Wild Food Workshops & Events
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Wild Food Adventures ™, John Kallas, Ph.D., Instructor
4125 N Colonial Ave, Portland, OR 97217-3338
Phone: (503) 775-3828e-mail: mail@wildfoodadventures.com
Wild Food Intensives


Wild Food Events for 2012

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If a workshop is full, you can request to be on a waiting list
For wait list: Type registration info directly into an e-mail (form itself is not needed).
Specify workshop requested and send it to us ASAP, we will notify you if a space opens up.
** Some workshops and events are offered by other organizations - Register with them, NOT Wild Food Adventures. Dr. Kallas will only be presenting at other organizations events this year if indicated below by red astericks: **.

FULL - Introduction to Wild Foods	March 31, 2012	Mount Tabor, OR
FULL - Edible Wild Plants on the First Days of Spring	April 1, 2012	Sauvie Island, OR
Pacific Coast Clam Dig	April 7, 2012	Tillamook, OR
Sea Vegetables of the Pacific Coast	April 8, 2012	Lincoln City, OR
FULL - Wild Foods of Forest Park	April 14, 2012	Portland, OR
Neighborhood Foraging of Spring Greens & Vegetables	April 15, 2012	Portland, OR
** Albany - Free Wild Food Presentation	April 18, 2012	Albany, OR
** Salem - Free Wild Food Presentation	April 19, 2012	Salem, OR
** Edible Wild Plants - Abundant, Holistic, Sustainable	April 21, 2012	Portland, OR
FULL - Wild Foods of Oxbow's Old Growth Forest	April 22, 2012	Sandy, OR
** Rivercane Primitive Skills Rendezvous	April 22 - 29, 2012	Lafayette, GA
** North Carolina Wild Foods Weekend	April 27 - 29, 2012	Reidsville, NC
FULL - Wild Foods of the Pacific Northwest	April 28, 2012	Woodinville, WA
Wild Foods in Wilderness Survival	April 28, 2012	Seattle, WA
** Vashon - Free Wild Foods Presentation	April 29, 2012	Vashon Island, WA
Wild Foods of Vashon Island	April 29, 2012	Vashon Island, WA
** Buckeye Primitive Skills Gathering	April 29 - May 5, 2012	Forestville, CA
Native Shores Wild Food Rendezvous	May 4 - 7, 2012	Oregon Coast
CANCELLED - Wild Foods and Self-Reliance	May 12, 2012	Portland, OR
Wild Foods of Jessup Bluff	May 13, 2012	Portland, OR
** Portland - Free Wild Food Presentation	May 20, 2012	Portland, OR
** Corvallis - Free Wild Food Presentation	May 24, 2012	Corvallis, OR
** Wilsonville - Free Wild Food Presentation	May 31, 2012	Wilsonville, OR
** Vancouver - Free Wild Food Presentation	June 5, 2012	Vancouver, WA
** Hillsboro - Free Wild Food Presentation	June 7, 2012	Hillsboro, OR
** Wild Food Summit	June 21 - 24, 2012	White Earth Lake, MN
Butter, Steamer and Gaper Clam Dig	June 23, 2012	Tillamook, OR
Sea Vegetables of the Pacific Coast	June 24, 2012	Lincoln City, OR
GingerRoot Wild Food Rendezvous	Postponed till 2013	Unknown, TBA
Wild Foods from Dirt to Plate	July 8, 2012	Sauvie Island, OR
Fruits of Northwest Forests	July 14, 2012	Portland, OR
Pacific Coast Clam Dig	July 21, 2012	Tillamook, OR
Sea Vegetables of the Pacific Coast	July 22, 2012	Lincoln City, OR
Wapato Island Expedition	July 28, 2012	Wapato Island, OR
Wild Foods in Wilderness Survival	July 29, 2012	Portland, OR
The Incredible Cattail - From Survival to Pancakes	Sept 1, 2012	Portland and Scappoose, OR
Wild Foods of Native Americans	Sept 2, 2012	Portland, OR
** Rabbitstick Primitive Skills Gathering	Sept 9 - 15, 2012	Rexburg, ID
** West Virginia Wild Food Weekend	Sept 14 - 16, 2012	Cairo, WV
** Falling Leaves Rendezvous	Sept 25 - 30, 2012	Lafayette, GA
Acorn Pudding, & Getting Oil From Plants	Sept 29, 2012	Portland, OR
Neighborhood Foraging for Fruits Nuts & Vegetables	Sept 30, 2012	Portland, OR

For Workshop Details and Pricing, Skip Past These Forms

2012 Workshop Poster A one page reminder to post on your fridge, post on a public notice board, or to e-mail to your friends. 2012 Rendezvous Poster Printer Friendly: Full Workshop Details This file includes all information listed on this web page. It is specifically formatted for printing.

Pricing Sliding scales are shown to support individual circumstances, please pay what you can afford within the range. We encourage carpooling in some workshops that require driving. If you carpool and are not the driver, bring $2 - $10 to give to the driver to help pay for fuel. The amount is based on travel distance and the cost of fuel at the time. There is no requirement to car pool. There is a $3 switching fee to transfer money from one workshop to another, $5 handling fee for refunds. (See below) Discounts $3 Discounts are available on our Registration Form for adult family members that attend together, Native Americans, full time college students and scout leaders. Children (17 and under) must be accompanied by their parent(s). Children under 7 are free. Children 7 and above pay their age. Classrooms and teachers with students are not eligible for these discounts and must contact us for circumstance-specific rates. Rendezvous have their own rates. Gift Certificates You can order $30 workshop gift certificates or personal consultation certificates from Wild Food Adventures. Workshop Certificates are good for admission to any standard workshop in 2012, allowing the giftee to choose which workshop to attend. This covers everything but car pooling. Workshops with car pooling are indicated by a "+" next to the price in the listings below. Consultation certificates range from $30 to unlimited amounts. They can entail phone, office, or on-site consultations. View the form and call us if you have any questions. Gift Certificate Form Receive Convenient Workshop Reminders and Updates E-mail us your full name, address, and phone number, with a request to be on workshop notification list. Our E-list is private - it is not given or sold to anyone. Persons within the Western States will receive about 8 E-mails/year. Beyond that about 4 E-mails/year. The typical content includes upcoming events and wild food related news. Waiver Forms are Now Required Each Adult attending events is required to read, understand, sign and mail in one waiver form per year.* Please include all chiildren who might attend in the year so you won't have to fill out a second form for them later. *Anyone attending Rendezvous will have a separate waiver to sign. Yearly Workshop & Event Update Plan Our basic course schedule is updated between November and February for each up-coming year, then updated as workshops are added, changed, or removed. Register in advance to reserve a spot and check this web page for any changes just before your event. Refund Policy If you cannot attend a workshop you registered for, and you contact us immediately, or at the latest, the last weekday before the event, you are entitled to a refund minus the following administrative handling fees: switching to another workshop = $3; sending you a refund check = $5. If you do not show up for a workshop you registered for, you forfeit the full amount you paid.

Registration Form Use this form whenever you want to sign up for a workshop. Print it out, fill it out, and mail it in with your payment. Include the waiver below for the first registration you send in for 2012. Waiver Form Required Once / Year Each Adult attending events is required to read, understand, sign and mail in one waiver form per year.* Please include all chiildren who might attend in the year so you won't have to fill out a second form for them later. *Anyone attending Rendezvous will have a second waiver to sign.

March

Introduction to Wild Foods$20 - $35FULL / CLOSED
Saturday, March 31, 2012, 9am - noon
Location: Mt Tabor, Portland, OR.
Sponsor: Wild Food Adventures
What to Bring: Hiking boots. Prepare for the weather. If it is cold, overdress so you are toasty; if it is raining, wear rain gear and a wide-brimmed water resistant hat. Wear comfortable walking or hiking shoes that can get dirty. If you are comfortable, no matter what the weather, you will have more fun.
Description: In a walk through several habitats within Mt Tabor Park, learn essentials of wild food use and study, the best books, resources, and field guides. Be a successful forager early on, sample plants, get expert advice. This core workshop provides a deeper understanding for all other workshops. Anyone genuinely serious about wild foods will benefit from this event.
Meeting Site: Meet at the southwestern entrance to Mt Tabor Park. From SE 60th Avenue go east on Lincoln St. Meet at the entrance. Here is a map to the site.
Use the Registration Form at this site. For more information call Wild Food Adventures at (503) 775-3828: Enrollment Limited! - Advanced registration reserves you a place in the class.


