Foraging
Foraging is one of the easiest ways to reconnect with your environment and your food!
Sourdough
The jury is still out on whether grains were first fermented for bread or for beer but, either way, humans have been using wild yeasts and bacteria to transform wheat into a more digestible and healthier product for approximately 10,000 years. Unfortunately, the bread of our ancestors is nothing like the bread commercially available to use today.
Nose-to-Tail Class
Today only about 50-55% of an animal is considered food and is available on our grocery store shelves! Not only is this a wasteful and disrespectful practice, but we are also missing the most nutrient dense parts of the the animal – organs, blood and fat! In nature, when an animal is killed, the predator …
Fire Side Cooking
Arm yourself with a basic understanding of how to control fire and use a number of simple technologies to create almost any cooking environment.
Firemaking
Learn the basics of making fire using a variety of primitive technologies including hand drill, bow drill, marcasite and flint, and the fire plow. Students will leave this course with a clear understanding of the principles behind how all of these technologies work and with enough information to continue to practice on their own …
It’s Time to Redefine Food
We shouldn’t waste food, right? Well, that all depends...
A current popular buzzword thrown around amongst environmentally conscious foodies is “zero-waste.” And, don’t get me wrong, for the most part this zero-waste trend is a very, very good thing. But, blindly following anything, even if well-intentioned, can have negative consequences. Like anything else, it is not that simple...
Labels matter...It is time to reDEFINE food
Cordage & Net Making
Strong fibers can be extracted from a variety of plant and animal sources if you know where to look, when and how to harvest, how to process, and how to twist. The basics learned in this course can be applied to a number of different types of fibers to create everything from a simple lashing …
Self Bow Making
Learn all of the steps in how to make a self bow, or a bow made entirely from one piece of wood, from standing tree to finished shooting bow capable of taking down a deer!
My Ears Haven’t Always Looked Like This
“THOSE EARS, WHAT SPECIES ARE THOSE?” YES, THIS COMMENT WAS REFERRING TO ME. I know, I know. You are not supposed to pay attention to comments from internet trolls. But, sometimes it’s impossible not to – especially when the comments are personal. In fact, it’s almost addictive in a strange, self-deprecating way. About a month …