Wild Edibles and Medicinal Plants

This class will take you out and show you how to harvest the bounty of the land.
Wild edibles are so abundant in so many locations and many people around the world live in hunger simply because they have a lack of knowledge about the plants around them. Our instructors will cover around the 50 most common plants in our area and North America completely.
This is a very hands on oriented course that will take us on walks in several different types of ecosystems so that you are prepared to find food… Show more in almost any environment. Students will have the opportunity to taste the plants we cover so that they know and understand the wonderful flavors involved in wild crafting! Not only will we cover the edible uses but also the medicinal, utilitarian and various bushcraft uses of wild plants. Some of the topics covered include:
Learning plant family identification patterns
Top 10 most poisonous North American plants
At least 50 different edible/medicinal plants
How to prepare plants for edibility
Par Boiling
Flour substitutes
Cordage plants and useful bushcraft plants
Medicinal Plant applications: treating cuts, diarrhea, making primitive quick clot, stopping bleeding, purgatives, anti-fungal, stimulating the immune system, skin cancers,

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