April

Edible Wild Plants on the First Days of Spring$25 - $40 FULL / CLOSED
Sunday, April 1, 2012, 1-4pm (Changed from March 25)
Location: Portland, OR.
Description: We'll start at Sauvie Island, then explore several areas to inspect this spring's early green delectables. See and sample from plants you pass by everyday. The earlier you start in the spring, the more foods you can harvest in the year. It also pays to see plants at different stages of growth. Many plants will have emerged, others we will identify where they are going to grow.
What to Bring: Prepare for the weather; if it is cold, overdress so you are toasty; if it is raining, wear rain gear and a wide-brimmed water resistant hat. Wear comfortable walking or hiking shoes that can get dirty. If you are comfortable, no matter what the weather, you will have more fun. You do not need a parking tag for this event.
Meeting Site: Sauvie island. Sauvie island is a 10 mile drive from downtown Portland. Go north towards St Helens on Hwy 30. Turn right onto the Sauvie Island bridge. We'll meet at the parking lot on the far side of the island store (Sam's Cracker Barrel Grocery, 15005 NW Sauvie Island Rd, Portland, OR). Note that Tri-met bus #17 does NOT go to the island on Sundays. Here is a map to our meeting site.. We'll car pool and caravan from the grocery to one or more sites.
If you are late and miss us: pass the store and keep going north on Sauvie Island Road about 2 miles. At the fork in the road, stay left (DO NOT curve to the right or you'll end up on Reeder Road). At around 1/4 mile from the fork, turn left onto NW Ferry Road, and follow it to the boat ramp parking area on your right. Park in that area. Do not turn left at the end of Ferry Road or you will end up on private property. Here is a map to the boat ramp. Time permitting, we may drive to North Portland for more plants.
Use the Registration Form at this site. For more information call Wild Food Adventures at (503) 775-3828: Enrollment Limited! - Advanced registration reserves you a place in the class.


Pacific Coast Clam Dig $25 - $50
Saturday, April 7, 2012: Leave Beaverton at 6:20am, return around 2:00pm
Location: Tillamook, OR.
Sponsor: Wild Food Adventures
Description: Learn how to find, dig, transport, clean, and prepare cockle clams during one of the lowest tides in 2012. Learn gathering regulations and limits. Learn how Native Americans gathered these same clams. The times we meet are dictated by when the tides are low enough to for us to reach the clams.
What to Bring: If you carpool and are not the driver, bring $5 to give to the driver to help pay for fuel. Each person should bring a 2012 Oregon Shellfish Collecting License. See "All about Licenses" below. A 5 gallon collecting pail, old wettable tennis shoes, very warm layered wool clothing (you may get wet), a towel, a change of cloths, a backpack to carry all your stuff, water, a sac lunch, and plenty to snack on. If you have one, bring a cultivator rake (See below). If you don't have a cultivator rake, you can bring a regular hard steel garden rake (See below). Do not buy an expensive "clamming rake" as they are innapropriate here. Rake tines can be dangerous to carry around groups, so please pack and handle them with care! Prepare for variable coastal weather! While we hope to go through water at only foot level, depending on Mother Nature, you may have to wade through thigh high water, slog through muck up to your knees, and climb over large boulders. It is all in a day's adventure!
Meeting Sites:
-- Option 1: At 6:20am, we'll car pool & caravan from the Beaverton Arco AM/PM Gas Station. We'll meet in the Arco parking lot at the intersection of Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy (Hwy 10) and SW 110th Ave, one block East of I - 217, adjacent to the Home Depot. (See map) Be ready to leave by 6:20am. Your car should have a full tank of gas and you should have gone to the restroom (force yourself - it's the last one you will see for over an hour).
-- Option 2: Meet us in Tillamook at the NW corner of the Safeway Parking lot adjacent to Stillwell Ave and 3rd street: Be there by 7:25am and wait patiently. (See map). The Safeway typically opens by 5am, so go into their bathroom and empty your bladder prior to our arrival (force yourself - it's the last chance you will have for almost 3 hours). Wait patiently in the parking lot in case we get delayed, get to know the other participants, read a book, change into your beach cloths. We'll swing by soon to pick you up and proceed on to the workshop site. You must be there when we arrive or you will miss us.
YOU MUST LET US KNOW where you will be meeting us (Beaverton or Tillamook) and a cel phone number if you have one (in case of an emergency)! Low tide is estimated to be around 7:57am.
Use the Registration Form at this site. For more information call Wild Food Adventures at (503) 775-3828: Enrollment Limited! - Advanced registration reserves you a place in the class.


Sea Vegetables, Mussels and Other Seashore Edibles of the Pacific Coast $25 - $50
Sunday, April 8, 2012: Leave Tigard at 5:45am, return around 3pm.
Location: Lincoln City, OR.
Sponsor: Wild Food Adventures
Description: Dr Kallas will lead an expedition to the Pacific coast where participants will learn about, identify, and gather samples of wild sea vegetables and seashore edibles during low tide. Find sea vegetables including nori, kombu, sea lettuce, fucus, alaria, laminaria, stir fry seaweed and more. We'll also find, discuss and gather mussels, barnacles, and other coastal edibles. Note that this low tide coincides with Christian Easter Sunday.
What to Bring: If you carpool and are not the driver, bring $5 to give to the driver to help pay for fuel. An Oregon Shellfish license (See below), "only if you plan to collect mussels". Warm layers of clothing, a sack lunch, beverage, a collecting bucket (plastic 5 gallon buckets are preferred if you are collecting mussels) a white plastic bag that you can hang from your belt, scissors & wet-tolerant footwear (the best footwear for this terraine are old high topped tennis shoes that you don't mind getting wet). It's not a bad idea to bring a small backpack and a waist pack to carry things so that your hands are free while walking through the potentially slippery inter tidal zone. Whatever you wear, it must protect your knees, shins, and hands. No sandals, flip-flops, or soft-soled water socks unless you love bleeding feet, ankles, and shins! Prepare for variable coastal weather!
Meeting Site:
-- Option 1: At 5:45am, we'll car pool and caravan from the Tigard Fred Meyer, We'll meet in the Fred Meyer Parking lot off 99W between I-5 and Hwy 217. The parking lot is at the intersection of SW 72nd Ave and 99W. (See map) We'll be meeting under the Fred Meyer sign at the entrance to the parking lot. Be ready to leave by 5:45am. By this time you should have checked in with Dr. Kallas, your car should have a full tank of gas and you should have gone to the restroom (force yourself - it's the last one you will see one for 2 hours).
-- Option 2: Meet us in Lincoln City at the Roads End State Parking Area. Be there by 7:35am and wait patiently. Directions to the parking area: At the North end of Lincoln City on Hwy 101 is Logan Road. Finding Logan Road: [Logan Road is between Lighthouse Square {Bi-Mart & Good Will} and Lincoln City Plaza {Rite Aid & Safeway}). Logan road is also across from a MacDonalds.] Prepare to go North about 1 mile on Logan Road (Roads End). On the way you'll pass the Chinook Winds Casino on your left. Continue along the winding road. On your left, around N 60th Ave, is the "Roads End State Beach Wayside" parking area (See map). Use the restrooms and be prepared to car pool the rest of the way. Wait there patiently in case we get delayed, get to know the other participants, read a book, change into your workshop cloths. We'll swing by soon to pick you up and proceed on to the workshop site. You must be there when we arrive or you will miss us. We will travel North up the beach to our destination. YOU MUST LET US KNOW where you will be meeting us (Tigard or Lincoln City) and a cel phone number if you have one (in case of an emergency)! Low tide is estimated to be around 8:45am.
Use the Registration Form at this site. For more information call Wild Food Adventures at (503) 775-3828: Enrollment Limited! - Advanced registration reserves you a place in the class.

April 12 Presentation MOVED to May 20FREE

Wild Foods of a Forest Park Spring$25 - $40 FULL / CLOSED
Saturday, April 14, 2012, 9am - noon
Location: Forest Park, Portland, OR.
Sponsor: Wild Food Adventures
Description: Come join us learn about the edible plants found in a northwest forest. Spring is when with wildflowers are blooming and wild greens are ripe for picking. See plants like wild violet, Solomon's seal, fairly bells, licorice fern, various fiddleheads, wild ginger and more. Learn the many ways they can be used as food. Explore one of the more beautiful forests in Portland's own back yard. This workshop has about a 80% content overlap with the Oxbow workshop.
What to Bring: Hiking boots. Prepare for the weather.
Meeting Site: Meet at the Wildwood Trail entrance off Germantown Road. From downtown Portland take Highway 30 towards the St John's Bridge. Just after going under the bridge there will be a sign leading you to Germantown Road. Turn left there onto NW Bridge Ave. Soon on your right will be Germantown Road. At 1.2 miles up Germantown Road CONTINUE PAST a triangular parking area to your left. Then, just over 1.5 miles up Germantown Road (0.3 miles past that last triangular parking area) there will be a small parking area to your left. We will meet there at the Wildwood trail entrance. There are no buildings around of any kind, only a trail entrance. If you drive past the entrance, the intersection of Germantown Road and NW Skyline is .5 miles away - just turn around and go back. At the trail entrance is a Forest Park sign titled either "Wildwood Trail at Germantown Road" or "Forest Park - Wild in the City" that includes a large detailed map of the whole of Forest Park. Parking will be at a premium, you may have to park down the road. Don't leave valuables in your car. See map. Zoom out to road by clicking the " - " button.
Use the Registration Form at this site. For more information call Wild Food Adventures at (503) 775-3828: Enrollment Limited! - Advanced registration reserves you a place in the class.

