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WILD FOOD & FORAGING COURSES 2024

 MARCH

Saturday 16th: Birch: Food, Medicine, Magic & Myth. 10am - 2pm. Leeds 

Birch trees were highly respected and held in high-esteem all across the northern hemisphere for millennia, providing our ancestors with a myriad of useful and seasonal resources in both a practical and spiritual sense. This course will explore the multitude of potential resources Birch trees have to offer and hopefully, herald a return to the respectful and intimate relationships we once had with Birch (and wider nature). As a group we will get practical, theoretical and magical with; sap extraction & syrup making, pollen, catkins, edible & medicinal fungi, fire lighting, storage containers, birch tar, withies, habitat, ecology and of course the magic and spirit of Birch. Samples and tasters and a wild spring-time soup are included in the price. 

Adults £50. Children £10 

To book email: edible.leeds@gmail.com 

Sunday 17th: Symbiosis of Spring: Exploring Wild Foods & Medicines. 10am - 3pm. Leeds 

The sap is rising, shoots, herbs and medicines are emerging and the birds are nesting and singing... This course will explore a range of in-season, wild foods and medicines to nourish, heal and cleanse our minds, bodies and souls. Participants will learn: safe identification, cooking and preservation techniques, mindful and sustainable harvesting, seasonality, ecology and the social and natural benefits of rewilding (both the land and the human). A simple and tasty spring-time feast will feature at the end of the course.

Adults £60. Children £10. Family: £100 (2x Adult & 2x Children).

To book email: edible.leeds@gmail.com 

APRIL

Thursday 11th April: Seaweeds and Shellfish. 10am - 2pm. Northumberland

October
Saturday 5th: Fungi Foray. Leeds/Yorkshire. 11am - 4pm 

Discover the wonders of the 5th Kingdom. 
Wild fungi are integral to the 'web of life', performing a 
wide range of unique & exciting roles. This course will explore a diverse range of wild mushrooms including edible, medicinal, therapeutic, poisonous and the outright intriguing, in various shapes, colours and sizes. 
The course will feature information regarding; safe identification techniques, ecology, cooking and preserving, folklore and myth.. 
Wild mushroom inspired foods will be served at the end of the course.
Adults £65 
To book email: edible.leeds@gmail.com  
 
Sunday 6th: Medicinal Mushrooms. Leeds. 10am - 3pm 

Would you like to learn more about the natural, medicinal aspects of wild mushrooms for maintaining, balancing, optimising and enhancing personal health?  
This course will focus on a select range of wild medicinal mushrooms that can be incorporated into our seasonal diets and also turned into more potent and powerful forms of natural medicine.

Participants will learn how to:
. Safely identify a range of specific medicinal mushrooms
. Mindfully harvest, prepare and store them
. Create simple tinctures
. Create double extraction tinctures
. Create concentrated extract powders (with long shelf-life compatibility)
. Incorporate into diets in very simple ways
. Learn about the proven and potential health benefits of those mushrooms

We will also explore the theme of micro-dosing with psychedelic and psychoactive medicinal mushrooms. Simple refreshments will also be provided on the day..
Price: £65pp
Booking essential: edible.leeds@gmail.com

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