Ancient …

Dr. Bill Schindler is a local food archaeologist, primitive technologist and chef. He travels the world with his family documenting traditional food ways and works to draw inspiration from the deep …

The Eastern Shore Food Lab (ESFL) at Washington College is joining forces with local start-up sourdough baker Rise, adding product sales to the established ESFL space at 236 Cannon Street and …

I am thrilled to be able to share this unique eBook with you all from Food on the Edge, called ‘Cooking after Covid: Lessons from Lockdown’. I had a chance to contribute to this unique collaboration …

In the wildest of years, SAPIENS writers covered a stunning range of stories about human culture, biology, history, and language. The editorial team selected some of their top favorites and the …

Experimental archaeologist Bill Schindler’s globe-trotting research has led him to champion a diet based on humanity’s long history of inventive food preparation techniques, from nose-to-tail butchery …

As people sheltering at home take on ambitious kitchen projects, a few experimental archaeologists are reclaiming recipes from ancient societies.

The pandemic has shifted new attention to gathering wild foods near home. We talked to nearly a dozen foraging experts and advocates about best practices.

CHURCH HILL — During the pandemic, 16-year-old Queen Anne’s County High School student Brianna Schindler took on the task of starting her own sourdough bread business called Rise.

“When the …

The answer has been overwhelming; here are a few of the many stories I have received. One I really like was sent to me by Washington College archaeologist Bill Schindler, whom many will know as the …

Dr. Bill Schindler demonstrated the ancient methods of flint-knapping Saturday, saying it’s one thing all human ancestors did to survive, making tools like hand axes and spearheads. Schindler is an …

Empecé la semana en el Museu d’Arqueologia de Catalunya, en la presentación del primer volumen de la sección Histórica de la Bullipedia dedicado al Paleolítico y Neolítico; los orígenes de la cocina. …

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THERE ARE over 673 million users on LinkedIn, but “most people have an account because they’ve been told they should or need to have one—then they never use it or update it,” said Andrew Selepak, …

It’s a cold, dark night in Chestertown, Maryland, but the windows of the new Eastern Shore Food Lab at Washington College glow warmly, attracting hungry foodies to the event inside. The local buzz …

Schindlers are a “Modern Stone-Age Family”

Church Hill family becomes Modern Stone Age Family.

Church Hill family becomes Modern Stone Age Family

Bill Schindler is not just a buff, gung-ho daredevil. Sure, he has pranced around for days in desolate environments wearing animal skins and doing whatever it takes to survive, whether it be spearing …

US professor suggests that by re-connecting with the food of our ancestors, we can also build a more sustainable food system with fewer risks of allergies and food intolerances

If you’d like to bring some expertise to your foraging, chef Kevin Thornton has started his series of Wild Food Outings and joins Dr Bill Schindler of the National Geographic Show The Great Human Race …

Bill Schindler, a renowned American professor of anthropology, has reportedly been living in a cage for nearly his entire life. Schindler, who is nicknamed ‘Professor Caveman’ because of his Stone Age …

We would all benefit from a deeper connection to our inner hunter gatherer, an anthropology and archaeology teacher says. Bill Schindler is not your regular college professor. He teaches anthropology …

“That’s my blood, not the deer’s,” said Eden Kloetzli, a senior at Washington College, in Maryland, as she gazed at the red liquid staining her palm. She and about a dozen other students were busy …

A few years ago Bill Schindler, an American professor of anthropology who teaches college students how to live like early humans, asked his class to crack some eggs and separate the yolks from the …

Bill Schindler is an expert in primitive ways of living and thinks we should all look to the past to live better today so much so hes’ been dubbed “Professor Caveman”.

Erin Bloodgood takes the flesh off of a deer hide as part of her Experimental Archeology and Primitive Technology class with Bill Schindler, an anthropologist at Washington College.

In February 2016 the National Geographic channel launched The Great Human Race. The show stars experimental archeologist Bill Schindler and survival instructor Cat Bigney as they track the evolution …

“The Great Human Race,” a weekly television series that began airing on the National Geographic Channel on Feb. 1 will conclude its 10th and final episode Monday. The series features Bill Schindler, …

I am alone, shivering, bobbing in a dugout canoe off the coast of Oregon, wearing a soaking wet loincloth I fashioned from brain-tanned deerskins.

Bill Schindler could barely see a thing. Home from college – this time for good, after a second attempt to make it work at Ohio State University failed – his mother asked him to look at something on …

I am alone, shivering, bobbing in a dugout canoe off the coast of Oregon, wearing a soaking wet loincloth I fashioned from brain-tanned deerskins. The water is 40 degrees Fahrenheit, and I’m worried …

Washington College Professor Bill Schindler, uses a stone as a hammer while his co-host Cat Bigney looks on during a scene from “The Great Human Race.” The show premiered Feb. 1 and airs at 10 p.m. …

Bill Schindler ’00 literally lives his work, and starting tonight, America will get to follow this anthropologist and primitive technology expert on his survival journey around the globe

Schindler is more concerned with where his food comes from and how it was raised than what it is. Aside from his dog, Schindler would try any meat. He’ll be tasting horse meat for the first time …

in seeking to understand our ancestral relationship with food, anthropology professor Bill Schindler pushes students to connect with the past as a way to re-examine the present.

Running away from processed foods with their additives, pesticides, hormones and preservatives, every day there are more people looking for alternatives to supplement their diet.

Trying to “bring a piece of bread to the table” can sometimes literally mean hunting, farming and baking.

In this week’s world, Sam Farzaneh went to an American man who wants to prepare his family …

That is, if Baba Tahir looked naked in the desert, he saw his friend, and when he looked at the sea, he saw his friend again, and in short, when he looked at the mountains and the door and the plain, …

Most people in the world go to the shops to buy food, but there are still some who still prefer to find their food in the plains and forests. One of these people is William Schindler; University …

Dr. Bill Schindler is an associate professor of prehistoric anthropology at Chestertown, Maryland’s Washington College, and he’s also wildly enthusiastic about foraging, a skill he started acquiring …

Bill Schindler ran his hand over a patch of violets, ignoring the nearby rat trap and the brown paper bag crumpled around an empty can of Colt .45 malt liquor. He was searching for flowers to eat.

Today’s human diet reflects our modern world. Human development, however, does not.

Professor Bill Schindler talks hunting, foraging, and connecting with your food
If you bring up the subject of food with Bill Schindler, be prepared to roam across a wide range of topics. Schindler, …

Students in an experimental-archaeology course at Washington College, in Maryland, learn how to skin a carcass with a stone blade from Tom Pitre, an avid local deer hunter and a friend of Bill …

The Thanksgiving drill is pretty familiar: turkey, stuffing, pumpkin pie. But what would Native Americans have brought as sides?

As part of her end-of-semester project, Washington College freshman Billie Ricketts spent time carefully plucking the hairs from a boiled pig’s head. Then she and her classmates dug out the meat, fat, …

Experimental Archaeologist Bill Schindler and his students test our best theories about how prehistoric people lived, and learn skills which prove that “primitive” is not just another word for …