Neighborhood Foraging of Spring Greens & Vegetables$25 - $40
Sunday, April 15, 2012, 1 - 4pm
Location: Portland, OR.
Sponsor: Wild Food Adventures
Description: We'll bushwhack through Portland's urban neighborhoods to find some of spring's best and diverse delectables. See and sample from plants you pass by everyday. You will later find most of this abundance in your own neighborhood.
What to Bring: Prepare for the weather, comfortable walking shoes that can get dirty.
Meeting Site: Wild Food Adventures, 4125 N Colonial Ave, Portland, OR 97217. SW of N Interstate & Skidmore. See Map
Use the Registration Form at this site. For more information call Wild Food Adventures at (503) 775-3828: Enrollment Limited! - Advanced registration reserves you a place in the class.

Wild Foods From Dirt To Plate, Presentation FREE
Albany Public Library, Albany, OR 45 Attended
Wednesday, April 18, 2012, 6:30 - 8:30pm
Description: Learn some of the most common edible wild plants within walking distance of your kitchen and how easy it is to find, identify and enjoy them as normal foods in everyday meals. See and understand general features that you should look for in edible plant books and other educational resources. Bring your friends to wow them about the potential of wild foods. The presenter and author, John Kallas, will sell and sign his book "Edible Wild Plants: Wild Foods From Dirt to Plate" at the end of this presentation. Lecture/slides/books. Here is a poster of the event.
What to Bring: Bring cash, check or money order in case you decide to buy a book following the talk. We do NOT take credit cards. Books are $25 each.
Meeting Site: Albany Public Library, 2450 14th Ave SE, Albany, OR 97322 (See Map). Contact the library at 541-917-7582.
No Registration is required, but there is a limit to the room size. Get there early for a good seat.

Wild Foods From Dirt To Plate, Presentation FREE
Salem Public Library, Salem, OR 110 Attended
Thursday, April 19, 2012, 7 - 9pm
Description: Learn some of the most common edible wild plants within walking distance of your kitchen and how easy it is to find, identify and enjoy them as normal foods in everyday meals. See and understand general features that you should look for in edible plant books and other educational resources. Bring your friends to wow them about the potential of wild foods. The presenter and author, John Kallas, will sell and sign his book "Edible Wild Plants: Wild Foods From Dirt to Plate" at the end of this presentation. Lecture/slides/books. Here is a poster of the event.
What to Bring: Bring cash, check or money order in case you decide to buy a book following the talk. We do NOT take credit cards. Books are $25 each.
Meeting Site: Salem Public Library, Loucks Auditorium, 585 Liberty St. SE, Salem, OR 97309 (See Map). Contact the library at 503-588-6052.
No Registration is required, but there is a limit to the room size. Get there early for a good seat.

Edible Wild Plants - Abundant, Holistic, Sustainable$5 - $20 (see options)
Saturday, April 21, 2012, 2:30 - 3:45
Location: Portland, OR.
Sponsors: Earth & Spirit Council and Portland Community College.
John's presentation is one of many given at the Earth Day Conference (see below). One entrance fee gets you into many Saturday presentations.
Dr. Kallas' slide presentation (April 21) is an introduction to the idea that edible wild plants are normal, abundant, easily available, sustainable, local, and can be part of an overall holistic approach to feeding and supporting oneself, the household, society, and food producers. Primarily due to ignorance, edible wild plants are passed by, ignored, or classified as weeds and destroyed (at great effort and expense). The alternative is to understand their potential roles in feeding individuals and the society, as well as helping to support food producers. This presentation is all about revealing the opportunities.. Presentation Location: PCC Sylvania Campus. Room TBA, 2:30 - 3:45.
Earth Day Conference 2012 - For the Next Seven Generations (April 20 - 21, Attendance options $20-$100). Is centered around the idea and goal of attaining world-wide sustainability. The goal of the conference is to bring everyone together around a common vision for our planet. This question will be explored: "What gives us hope and heart to keep working on what is best for our Earth in the face of difficult changes?" Workshops will explore how indigenous wisdom is relevant to the problems and solutions of today. Lectures, educational presentations, and hands-on activities will focus on the connections between environmental and spiritual challenges. Elders from around the world, including Mayan, Pima, African, and Indian will share wisdom and ideas for action.
Location Site: PCC Sylvania Campus, 12000 SW 49th Ave. Portland, OR 97219. (See Map) Campus information: 971-722-6111
For information and registration see Earthday Conference. For registration questions E-mail Allison Heimowitz.

Wild Foods of Oxbow's Old Growth Forest$25 - $40 FULL / CLOSED
Sunday April 22, 2012, 1 - 5pm
Location: Oxbow Regional Park, Sandy River Gorge, OR.
Sponsor: Wild Food Adventures
Description: On Eathday, 2012, come join us to learn about trees, shrubs, and herbs of North America that are found at Oxbow Regional Park off the Sandy River Gorge. Find a diversity of edible wild plants including fiddlehead fern, elderberries, Solomon's seal, fairly bells, nettles, red huckleberries, salmonberry, and more. Explore one of the more beautiful habitats just east of Gresham. This workshop has about a 80% content overlap with the Forest Park workshop.
What to Bring: If you carpool and are not the driver, bring $2 to give to the driver to help pay for fuel. Prepare for the weather; if it is cold, overdress so you are toasty; if it is raining, wear rain gear and a wide-brimmed water resistant hat. Wear comfortable walking or hiking shoes that can get dirty. If you are comfortable, no matter what the weather, you will have more fun.
Meeting Site: Car pool or caravan with us from the Mall's parking lot at the SW corner of SE 105th Ave and Washington St. Across from Denny's (see map) near the mall sign with Office Max at the top. Be ready to leave this parking area by 1pm with a full tank of gas. Use the Denny's restroom before we meet so you won't hold us up. This meeting site is about one block East of Mall 205 near the Plaza 205 parking entrance. We are using Denny's restrooms, but parking south of it and across the street. Do NOT park in the Denny's lot, park.
Or... meet us just inside the entrance of Oxbow Park (See map). Be at the entrance by 1:20pm and wait patiently. We'll swing by and pick you up and proceed to Picnic Area A. Last time we checked, the park's entrance fee is $4 per car. YOU MUST LET US KNOW if you are meeting us in SE Portland or at the Oxbow site! The Park's number is 503-663-4708.
Use the Registration Form at this site. For more information call Wild Food Adventures at (503) 775-3828: Enrollment Limited! - Advanced registration reserves you a place in the class.

Rivercane Primitive Skills Rendezvous$200 plus fees & materials
A 7-Day Primitive Skills Teach-In
Sunday - Saturday, April 22 - 29, 2012
Sponsor: Earthskills Rendezvous, Inc.
Location: Lafayette, GA
Description: Join a collection of primitive skills (Also known as stone-age skills) experts and students in a week long hands-on teach-in. Some of the skills taught typically include: fire making, cordage, stone, bone & wood tools, buckskin, tracking, trapping, local flora & fauna, wild edibles, shelter building, basket weaving, nature awareness, pottery, local Native culture, musical instruments, primitive weaponry, fiber/textile arts, herbal medicine, storytelling, flintknapping, earthen ovens, and felting. Typically there one or two teachers with some wild food and medicinal plant knowledge. Dr. Kallas teaches at this event about once every 10 years. He is NOT teaching there in 2012. This event is listed here to help spread the word to people who check this web site.
What is Provided: A camping space, training, hands-on experiences, field trips, and some meals.
What to Bring: Everything you would need to primitively camp for a week. Anything you would need to record your learning and experiences. Additional money to pay for instructor fees, raw materials, etc.
For more information and to register visit the Earthskills web site. 866-787-2263. Note that Earthskills is not affiliated with Wild food Adventures. It is listed here to support the event and alert people to the learning opportunity.

Wild Foods of the Pacific Northwest, WA $25 - $50 FULL / CLOSED
Saturday, April 28, 2012, 8am - 11am
Location: Woodinville, WA
Sponsor: Wild Food Adventures. Host: 21 Acres
What to Bring: Hiking boots and cloths you can get dirty in. Dress warmly, prepare for the weather. Lets hope for a warm sunny day, but if it is not, cold and rainy weather can be enjoyable if you overdress in a toasty nest of clothing. We will be studying plants, not hiking, so you will have to depend on your clothes, not your exertion to keep you warm. If it rains, a wild brimmed water resistant hat is the best way to keep your head dry and your eyes free of water. Bring $25 cash or check if you think you might want to buy John's book. No credit cards please.
Description: This is a farm, natural area, and environmental teaching center boardered by a river and contains some woodland areas. We will explore as many habitats as we can for wild foods in the time allotted. We will identify and sample anything we find that is in season and can done sustainably. This workshop should be different from the one held here last year. There will be plenty of early spring plants just waiting to be tasted. Download a Poster
Following the workshop, for anyone interested, Kurt Sahl of 21 Acres will offer a free tour of the green building features of the Center for Local Food and Sustainable Living. Get a preview of the green building here.
Meeting Site: 21 Acres Farm and Educational Center: 13701 NE 171st St, Woodinville, WA 98072. 425-481-1500 (DO NOT call 21 Acres about the workshop, only about their programs). We will meet at the information kiosk at the end of the driveway. Here is a map to the site.
Use the special Washington Registration and Waiver Forms for this event. Enrollment Limited! - Advanced registration reserves you a place in the event. It is now too late to mail in a registration form. However, you can still register if you go here for directions. Walk ins are possible. For more information call Wild Food Adventures at (503) 775-3828

