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A Wild Foods Index & Wilderness School In The Heart of the Adirondacks.

A Wild Foods Index & Wilderness School In The Heart of the Adirondacks.A Wild Foods Index & Wilderness School In The Heart of the Adirondacks.A Wild Foods Index & Wilderness School In The Heart of the Adirondacks.
With Melanie Sawyer. Season 10 Participant of the History Channels ALONE show

What we offer here at Wild Foods & Wilderness

ADIRONDACKS, N.Y. WILD SCHOOL

This school offers the unique opportunity to connect with the outdoors, learn lessons that can help create skills and confidence. 

From experience, I  believe that spending time outside is good for the mind, body, and spirit and I want to make it accessible and easy for everyone to experience the benefits of nature. CLICK HERE to learn more 

Wild Foods IDENTIFICATION & RECIPES

An ongoing research index documenting Wild edible roots, tubors, mushrooms, plants and berries found in North America and used for food and medicine from the 1700's onwards. Im adding recipes as I continue.

Dont come looking for fancy, come for Empowering DOWN TO EARTH FUN!

Your weekend experiences vary with the seasons and  will consist of  classes such as:


-- Navigation and Compass : An essential skill for the wild

- Knots and Cordage Learn essential Knots and how to use them in an outdoor setting

_ Hunting with a Bow, learning how to become proficient

-  Your Daily Bread: Learning how to and  creating your own Sour Dough starter and from start to finish.

- Safety On The Trail! How to stay safe if you're hiking out in the Adirondacks. Learning how to clean and stitch a cut using med school teaching aids. Setting a splint and more from a Member of the DEC.

- Introducton To Fly Fishing, Learn how to start with this fun and easy to understand class ! From casting to location you will learn and practice  the fundimentals of this very peaceful way of spendoing time out on the water.

- What Did We Used To Eat? Immerse yourself in  the world of the frontier. Learn about  and a taste foods that were eaten during that time.

- The Natural Way: Learning about the benefits of nature and making your own Herbal teas to take home

- Traditional Fire Skills working our way through historical methods of creating fire

- Fully catered.

- Tent, mosquito net and inflatable matress provided  if you don't have your own. 

- Fully insured.

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What's A Historical Forager ?

I was recently interviewed by PBS and asked to talk about what I see and  how I use wild foods that I find growing in the Adirondacks and explain how it helped land me on History Channels ALONE Show, one of the most popular Survival reality shows on television.  


10 participants are dropped off into remote parts of the wilderness, in my case, in the southern Arctic of Saskatchewan, Canada as the freezing temperatures of winter start to set in and have to survive as long as possible. 


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