Upcoming Programs

Beyond Foraging: Tending the Wild Garden for Food, Fiber, and Medicine (February 24, 2024)

$60.00

Saturday, February 24, 2024

9am - 3pm @ Mandeville, LA


Come learn the foundational skills for integrating wild foods, materials and medicine into daily life. We will:

  • Learn about and gather a multitude of useful plants (and mushrooms seasonally)
  • Process and prepare a foraged meal and experiment with preservation techniques
  • Practice methods that increase, rather than diminish, the availability of wild foods through propagation, ethical/honorable harvesting, and ecological “gardening”.
  • Read the land to understand how geography drives the distribution of natural resources and cultural landscapes
  • Take home seeds, roots and cuttings to begin tending the land right away


*Note: the Community Lunch will be separate from the foraged meal preparation; while the foraged meal will be prepared together as a class, it will come later into the day and will be more akin to a light snack. The additional $10 for the Community Lunch will be a meal prepared by us, including one on a Vegetarian (dairy and egg included) diet and Omnivore (meat included) diet.
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ACCESSIBILITY:
At CPOS, we value diversity and want to make these programs available to all. If you would love to participate yet can’t pay for a workshop or program, please send us an email at [email protected]. We offer work-trade and scholarship options for most classes based on the needs and capacity of the individual. Write us and describe your needs and goals, what you can contribute, and how you might answer the call to "foster deeper relationships between land and people." ALSO, if you would like to donate money to provide scholarships to others, please let us know at the email above!

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