Wild Foods in Wilderness Survival $25 - $50
Replacing: Wild Foods of the Pacific Wilderness
Saturday, April 28, 2012, 1 - 4pm.
Location: Seattle, WA
Sponsor: Wild Food Adventures,
Host: Outdoor Research:About - The Store - Hiking/Backpacking Products
Description: Learn how to determine if and when wild foods are desirable to use, which plants to seek, what are your priorities in both recreational and unplanned survival situations. See major poisonous plants. This core workshop provides information you can use in anything from normal camping and hiking to real survival situations. Anyone genuinely serious about wild foods will benefit from this presentation. The content is too expansive to do in the field. Lecture/slides/resources. Here is a poster of the event.
Meeting Site: Presentation room in the Outdoor Research retail store: 2203 1st Ave S Seattle, WA 98134. (See Map). 206-971-1496
Parking: Parking can be found on south side of the building or in back along the fence. Please do not park on the northside/in the retail store parking area.
Use the special Washington Registration and Waiver Forms for this event. Enrollment Limited! - Advanced registration reserves you a place in the event. It is now too late to mail in a registration form. However, you can still register if you go here for directions. Walk ins are possible. For more information call Wild Food Adventures at (503) 775-3828

Wild Foods From Dirt To Plate, Presentation FREE
Vashon Public Library, Vashon, WA 45 Attended
Sunday, April 29, 2012, 11am - 1pm
Location: Vashon Island, WA
Sponsor: Wild Food Adventures. Host: Vashon Public Library
What to Bring: If you think you might want to purchase a book, bring $25 cash or check. We cannot take credit cards.
Description: In this beautiful, educational and fun slide presentation, Dr. Kallas shows how to identify, harvest and prepare nutritious, delicious, and abundant edible wild plants found within walking distance of your kitchen. This presentation is a sampling of the content of John's new book: Edible Wild Plants: Wild Foods From Dirt to Plate. John will also point out book design and content features that make for effective learning in any wild food book. The presentation will be followed by a question and answer period and a book signing. Participants wishing to register for the workshop later that day can register at this event if there are any spaces left. Download a Poster
Meeting Site: Vashon Public Library, 17210 Vashon Hwy SW, Vashon Island, WA 98070. 206-463-2069. See Map
No registration required

Wild Foods of Vashon Island, WA $25 - $50
Sunday, April 29, 2012, 2 - 5pm
Location: Vashon Island, WA
Sponsor: Wild Food Adventures. Host: Sun Island Farm
What to Bring: Hiking boots and cloths you can get dirty in. Dress warmly, prepare for the weather. Lets hope for a warm sunny day, but if it is not, cold and rainy weather can be enjoyable if you overdress. We will be studying plants, not hiking, so you will have to depend on your clothes, not your exertion to keep you warm. If it rains, a wild brimmed water resistant hat is the best way to keep your head dry and your eyes free of water. Bring $25 cash or check if you think you might want to buy John's book. No credit cards please.
Description: This is an organic farm with a diversity of habitats surrounded by native forests. We will explore as many habitats as we can for wild foods in the time allotted. We will identify and sample anything we find that is in season and can done sustainably. There will be plenty of early spring plants just waiting to be tasted. Download a Poster
Meeting Site: Sun Island Farm: 7330 SW 248th St, Vashon WA 98070. 206-463-0007 (DO NOT call the farm about the workshop, only about farm related issues). Park on 248th St, we will meet near the driveway. Here is a map to the site.
Use the special Washington Registration and Waiver Forms for this event. Enrollment Limited! - Advanced registration reserves you a place in the event. It is now too late to mail in a registration form. However, you can still register if you go here for directions. Walk ins are possible. For more information call Wild Food Adventures at (503) 775-3828

North Carolina Wild Food Weekend, Reidsville, NC $125 - $150
Friday-Sunday, April 27 - 29, 2012
Sponsors: The North Carolina Wild Food Weekend Association
Location: Reidsville, NC
Instructors: Each year many local wild food enthusiasts help teach and facilitate the weekend. There are usually one to three outside wild food intructors who speak or teach at the event. Dr. Kallas teaches at the weekend about once every 10 years. He is NOT attending in 2012. This event is listed here to help spread the word to people who check this web site. Links are provided.
Description: Join the second longest running annual wild food event in North America. Held every Spring since it's inception in 1968, this event provides education and experience finding, processing, and feasting on edible wild plants and other foragables in a beautiful park like setting in the hills of North Carolina. This event was inspired by followers of Euell Gibbon. It is open to anyone from beginning to advanced foragers. This event requires advanced registration. Costs range anywhere from $50 - $150 depending on how much you participate and if you use their lodging.
Meeting Site: Betsy-Jeff Penn 4H Educational Center, 804 Cedar Ln, Reidsville NC 27320, 336-349-9445, http://www.bjpenn4h.org. See our Map, and the Google Map.
Use the Registration Form at this site. For more information go here.

Buckeye Gathering - Forestville, CA$300 plus fees & materials
A 7-Day Primitive Skills Teach-In
Sunday, April 29 - Saturday May 5, 2012
Location: Ya-Ka-Ama, Forestville, CA
Sponsor: Buckeye Gatherings
Description: Join a collection of primitive skills (Also known as stone-age skills) experts and students in a week long hands-on teach-in. Some of the skills taught typically include: fire making, cordage, stone, bone & wood tools, buckskin, tracking, trapping, local flora & fauna, wild edibles, shelter building, basket weaving, nature awareness, pottery, local Native culture, musical instruments, primitive weaponry, fiber/textile arts, herbal medicine, storytelling, flintknapping, earthen ovens, and felting. Typically there one or two teachers with some wild food and medicinal plant knowledge. Dr. Kallas teaches at this event about once every 3 years. He is NOT teaching there in 2012. This event is listed here to help spread the word to people who check this web site. Here is the general location about an hour's drive north of San Francisco.
What is Provided: A camping space, training, hands-on experiences, field trips, and some meals.
What to Bring: Everything you would need to primitively camp for a week. Anything you would need to record your learning and experiences. Additional money to pay for instructor fees, raw materials, etc.
For more information and to register visit the Buckeye Gathering web site. 800-789-8230, califorigin@gmail.com. Note that Buckeye is not affiliated with Wild food Adventures. It is listed here to support the event and alert people to the learning opportunity.


May

Native Shores Wild Food Rendezvous - Wild Food Intensive$330 (Discounts & More Detail)
Friday, May 4 - Monday May 7, 2012
Location: Basecamp & Lodge = Rockaway Oregon, with travel Southward along the coast.
Sponsor: Wild Food Adventures
Description: A wild food conference and teach-in using the wisdom of the ancients in the context of current realities. The focus of this event is on the roles seavegetables, shellfish, and coastal wild foods play in survival, primitive living, and simple living. Participants will learn about, use, and gain experience with a variety of wild edibles along with the techniques used to bring them to the table. Everyone attending will share their knowledge, ideas, methods, and wisdom based on their own experiences. Participants arrive and set up on Friday. The program begins Friday evening and ends on Monday noon. Oregon Field Guide, a human interest outdoor regional program covered the Native Shores Rendezvous in 2005. Episode 1703.
What is Provided: Training, hands-on experiences, field trips, projects, and wild food discussions will occur throughout the four day event. Camping space is provided. Vehicles are in a separate area from camping. Some rooms and bunkhouse accommodations are possible in the lodge. You will be responsible for some of your own meals - though much of what we eat will be wild foods gathered by you and other participants.
What to Bring: $10 for carpooling (unless you volunteer to drive), for reaching all the habitats up and down the coast. Sandwich food for lunches, snacks, fruit. Bring stories to tell and plant books you use. Base camp is only a short driving distance from town if you run short of supplies. Bring an open mind - you may have to unlearn, relearn, or adjust what you currently "know" about wild foods. Bring a cooperative and helpful attitude so we can make this a great and memorable event for everyone.
For lots more information and to register see our Native Shores page. Advanced registration has its benefits.

Wild Foods and Self-Reliance $22 - $40 CANCELLED
Saturday, May 12, 2012, 9am - noon
Location: Portland, OR.
Description: Learn how to determine if and when wild foods are desirable to use, which plants to seek, and what are your priorities to save money, time, and gain the maximum benefit. This core workshop provides a deeper understanding for all other workshops. Anyone genuinely serious about wild foods will benefit from this presentation. Lecture/slides/resources.
Meeting Site: 2020 NW Northrup St, Portland OR 97209. (See Map) The presentation room is on the ground floor of the Marshall Union Manor building, a retirement complex.
Parking: Please be respectful of the location: DO NOT park in the residents parking lot.  Park in the surrounding streets.
Use the Registration Form at this site. For more information call Wild Food Adventures at (503) 775-3828: Enrollment Limited! - Advanced registration reserves you a place in the class.

