Class List 2019
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February
16th Backyard Syrup Making: Maple, Birch, and Other Trees with Sam Thayer April 26-28th Practical Ecoculture: Tending and propagating native plants with Sam Thayer FULL 29-May 1st Practical Ecoculture: Tending and propagating native plants with Sam Thayer May 10-12th Spring Foraging with Sam Thayer FULL 17-19th The Blue Hills Forager's Gathering |
June
14-16th Introduction to Foraging and Plant identification with Sam Thayer FULL 21-23rd Great Lakes Forager's Gathering July 6-7th Herbal Medicine Making: Practical and Hands On! with Linda Conroy 26-28th Mushroom Foraging Weekend with Adam Haritan and Sam Thayer FULL September 27-29th Midwest Wild Harvest Festival |
Please scroll down to read class descriptions and view other events Sam will be at this year.
Mushroom Foraging Weekend with Adam Haritan and Sam Thayer *FULL*
July 26-28, 2019
Trails End Youth Camp in Bruce, WI
Cost: $325/person
Class Limit: 15
We are excited to once again collaborate with Adam Haritan of Learn Your Land and introduce or help enhance your experience with the fungal world. Don't miss this rare opportunity to learn from two of the best wild food instructors at the same time!
In this class you’ll learn to confidently and safely identify edible mushrooms—of course. But beyond that, we’ll give you the tools to begin a lifetime of successful mushrooming. We’ll teach you to recognize the basic groups of mushrooms, which is the first step in identifying them. You’ll learn how to use field guides to identify unfamiliar mushrooms and determine their edibility: both the process and the important terminology. We’ll do spore prints together (sounds complex and technical, but it’s easy, and doesn’t require a single piece of equipment that isn’t already in your home). We’ll have exciting hours searching the woods for fungi, and you’ll be dazzled by the forms and variety. We’ll explore the varied and rich woodlands of the Blue Hills, as well as fields, lawns, pastures, and parks. From what we find, we’ll select the best species to bring back and cook. You’ll learn practical ways to store the humungous pile of fungus you bring home from the next mother lode of mysterious mushrooms, and tips on mushroom cooking. You’ll learn what a mushroom really is (very few people actually know) and gain some insight into how fungal organisms live and reproduce, what makes them different from plants and animals, and their immensely important role in the Earth’s ecology. We will also spend some time talking about medicinal mushrooms and their uses.
You’ll leave knowing how to identify the basic classes of mushrooms, some common edible and medicinal mushrooms, and with a new appreciation and understanding of the fungal world. And you’ll be prepared to identify the mushrooms in your neighborhood.
Space will be limited to about 15 participants to help optimize everyone's learning experience. Class will start on Friday evening at 5 pm and ends Sunday at 2 pm. Cost for this weekend is $325 and includes lodging in small dorm style cabins with access to showers and flush toilets.
You can reserve your spot in any class through a completed registration form accompanied by payment. (Please call or email to verify that a spot is open prior to registration.).
715-868-9453. OR Sam@foragersharvest.com
July 26-28, 2019
Trails End Youth Camp in Bruce, WI
Cost: $325/person
Class Limit: 15
We are excited to once again collaborate with Adam Haritan of Learn Your Land and introduce or help enhance your experience with the fungal world. Don't miss this rare opportunity to learn from two of the best wild food instructors at the same time!
In this class you’ll learn to confidently and safely identify edible mushrooms—of course. But beyond that, we’ll give you the tools to begin a lifetime of successful mushrooming. We’ll teach you to recognize the basic groups of mushrooms, which is the first step in identifying them. You’ll learn how to use field guides to identify unfamiliar mushrooms and determine their edibility: both the process and the important terminology. We’ll do spore prints together (sounds complex and technical, but it’s easy, and doesn’t require a single piece of equipment that isn’t already in your home). We’ll have exciting hours searching the woods for fungi, and you’ll be dazzled by the forms and variety. We’ll explore the varied and rich woodlands of the Blue Hills, as well as fields, lawns, pastures, and parks. From what we find, we’ll select the best species to bring back and cook. You’ll learn practical ways to store the humungous pile of fungus you bring home from the next mother lode of mysterious mushrooms, and tips on mushroom cooking. You’ll learn what a mushroom really is (very few people actually know) and gain some insight into how fungal organisms live and reproduce, what makes them different from plants and animals, and their immensely important role in the Earth’s ecology. We will also spend some time talking about medicinal mushrooms and their uses.
You’ll leave knowing how to identify the basic classes of mushrooms, some common edible and medicinal mushrooms, and with a new appreciation and understanding of the fungal world. And you’ll be prepared to identify the mushrooms in your neighborhood.
