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From workshops to publications, outdoor guiding to technical advice and instruction, John Kallas and Wild Food Adventures provide expertise in wild edible plants and foraging in Oregon and all of North America.

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Upcoming Events and Workshops

  • Adapting to Covid Statement

    May 15, 2020 @ 8:00 am - October 31, 2021 @ 8:00 am

    We are beginning our 2021 season in April just as the the vaccines for Covid-19 are being offered to the general public. Our understanding is that vaccine distribution will begin in December 2020 and be available to about a third of the most vulnerable public by April of 2021. That rollout will continue through the

  • Edible Wild Plants on the First Days of Spring

    April 3 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

    Portland, Oregon. $30 – $60 sliding scale, children pay their age, see details. We’ll explore several areas on Sauvie Island 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

  • Wild Foods of Forest Park

    April 11 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

    Portland, Oregon. $30 – $60 sliding scale, children pay their age, see details. Learn about the edible plants found in a pacific northwest forest. Spring is when 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

  • Wild Foods of Oxbow’s Old Growth Forest

    April 17 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

    Gresham, Oregon. $30 – $60 sliding scale, children pay their age, see details. Come join us to learn about trees, shrubs, and herbs of North America that are found at Oxbow Regional Park, Metro, off the Sandy River Gorge. Find a diversity of edible wild plants including fiddlehead fern, elderberries, Solomon’s seal, fairly bells, nettles,

  • Introduction to Wild Foods

    April 18 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

    Portland, Oregon. $25 – $60 sliding scale, children pay their age, see details. 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

  • North Carolina Wild Food Weekend

    April 23 - April 25

    Reidsville, North Carolina. $100 – $160 for Full Event. For Options See Registration Form. 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

Multi-Day Events and Workshops

  • North Carolina Wild Food Weekend

    April 23 - April 25

    Reidsville, North Carolina. $100 – $160 for Full Event. For Options See Registration Form. 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

  • Native Shores Wild Food Rendezvous

    May 28 - May 31

    Rockaway, Oregon. $360, See details for discounts. A multi-day, hands-on wild food adventure and teach-in using the wisdom of the ancients in the context of current realities. The focus of this event is on the roles sea vegetables, shellfish, and coastal wild foods can play in one’s diet, recreational foraging, self-reliance, and survival. Participants will

  • GingerRoot Wild Food Rendezvous

    June 18 - June 21

    This 18th Annual GingerRoot Rendezvous is an intensive on the role and use of edible wild plants in everyday life, recreational foraging, re-connecting with nature, self-reliance, and survival. Silverton, Oregon. $360, See details for discounts. A multi-day, hands-on wild food adventure and teach-in using the wisdom of the ancients in the context of current realities.

  • Farm to Table Wild Food Salad

    July 18 @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

    Portland, Oregon. $30 – $60 sliding scale, children pay their age, see details. Formerly titled “Wild Foods From Dirt to Plate”, 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

  • Nature Wonder Wild Food Weekend

    September 17 - September 19

    Cairo, West Virginia. 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 forageables in a beautiful park setting in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. Founded by Edelene Wood,

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