Wild Foods of Jessup Bluff$25 - $40
Sunday, May 13, 2012, 1 - 4pm
Location: Jessup Bluff, Portland, OR. .
Sponsor: Wild Food Adventures
Description: On Mother's Day 2012, we'll explore edible and poisonous plants in one of Portlands most diverse and unique landscapes. See and sample from plants you pass by everyday and others you'll find regularly. Most of these plants can be found in your own neighborhoods, fields, and local woodlands. Learn identification, use, and processing of fennel, chicory, black mustard, knotweed, wild sweet pea, bull thistle and many others.
What to Bring: Prepare for the weather, comfortable walking shoes that can get dirty.
Meeting Site: Entrance to Jessup Bluff, near 3105 N Willamette Blvd, Portland, OR 97217. See Map
Use the Registration Form at this site. For more information call Wild Food Adventures at (503) 775-3828: Enrollment Limited! - Advanced registration reserves you a place in the class.

Wild Foods From Dirt To Plate, Presentation FREE
Multnomah County Central Library, Portland, OR
Sunday, May 20, 2012, 1 - 3pm
Description: Learn some of the most common edible wild plants within walking distance of your kitchen and how easy it is to find, identify and enjoy them as normal foods in everyday meals. See and understand general features that you should look for in edible plant books and other educational resources. Bring your friends to wow them about the potential of wild foods. The presenter and author, John Kallas, will sell and sign his book "Edible Wild Plants: Wild Foods From Dirt to Plate" at the end of this presentation. Lecture/slides/books. Here is a poster of the event.
What to Bring: Bring cash, check or money order in case you decide to buy a book following the talk. We do NOT take credit cards. Books are $25 each.
Meeting Site: Multnomah County Central Library, US Bank Room, 801 SW 10th Ave, Portland, OR 97205 (See Map). Contact the library at 503-988-5234. Parking: There is metered parking in the surrounding streets. Meters are in force at the time we are there. Consider public transportation as an option.
No Registration is required, but there is a limit to the room size. Get there early for a good seat.

Wild Foods From Dirt To Plate, Presentation FREE
Corvallis Public Library, Corvallis, OR
Thursday, May 24, 2012, 7 - 9pm
Description: Learn some of the most common edible wild plants within walking distance of your kitchen and how easy it is to find, identify and enjoy them as normal foods in everyday meals. See and understand general features that you should look for in edible plant books and other educational resources. Bring your friends to wow them about the potential of wild foods. The presenter and author, John Kallas, will sell and sign his book "Edible Wild Plants: Wild Foods From Dirt to Plate" at the end of this presentation. Lecture/slides/books. Here is a poster of the event.
What to Bring: Bring cash, check or money order in case you decide to buy a book following the talk. We do NOT take credit cards. Books are $25 each.
Meeting Site: Corvallis Public Library, 645 NW Monroe Ave, Corvallis, Oregon 97330 (See Map). Contact the library at 541-766-6926.
No Registration is required, but there is a limit to the room size. Get there early for a good seat.

Wild Foods From Dirt To Plate, Presentation FREE
Wilsonville Public Library, Wilsonville, OR
Thursday, May 31, 2012, 7 - 9pm
Description: Learn some of the most common edible wild plants within walking distance of your kitchen and how easy it is to find, identify and enjoy them as normal foods in everyday meals. See and understand general features that you should look for in edible plant books and other educational resources. Bring your friends to wow them about the potential of wild foods. The presenter and author, John Kallas, will sell and sign his book "Edible Wild Plants: Wild Foods From Dirt to Plate" at the end of this presentation. Lecture/slides/books. Here is a poster of the event.
What to Bring: Bring cash, check or money order in case you decide to buy a book following the talk. We do NOT take credit cards. Books are $25 each.
Meeting Site: Wilsonville Public Library, 8200 SW Wilsonville Rd, Wilsonville, OR 97070 (See Map). Contact the library at 503-682-2744.
No Registration is required, but there is a limit to the room size. Get there early for a good seat.

June

Wild Foods From Dirt To Plate, Presentation FREE
Vancouver Community Library, Vancouver, WA
Tuesday, June 5, 2012, 6:30 - 8:30pm
Description: Learn some of the most common edible wild plants within walking distance of your kitchen and how easy it is to find, identify and enjoy them as normal foods in everyday meals. See and understand general features that you should look for in edible plant books and other educational resources. Bring your friends to wow them about the potential of wild foods. The presenter and author, John Kallas, will sell and sign his book "Edible Wild Plants: Wild Foods From Dirt to Plate" at the end of this presentation. Lecture/slides/books. Here is a poster of the event.
What to Bring: Bring cash, check or money order in case you decide to buy a book following the talk. We do NOT take credit cards. Books are $25 each.
Meeting Site: Vancouver Community Library, 901 C Street, Vancouver, WA 98660 (See Map). Contact the library at 360-906-5106.
No Registration is required, but there is a limit to the room size. Get there early for a good seat.

Wild Foods From Dirt To Plate, Presentation FREE
Hillsboro Public Library, Hillsboro, OR
Thursday, June 7, 2012, 6:30 - 8:30pm
Description: Learn some of the most common edible wild plants within walking distance of your kitchen and how easy it is to find, identify and enjoy them as normal foods in everyday meals. See and understand general features that you should look for in edible plant books and other educational resources. Bring your friends to wow them about the potential of wild foods. The presenter and author, John Kallas, will sell and sign his book "Edible Wild Plants: Wild Foods From Dirt to Plate" at the end of this presentation. Lecture/slides/books. Here is a poster of the event.
What to Bring: Bring cash, check or money order in case you decide to buy a book following the talk. We do NOT take credit cards. Books are $25 each.
Meeting Site: Hillsboro Public Library, 2850 NE Brookwood Pkwy, Hillsboro, OR 97124 (See Map). Contact the library at 503-615-6500.
No Registration is required, but there is a limit to the room size. Get there early for a good seat.

White Earth Wild Food Summit- A 4-Day Wild Food Intensive$50?
Thursday, June 21 - Sunday June 24, 2012
Location: Little Elbow Lake, White Earth Land, Frazee, MN 56544
Sponsor: White Earth Tribal & Community College
Instructors: Each year primitive skill experts and enthusiasts help teach and facilitate this weeklong event. Dr. Kallas teaches at this event about once every 5 years. He is NOT attending in 2012. This event is listed here to help spread the word to people who check this web site. Links are provided.
Description: Collect foods and prepare them over fire or in a pit in the Hunter/gatherer lifestyle. Learn how to identify and prepare wild foods with Tom Peterson, Steve Dahlberg, Matt Mattson, Francois Medion, Sam Thayer, Stephanie Williams, and others. Call them if you want to help them set up.
What is Provided: Training, hands-on experiences, field trips, and meals Camping space. The location offers primitive camping. Please bring your own drinking water; we have tent sites and port-a-potties. RVs are welcome, but there is NO electricity or running water. Everyone will police their own areas and clean up after shared events.
What to Bring: A gathering bag, drinking water, good knife, dishes and utensils, towels, swimsuit, folding chair, toilet paper, lantern, notebook & pencil, tent, bedrolls, jacket & rain gear. No alcohol or drugs are allowed.
Meeting Site: Little Elbow Lake Campground. See map.
For more information and to register visit the Wild Food Summit web site.

Butter, Steamer, and Gaper Clam Dig$25 - $50
Saturday, June 23, 2012: Leave Beaverton at 8:20am, return around 4pm.
Location: Tillamook, OR.
Sponsor: Wild Food Adventures
Description: Learn how to find, dig, transport, clean, and prepare butter, steamer, and gaper clams during one of the lowest tides in 2012. Learn gathering regulations and limits. Learn how Native Americans gathered these same clams. The times we meet are dictated by when the tides are low enough to for us to reach the clams.
What to Bring: If you carpool and are not the driver, bring $5 to give to the driver to help pay for fuel. Each person should bring a 2012 Oregon Shellfish Collecting License. See "All about Licenses" below. A collecting 5 gallon collecting pail, old wettable tennis shoes, very warm layered wool clothing (you may get wet, you will get dirty), a towel, a change of cloths, a backpack to carry all your stuff, water, a sac lunch, and plenty to snack on. Bring a garden spade or shovel (see below). Bring whatever is handy. Do not go out and buy a special clamming shovel, while you could use one to dig for these clams, the square and flat-bladed spade shovel I'm recommending is the most efficient, for what we are doing . Borrow one from a friend if you can. A regular garden shovel works better than a narrow clamming shovel. Do not buy a special clamming shovel just for this event, particularly since they are meant for a different kind of clam then we are going for. All shovel blades can be dangerous to carry around groups, so please pack and handle them with care! Prepare for variable coastal weather! While we hope to go through water at only foot level, depending on Mother Nature, you may have to wade through waist high water, slog through muck up to your knees, and climb over large boulders. It is all in a day's adventure!
Meeting Sites:
-- Option 1: At 8:20am, we'll car pool & caravan from the Beaverton Arco AM/PM Gas Station. We'll meet in the Arco parking lot at the intersection of Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy (Hwy 10) and SW 110th Ave, one block East of I - 217, adjacent to the new Home Depot. (See map) Be ready to leave by 8:20am. Your car should have a full tank of gas and you should have gone to the restroom (force yourself - it's the last one you will see for over an hour).
-- Option 2: Meet us in Tillamook in the NW corner of the Safeway Parking lot adjacent to Stillwell Ave and 3rd street: Be there by 9:25am and wait patiently. (See map). The Safeway typically opens by 5am, so go into their bathroom and empty your bladder prior to our arrival (force yourself - it's the last chance you will have for almost 3 hours). Wait patiently in the parking lot in case we get delayed, get to know the other participants, read a book, change into your beach cloths. We'll swing by soon to pick you up and proceed on to the workshop site. You must be there when we arrive or you will miss us.
YOU MUST LET US KNOW where you will be meeting us (Beaverton or Tillamook) and a cel phone number if you have one (in case of an emergency)! Low tide is estimated to be around 10:06am.
Use the Registration Form at this site. For more information call Wild Food Adventures at (503) 775-3828: Enrollment Limited! - Advanced registration reserves you a place in the class.