Space will be limited to about 15 participants to help optimize everyone's learning experience. Class will start on Friday evening at 5 pm and ends Sunday at 2 pm. Cost for this weekend is $325 and includes lodging in small dorm style cabins with access to showers and flush toilets.
You can reserve your spot in any class through a completed registration form accompanied by payment. (Please call or email to verify that a spot is open prior to registration.).
715-868-9453. OR Sam@foragersharvest.com
Adam Haritan is a nature enthusiast, researcher, and forager currently residing in Western Pennsylvania. He leads various classes and workshops related to plant and mushroom identification, wild food harvesting, nutritional and medicinal components of wild foods, the benefits of nature connection, and more. His YouTube channel features over 100 instructional nature videos, and his Instagram and Facebook pages document his latest botanical and mycological discoveries.
Day Plant and Mushroom Class with Matthew Normansell
August 10, 2019 10 am-3pm
709 W Arthur Ave, Bruce, WI
Cost $75/person (lunch included)
Class Limit: 15
We are excited to welcome Matthew Normansell of Eden Wild Food to teach this fun day class.
Matthew Normansell is a British foraging and wild food guide who has been running successful wild food courses in Europe for the last decade. He relocated to the USA to marry his wife and business partner Megan Normansell who is a certified herbalist and health counsellor. Whilst being primarily self educated he was greatly influenced by his upbringing in the countryside and by herbalists in his mothers family, and has worked and trained with some of the top foragers in Europe such as Roger Phillips, and volunteered as a botanical recorder for th BSBI. He was an original founding member of the European foragers association. He has also met with and been influenced by foragers in the US such as Pascal Baudar and others. He continues his professional development by regularly attending education conferences such as the Medicinal Mushroom Conference and by collaborating and knowledge sharing with other foragers and mycologists. Matthew has run programs for the public, for local authorities, city councils, university students unions, top chefs, cookery schools, food festivals, and has trained Bushcraft guides on wild edible plants and fungi. In addition he has written for various national and local publications, online blogs, and appeared both on BBC TV and on Wisconsin Public Television as a foraging expert. He is involved with the Wisconsin Mycological society as a foray leader for 2019. He is also certified as an Expert mushroom identifier through the Midwest American Mycological Information (MAMI) program.
In this class we will identify and forage for both plants and fungi in and around the Bruce Park and may carpool to an additional close location after lunch. We will incorporate some of what we gather into a lunch for all. Be prepared to walk a moderate amount and we will spend most of the day outside.
To register you may download the registration form below and mail it in with a personal check OR fill out the registration form mail/email it back to us and pay online. Any questions should be directed to Melissa@foragersharvest.com or by calling 715-868-9453
August 10, 2019 10 am-3pm
709 W Arthur Ave, Bruce, WI
Cost $75/person (lunch included)
Class Limit: 15
We are excited to welcome Matthew Normansell of Eden Wild Food to teach this fun day class.
Matthew Normansell is a British foraging and wild food guide who has been running successful wild food courses in Europe for the last decade. He relocated to the USA to marry his wife and business partner Megan Normansell who is a certified herbalist and health counsellor. Whilst being primarily self educated he was greatly influenced by his upbringing in the countryside and by herbalists in his mothers family, and has worked and trained with some of the top foragers in Europe such as Roger Phillips, and volunteered as a botanical recorder for th BSBI. He was an original founding member of the European foragers association. He has also met with and been influenced by foragers in the US such as Pascal Baudar and others. He continues his professional development by regularly attending education conferences such as the Medicinal Mushroom Conference and by collaborating and knowledge sharing with other foragers and mycologists. Matthew has run programs for the public, for local authorities, city councils, university students unions, top chefs, cookery schools, food festivals, and has trained Bushcraft guides on wild edible plants and fungi. In addition he has written for various national and local publications, online blogs, and appeared both on BBC TV and on Wisconsin Public Television as a foraging expert. He is involved with the Wisconsin Mycological society as a foray leader for 2019. He is also certified as an Expert mushroom identifier through the Midwest American Mycological Information (MAMI) program.
In this class we will identify and forage for both plants and fungi in and around the Bruce Park and may carpool to an additional close location after lunch. We will incorporate some of what we gather into a lunch for all. Be prepared to walk a moderate amount and we will spend most of the day outside.
To register you may download the registration form below and mail it in with a personal check OR fill out the registration form mail/email it back to us and pay online. Any questions should be directed to Melissa@foragersharvest.com or by calling 715-868-9453
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Refund policy: A refund can be issued up to 30 days before the class date with a $30 service fee; afterward, a 75% refund will be issued only upon filling your space in the class.