Sea Vegetables, Mussels and Other Seashore Edibles of the Pacific Coast $25 - $50
Sunday, June 24, 2012: Leave Portland at 7:45am, return around 5pm.
Location: Lincoln City, OR.
Sponsor: Wild Food Adventures
Description: Dr Kallas will lead an expedition to the Pacific coast where participants will learn about, identify, and gather samples of wild sea vegetables and seashore edibles during low tide. Find sea vegetables including nori, kombu, sea lettuce, fucus, alaria, laminaria, stir fry seaweed and more. We'll also find, discuss and gather mussels, barnacles, and other coastal edibles.
What to Bring: If you carpool and are not the driver, bring $5 to give to the driver to help pay for fuel. An Oregon Shellfish license (See below), "only if you plan to collect mussels". Warm layers of clothing, a sack lunch, beverage, a collecting bucket (plastic 5 gallon buckets are preferred if you are collecting mussels) a white plastic bag that you can hang from your belt, scissors & wet-tolerant footwear (the best footwear for this terraine are old high topped tennis shoes that you don't mind getting wet). It's not a bad idea to bring a small backpack and a waist pack to carry things so that your hands are free while walking through the potentially slippery inter tidal zone. Whatever you wear, it must protect your knees, shins, and hands. No sandals, flip-flops, or soft-soled water socks unless you love bleeding feet, ankles, and shins! Prepare for variable coastal weather!
Meeting Site:
-- Option 1: At 7:45am, we'll car pool and caravan from the Tigard Fred Meyer, We'll meet in the Fred Meyer Parking lot off 99W between I-5 and Hwy 217. The parking lot is at the intersection of SW 72nd Ave and 99W. (See map) We'll be meeting under the Fred Meyer sign at the entrance to the parking lot. Be ready to leave by 7:45am. By this time you should have checked in with Dr. Kallas, your car should have a full tank of gas and you should have gone to the restroom (force yourself - it's the last one you will see one for 2 hours).
-- Option 2: Meet us in Lincoln City at the Roads End State Parking Area. Be there by 9:35am and wait patiently. Directions to the parking area: At the North end of Lincoln City on Hwy 101 is Logan Road. Finding Logan Road: [Logan Road is between Lighthouse Square {Bi-Mart & Good Will} and Lincoln City Plaza {Rite Aid & Safeway}). Logan road is also across from a MacDonalds.] Prepare to go North about 1 mile on Logan Road (Roads End). On the way you'll pass the Chinook Winds Casino on your left. Continue along the winding road. On your left, around N 60th Ave, is the "Roads End State Beach Wayside" parking area (See map). Use the restrooms and be prepared to car pool the rest of the way. Wait there patiently in case we get delayed, get to know the other participants, read a book, change into your workshop cloths. We'll swing by soon to pick you up and proceed on to the workshop site. You must be there when we arrive or you will miss us. We will travel North up the beach to our destination. YOU MUST LET US KNOW where you will be meeting us (Tigard or Lincoln City) and a cel phone number if you have one (in case of an emergency)! Low tide is estimated to be around 10:43am.
Use the Registration Form at this site. For more information call Wild Food Adventures at (503) 775-3828: Enrollment Limited! - Advanced registration reserves you a place in the class.

GingerRoot Wild Food Rendezvous - Wild Food Intensive$330 (Discounts & More Detail)
POSTPONED UNTIL 2013
Location: Unknown
Sponsor: Wild Food Adventures
Description: A wild food teach-in using the wisdom of the ancients in the context of current realities. The focus of this event is on the roles wild foods play in survival, primitive living, and simple living. Participants will learn about, use, and gain experience with a variety of wild edibles along with the techniques used to bring them to the table. At this event, everyone will identify, gather, prepare and eat a wide variety of edible wild plants. Everyone attending will share their knowledge, ideas, methods, and wisdom based on their own experiences. The program begins Friday evening and ends on Monday noon.
What is Provided: Training, hands-on experiences, field trips, projects, and wild food roundtables will occur throughout the four day event. Camping space is provided. Vehicles are in a separate area from camping. We might be able to accommodate 2 or 3 self-contained small RVs by prior arrangement only (no RV services or hookups)! We will provide some meals and you will be responsible for some meals. Wherever practical, sustainable, and legal, we will snack on, or add wild foods to our meals.
What to Bring: If you carpool and are not the driver, bring $5 to give to the driver to help pay for fuel. Sandwich food for lunches, snacks, fruit. Hiking boots, leather gloves, and cloths you can get dirty in. Prepare for all kinds of June weather for altitudes ranging from 300 to 2,000 feet above sea level. Bring stories to tell and plant books you use. We will be 15 minutes drive from the city of Hood River if you run short of supplies. Bring an open mind - you may have to unlearn, relearn, or adjust what you currently "know" about wild foods. Bring a cooperative and helpful attitude so we can make this a great and memorable event for everyone.
For lots more information and to register see our GingerRoot page. Advanced registration has its benefits.


July

Wild Foods from Dirt to Plate$25 - $40
Sunday, July 8, 2012, 1 - 5pm
Sponsor: Wild Food Adventures
Location: An organic farm on Sauvie Island, OR
Description: Formerly called "Wild Gourmet Garden Vegetables". This workshop covers many of the plants seen in the book: Edible Wild Plants: Wild Foods From Dirt to Plate, by John Kallas. Visit an organic farm and make a delectable wild gourmet salad on the spot with other participants. We'll harvest traditional European edibles (growing as weeds) that the farmers would be pulling. Learn how to identify common, plentiful, nutritious, and flavorful wild vegetables in this adventure. Get real hands-on experience with plants you'll see on a farm and in your own garden. Take advantage of these readily available sources of nutrients, and dietary variety. Traditional wild Eruopean edibles (gourmet greens and vegetables) plant themselves, enjoy the rich moist growing environment of the garden, and provide many seasons of foods that can add meal options you never dreamed of before. Once your learn these wild foods you can change from a "weeding" to a "harvesting" mentality in your own garden, yard, and neighborhood. Watch a news short on "Edible Weeds by Garden Time TV series here.
What to Bring: Bring footwear and clothing appropriate for harvesting on a farm and prepare for the weather - we'll be outdoors the whole time. Bring a salad bowl, a fork, sharp scissors, white plastic bags (not clear or tan), and a spray mister (like you would spray house plants with to keep them moist). Salad dressing if you have special food requirements.
Meeting Site & Parking: Sauvie island. Sauvie island is a 10 mile drive from downtown Portland. Go north towards St Helens on Hwy 30. Turn right onto the Sauvie Island bridge. We'll meet at the parking lot on the far side of the island store (Sam's Cracker Barrel Grocery, 15005 NW Sauvie Island Rd, Portland, OR). We'll car pool and caravan from there to an organic farm. Ordinarily Tri-met bus #17 will take you to the bus stop (#8437 - Gilihan Rd & Sauvie Island Dr) which is about 60 yards from the store. But there is no bus on Sundays. Here is a map to the site.
Use the Registration Form at this site. For more information call Wild Food Adventures at (503) 775-3828: Enrollment Limited! - Advanced registration reserves you a place in the class.

Wild Fruits of Northwest Forests$25 - $40
Saturday, July 14, 2012, 9am - noon
Location: Forest Park, Portland, OR.
Sponsor: Wild Food Adventures
Description: Come join us learn about wild fruits and other edible plant parts found in northwest forests. Summer is when many wild fruits are ripe for picking. See and learn about plants like huckleberry, salmonberry, oregon grape, bunchberry, elderberry, gooseberry, wild current, hawthorne, salal, thimbleberry, fairybells, saskatoons, Indian plum, among others, as well as some poisonous berry producing plants. Explore one of the more beautiful forests in Portland's own back yard.
What to Bring: Hiking boots. Prepare for the weather.
Meeting Site: In front of the Hoyt Arboretum visitors center, 4000 SW Fairview Blvd, Portland, OR 97221. Directions from I-26: Take the Zoo exit passing around all parking areas, follow the winding road up the hill. Turn right on Fairview, the Visitors center is on the right. We'll meet outside the entrance. Parking may be tight so get there early.
Use the Registration Form at this site. For more information call Wild Food Adventures at (503) 775-3828: Enrollment Limited! - Advanced registration reserves you a place in the class.

Pacific Coast Clam Dig $25 - $50
Saturday, July 21, 2012: Leave Beaverton at 7:20am, return around 3pm
Location: Tillamook, OR
Sponsor: Wild Food Adventures
Description: Learn how to find, dig, transport, clean, and prepare cockle clams during one of the lowest tides in 2012. Learn gathering regulations and limits. Learn how Native Americans gathered these same clams. The times we meet are dictated by when the tides are low enough to for us to reach the clams. This is the last clamming event we offer for the season.
What to Bring: If you carpool and are not the driver, bring $5 to give to the driver to help pay for fuel. Each person should bring a 2012 Oregon Shellfish Collecting License. See "All about Licenses" below. A 5 gallon collecting pail, old wettable tennis shoes, very warm layered wool clothing (you may get wet), a towel, a change of cloths, a backpack to carry all your stuff, water, a sac lunch, and plenty to snack on. If you have one, bring a cultivator rake (See below). If you don't have a cultivator rake, you can bring a regular hard steel garden rake (See below). Do not buy an expensive "clamming rake" as they are innapropriate here. Rake tines can be dangerous to carry around groups, so please pack and handle them with care! Prepare for variable coastal weather! While we hope to go through water at only foot level, depending on Mother Nature, you may have to wade through thigh high water, slog through muck up to your knees, and climb over large boulders. It is all in a day's adventure!
Meeting Sites:
-- Option 1: At 7:20am, we'll car pool & caravan from the Beaverton Arco AM/PM Gas Station. We'll meet in the Arco parking lot at the intersection of Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy (Hwy 10) and SW 110th Ave, one block East of I - 217, adjacent to the new Home Depot. (See map) Be ready to leave by 7:20am. Your car should have a full tank of gas and you should have gone to the restroom (force yourself - it's the last one you will see for over an hour).
-- Option 2: Meet us in Tillamook at the NW corner of the Safeway Parking lot adjacent to Stillwell Ave and 3rd street: Be there by 8:25am and wait patiently. (See map). The Safeway typically opens by 5am, so go into their bathroom and empty your bladder prior to our arrival (force yourself - it's the last chance you will have for almost 3 hours). Wait patiently in the parking lot in case we get delayed, get to know the other participants, read a book, change into your beach cloths. We'll swing by soon to pick you up and proceed on to the workshop site. You must be there when we arrive or you will miss us.
YOU MUST LET US KNOW where you will be meeting us (Beaverton or Tillamook) and a cel phone number if you have one (in case of an emergency)! Low tide is estimated to be around 9:02am.
Use the Registration Form at this site. For more information call Wild Food Adventures at (503) 775-3828: Enrollment Limited! - Advanced registration reserves you a place in the class.


Sea Vegetables, Mussels and Other Seashore Edibles of the Pacific Coast $25 - $50
Sunday, July 22, 2012: Leave Portland at 6:40am, return around 4pm.
Location: Lincoln City, OR
Sponsor: Wild Food Adventures
Description: Dr Kallas will lead an expedition to the Pacific coast where participants will learn about, identify, and gather samples of wild sea vegetables and seashore edibles during low tide. Find sea vegetables including nori, kombu, sea lettuce, fucus, alaria, laminaria, stir fry seaweed and more. We'll also find, discuss and gather mussels, barnacles, and other coastal edibles. This is the last seavegetable event we offer for the season.
What to Bring: If you carpool and are not the driver, bring $5 to give to the driver to help pay for fuel. An Oregon Shellfish license (See below), "only if you plan to collect mussels". Warm layers of clothing, a sack lunch, beverage, a collecting bucket (plastic 5 gallon buckets are preferred if you are collecting mussels) a white plastic bag that you can hang from your belt, scissors & wet-tolerant footwear (the best footwear for this terraine are old high topped tennis shoes that you don't mind getting wet). It's not a bad idea to bring a small backpack and a waist pack to carry things so that your hands are free while walking through the potentially slippery inter tidal zone. Whatever you wear, it must protect your knees, shins, and hands. No sandals, flip-flops, or soft-soled water socks unless you love bleeding feet, ankles, and shins! Prepare for variable coastal weather!
Meeting Sites:
-- Option 1: At 6:40am, we'll car pool and caravan from the Tigard Fred Meyer, We'll meet in the Fred Meyer Parking lot off 99W between I-5 and Hwy 217. The parking lot is at the intersection of SW 72nd Ave and 99W. (See map) We'll be meeting under the Fred Meyer sign at the entrance to the parking lot. Be ready to leave by 6:40am. By this time you should have checked in with Dr. Kallas, your car should have a full tank of gas and you should have gone to the restroom (force yourself - it's the last one you will see one for 2 hours).
-- Option 2: Meet us in Lincoln City at the Roads End State Parking Area. Be there by 8:40am and wait patiently. Directions to the parking area: At the North end of Lincoln City on Hwy 101 is Logan Road. Finding Logan Road: [Logan Road is between Lighthouse Square {Bi-Mart & Good Will} and Lincoln City Plaza {Rite Aid & Safeway}). Logan road is also across from a MacDonalds.] Prepare to go North about 1 mile on Logan Road (Roads End). On the way you'll pass the Chinook Winds Casino on your left. Continue along the winding road. On your left, around N 60th Ave, is the "Roads End State Beach Wayside" parking area (See map). Use the restrooms and be prepared to car pool the rest of the way. Wait there patiently in case we get delayed, get to know the other participants, read a book, change into your workshop cloths. We'll swing by soon to pick you up and proceed on to the workshop site. You must be there when we arrive or you will miss us. We will travel North up the beach to our destination. YOU MUST LET US KNOW where you will be meeting us (Tigard or Lincoln City) and a cel phone number if you have one (in case of an emergency)! Low tide is estimated to be around 9:37am.
Use the Registration Form at this site. For more information call Wild Food Adventures at (503) 775-3828: Enrollment Limited! - Advanced registration reserves you a place in the class.


Wapato Island Wild Food Expedition$25 - $40
Saturday, July 28, 2012, 8am - noon
Location: Sauvie Island forests and wetlands - north of Portland. Sauvie Island is at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia Rivers. While the island is part of Oregon, it is also boardered by Washington State.
Sponsor: Wild Food Adventures
Description: We'll investigate wild foods from marshes, fields, and woods -- including wapato or Indian potato, elderberry, poison hemlock, wild cherry, and many other plants. Originally called Wapato Island by the Lewis and Clark expedition for its abundance of the plant. Wild blackberries should be ripe for picking while we are there, so bring some gathering containers if you wish to pick them after the workshop.
What to Bring: Hiking boots, a container if you want to collect blackberries after the workshop, and a Sauvie Island F&W parking permit if you have one. Prepare for the weather.
Meeting Site: Sauvie Island is a 10 mile drive from downtown Portland. Go north towards St Helens on US Route 30. Turn right onto the Sauvie Island bridge. We'll meet on the far side of Sam's Cracker Barrel Grocery store visible from the bridge. Tri-met bus #17 will take you to the bus stop (#8437 - Gilihan Rd & Sauvie Island Dr) then walk north to the grocery. We'll car pool and caravan to various sites from the grocery parking area. Here is a map to the site.
Use the Registration Form at this site. For more information call Wild Food Adventures at (503) 775-3828: Enrollment Limited! - Advanced registration reserves you a place in the class.

Wild Foods in Wilderness Survival $22 - $40
Sunday, July 29, 2012, 1 - 4pm.
Location: Portland, OR.
Sponsor: Wild Food Adventures
Description: Learn how to determine if and when wild foods are desirable to use, which plants to seek, what are your priorities in both recreational and unplanned survival situations. See major poisonous plants. This core workshop provides a deeper understanding for all other workshops. Anyone genuinely serious about wild foods will benefit from this presentation. Lecture/slides/resources.
Meeting Site: 2020 NW Northrup St, Portland OR 97209. (See Map) The presentation room is on the ground floor of the Marshall Union Manor building, a retirement complex.
Parking: Please be respectful of the location: DO NOT park in the residents parking lot.  Park in the surrounding streets.
Use the Registration Form at this site. For more information call Wild Food Adventures at (503) 775-3828: Enrollment Limited! - Advanced registration reserves you a place in the class.


August
Currently there are no public events planned for August, 2012.


September

The Incredible Cattail - From Survival to Pancakes$25 - $50
Saturday, Sept 1, 2012, 9am - 3pm
Sponsor: Wild Food Adventures
Location: Portland, OR
Description: Get hands-on experience on how cattail rhizomes can be used for emergency survival food to processed flour for breads, ash cakes, muffins, and pancakes. We'll see how to identify, gather, peel, process and cook cattail cores so that they transform into a flour-like food source. By the end of the workshop we'll have gone from swamp roots to delicate pancakes that any normal human would enjoy. See Portland Tribune article here.
What to Bring: If you carpool and are not the driver, bring $2 to give to the driver to help pay for fuel. We will be venturing into a swamp, bring cloths you can get dirty in from head to toe (our location and weather conditions will determine wheather we are in a dried mud bed or in an open shallow pond to our knees and how warm your cloths should be), a change of cloths (that can still get dirty but will be dry), a big beach towel, and a plastic bag to transport the wet cloths in. Thigh high waders will work, although old tennis shoes and old pants work fine.  A holstered field knife or a pocket knife. Bring a sac lunch and beverage. And if you have them, a cutting board and kitchen knife (with a straight dull side opposite the blade) or better, a butter knife (with a straight dull side opposite the blade).  Curved will not work, the dull edge opposite the blade must be straight.
Meeting Site: Wild Food Adventures, 4125 N Colonial Ave, Portland, OR 97217. SW of N Interstate & Skidmore. See Map. We'll car pool to the swamp from this location and end up back at Wild Food Adventures to clean, process, and cook up the cattails. If you live close to Scappoose, meet us in Scappoose in front of the Dairy Queen parking lot (see Map). Be there by 9:25am and wait patiently until we drive by to pick you up. YOU MUST LET US KNOW where you will be meeting us (Portland or Scappoose) and a cel phone number if you have one (in case of an emergency)! If no one calls us, we will not be stopping at the Dairy Queen.
Use the Registration Form at this site. For more information call Wild Food Adventures at (503) 775-3828: Enrollment Limited! - Advanced registration reserves you a place in the class.

Wild Foods of Native Americans$22 - $40
Sunday, Sept 2, 2012, 1 - 4pm
Location: Portland, OR.
Description: Explore traditional foodways of Pacific Northwest Native Americans. Discover foods that were used and how they were prepared and stored. Food Caches, berry collecting techniques, pemmican, fruit leathers. The workshop is about how Native Americans made a living off of the abundance of food they found in nature.  How was it possible, what they did and how they managed their foods to support a complete diet for many people all year long. This core workshop provides a deeper understanding for all other workshops. Anyone genuinely serious about wild foods will benefit from this presentation. Lecture/slides/resources.
Meeting Site: 2020 NW Northrup St, Portland OR 97209. (See Map) The presentation room is on the ground floor of the Marshall Union Manor building, a retirement complex.
Parking: Please be respectful of the location and its residents: DO NOT park in the residents parking lot.  Park in the surrounding streets.
Use the Registration Form at this site. For more information call Wild Food Adventures at (503) 775-3828: Enrollment Limited! - Advanced registration reserves you a place in the class.

Rabbitstick Primitive Skills Conference, Rexberg, ID $275 to $350 plus fees & materials
A 7-Day Primitive Skills Teach-In
Sunday - Saturday, September 9 - 15, 2012
Sponsor: Backtracks
Location: Rexburg, ID
Description: Join a collection of primitive skills (Also known as stone-age skills) experts and students in a week long hands-on teach-in. Some of the skills taught typically include: fire making, cordage, stone, bone & wood tools, buckskin, tracking, trapping, local flora & fauna, wild edibles, shelter building, basket weaving, nature awareness, pottery, local Native culture, musical instruments, primitive weaponry, fiber/textile arts, herbal medicine, storytelling, flintknapping, earthen ovens, and felting. Typically there one or two teachers with some wild food and medicinal plant knowledge. Dr. Kallas plans to teach at Rabbitstick in 2012, as he does about once every 5 years. This event is listed here to help spread the word to people who check this web site.
What is Provided: A camping space, training, hands-on experiences, field trips, and some meals.
What to Bring: Everything you would need to primitively camp for a week. Anything you would need to record your learning and experiences. Additional money to pay for instructor fees, raw materials, etc.
For more information and to register visit the Backtracks web site. 208-359-2400. Note that Backtracks and Rabbitstick is not affiliated with Wild Food Adventures. It is listed here to support the event and alert people to the learning opportunity.

Nature Wonder Wild Food Weekend, Cairo, WV $250 to $350
Friday-Sunday, September 14 - 16, 2012
Sponsors: The National Wild Food Association & the WV Dept of Natural Resources
Location: Cairo, WV
Instructors: Each year park rangers and local wild food enthusiasts help teach and facilitate the weekend. There are usually one to three outside wild food intructors who speak or teach at the event. Dr. Kallas teaches at this event about once every 5 years. He is NOT attending in 2012. This event is listed here to help spread the word to people who check this web site. Links are provided.
Description: Join the longest running annual wild food event in North America. Held every Fall since it's inception in 1968, this event provides education and experience finding, processing, and feasting on edible wild plants and other foragables in a beautiful park setting in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. Founded by Edelene Wood, the long running president of the National Wild Foods Association, this event was inspired by followers of Euell Gibbons. Nature Wonder Weekend is open to anyone from beginning to advanced foragers. This event requires advanced registration. Costs range anywhere from $250 to $355 for the whole weekend depending on lodging.
Meeting Site: North Bend State Park, 202 North Bend Park Rd, Cairo, WV 26337. See Map
Use the Registration Form at this site. For more information go here.

Falling Leaves Primitive Skills Rendezvous$200 plus fees & materials
A 5-Day Primitive Skills Teach-In
Tuesday - Sunday, September 25 - 30, 2012
Sponsor: Earthskills Rendezvous, Inc.
Location: Lafayette, GA
Description: Join a collection of primitive skills (Also known as stone-age skills) experts and students in a week long hands-on teach-in. Some of the skills taught typically include: fire making, cordage, stone, bone & wood tools, buckskin, tracking, trapping, local flora & fauna, wild edibles, shelter building, basket weaving, nature awareness, pottery, local Native culture, musical instruments, primitive weaponry, fiber/textile arts, herbal medicine, storytelling, flintknapping, earthen ovens, and felting. Typically there one or two teachers with some wild food and medicinal plant knowledge. Dr. Kallas has not yet taught at this event and is NOT teaching there in 2012. This event is listed here to help spread the word to people who check this web site.
What is Provided: A camping space, training, hands-on experiences, field trips, and some meals.
What to Bring: Everything you would need to primitively camp for a week. Anything you would need to record your learning and experiences. Additional money to pay for instructor fees, raw materials, etc.
For more information and to register visit the Earthskills web site. 866-787-2263. Note that Earthskills is not affiliated with Wild food Adventures. It is listed here to support the event and alert people to the learning opportunity.

Acorn Pudding & Extracting Volatile Oils$25 - $40
Saturday, September 29, 2012, 8am - noon.
Sponsor: Wild Food Adventures
Location: Portland, OR
Description: Get hands-on experience on how some wild plants are processed for grain, flour, and essential oils. We'll see how to shell, grind, process and leach acorns so that they transform into wonderful additions to breads, muffins, pancakes, and pudding. By the end of the workshop we'll have gone from bitter acorns in the shell to a sweet acorn pudding that any normal human would enjoy. Also learn how to make a distillation setup from simple kitchen ware. We'll make a distillate from mint that you could use to flavor teas, use in cooking or aroma therapy.
What to Bring: Cloths you can get dirty in. A hammer, a butter knife, and a brick if you have one. Latex gloves if you have delicate hands to protect you against the tannins. And if you have access to them, your own fresh acorns (large only), and mint or lemon balm cuttings for the distillation process.
Meeting Site: Wild Food Adventures, 4125 N Colonial Ave, Portland, OR 97217. SW of N Interstate & Skidmore. See Map
Use the Registration Form at this site. For more information call Wild Food Adventures at (503) 775-3828: Enrollment Limited! - Advanced registration reserves you a place in the class.

Neighborhood Foraging - Fall Harvest of Fruits, Nuts, & Vegetables $25 - $40
Sunday, September 30, 2012, 1 - 4pm
Location: Portland, OR.
Description: We'll bushwhack through Portland's urban neighborhoods to find some of Fall's best and diverse delectables - nuts, fruits, and greens. Wild as well as landscaped edibles will be covered. Some eating may occur. You will later find most of this abundance in your own neighborhood.
What to Bring: Prepare for the weather, comfortable walking shoes that can get dirty.
Meeting Site: Wild Food Adventures, 4125 N Colonial Ave, Portland, OR 97217. SW of N Interstate & Skidmore. See Map
Use the Registration Form at this site. For more information call Wild Food Adventures at (503) 775-3828: Enrollment Limited! - Advanced registration reserves you a place in the class.

If the event is sponsored by Wild Food Adventures, Use this registration form. We do not take credit cards. You cannot register over the internet or through e-mail - though we may do PayPal in the near future. You must register by Postal (snail mail) and pay by check or money order. Register early to guarantee a spot, walk-ons may be turned away if our size limit is reached.

Notes About the Workshops Above
The information here may change and additions may be made without notice. Since this is a static document, check the web site for late changes. Carpooling is not part of any workshop, it is only to encourage participants to save money, fuel, and to make friends. Participants always have the option of meeting us at the site. If you are the driver in carpooling, your riders voluntarily contribute to your expenses. Events are held in most kinds of weather, so prepare for wind & rain. If dangerous weather conditions exist, a workshop may be cancelled, but that has not happened in 20 years.

Recreational Shellfish Licenses
Recreational Shellfish Licenses are now required for anyone over 13 years of age to collect shellfish in Oregon. In-state licenses are $7/year, Out of state licenses are $11.50 for 3 days or $20.50/year. 3-Day licenses must specify the days you intend to do the collecting. You must carry the License with you during the workshop or you will only be allowed to watch. If shellfish are found in your possession on the beach and you do not have a license, the fine is $75 and up. Licenses can be purchased "PRIOR" to our events at any Oregon Fred Meyer, Bi-Mart, and other sporting goods stores. If you have any questions call the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife at 800-720-6339 or 503-947-6000. There is an informational page at here. Licenses can be ordered by mail but the process takes about a month. DO NOT wait until the last minute!
Note that a license does not allow us the ability to collect shellfish if there is a marine toxin advisory from the Department of Fish & Wildlife, The Department of Health, or the USDA.