Resources
Wild Food Events/Festivals
- Native Shores Rendezvous: May 9, 10, 11, 12
- Wild Food Outing with Christopher Nyerges: May 10
- Incredible Edibles & Traditional Medicinals with Ila Hatter: May 10th
- Edibles Walk & Taste with Blanche Derby: May 10th
- Foraging Wild Edibles in Prospect Park with Tim Vireo Keating: May 11th
- Wild Food Forage and Feast: May 11th
- Wild Food Outing with Christopher Nyerges: May 17th
- Wild Gourmet Garden Vegetables with John Kallas: May 17th
- Gone With the Wind, Stories & Ballads, Edible-Medicinal Plants with Ila Hatter: May 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23
- Mount Adams Wild Food Expedition with John Kallas: May 18th
- Wild Edible Plants near Yakima: May 23, 24, 25
- Wild food hike with Sunny Savage at the Green Music Fest Lightning in a Bottle: May 24th
- Weed Walks along the Mill River with Blanche Derby: May 31st
- Women’s Seaweed Intensive with Linda Conroy: June 3rd-6th
- Wild Food Outing with Christopher Nyerges: June 7th
- Pacific Coast Clam Dig with John Kallas: June 7th
- Eat Local the Wild Way: June 8th
- Wild Eats: A Whole and Wild Food Adventure with Linda Conroy: June 8th
- Sea Vegetables of the Pacific Coast with John Kallas: June 8th
- Incredible Edibles & Traditional Medicinals with Ila Hatter: June 14th
- Wild Food Outing with Christopher Nyerges: June 14th
- Nettle Eating Contest in Marshwood, England:June 16th
- Wild Food Summit III: June 19, 20, 21
- Gingeroot Rendezvous: June 20, 21, 22, 23
- Seashore Edibles: June 21st
- Blueberry Blues with Vicki Shufer: June 22nd
- Wild Edible Plants near Shelton, WA: June 27, 28, 29
- Seaweeds and Coastal Foraging: July 3, 4, 5, 6
- Wild Food Outing with Christopher Nyerges: July 5th
- Gaper, Butter, and Littleneck Clam Dig with John Kallas: July 5th
- Sea Vegetables of the Pacific Coast with John Kallas: July 6th
- Wild Food Talk with Linda Conroy: July 12th
- Wild Food Outing with Christopher Nyerges: July 12th
- Weeds for Your Needs – Stories, Songs and Lore Celebrating the Wild Plants with Doug Elliott: July 23rd
- Wild Foods and Fermentation with Frank Cook and Sandor Katz: July 24-25th
- Marshmallow, Meringue & S’mores from Wild Plants with John Kallas: July 27th
- Pacific Coast Clam Dig with John Kallas: August 2nd
- Sea Vegetables of the Pacific Coast with John Kallas: August 3rd
- Wapato Island Expedition with John Kallas: August 10th
- Wild Foods in Wilderness Survival with John Kallas: August 24th
- Incredible Edibles & Traditional Medicinals with Ila Hatter: September 13th
- Rabbitstick Primitive Technology Conference: September 14th-20th
- Wild Food Forage and Feast: September 14th
- Edible Plants: Wild & Tame with Blanche Derby: September 17th
- West Virginia Wild Food Weekend: September 19, 20, 21
- Fall Fruits with Vicki Shufer: September 20th
- Acorn Pudding, & Getting Oil From Plants with John Kallas: September 27th
- Neighborhood Foraging for Fruits Nuts & Vegetables with John Kallas: September 28th
- Incredible Edibles & Traditional Medicinals of the Cherokee with Ila Hatter: October 11th
- The Incredible Cattail – From Survival to Pancakes with John Kallas: October 11th
- Wild Foods of Native Americans with John Kallas: October 12th
- Acorns and How To Use Them with FeralKevin: October 15th
- Mesquite Pancake Feed in Tucson: November 8th
- Regular classes offered by Wildman Steve Brill
- Regular classes offered by Russ Cohen
- Regular classes offered by Fergus Drennan
Websites
- Forage Ahead
- Wildman Steve Brill
- EatTheWeeds.com
- Feralkevin
- Fat of the Land
- Prodigal Gardens
- Forager’s Harvest
- Wild Man Wild Food
- Moonwise Herbs
- Wildcrafting with Ila
- Doug Elliot
- Christopher Nyerges
- Turtle Lake Refuge
- Francois Couplan
- Earthwalk Northwest
- Wild Food Adventures
- WeedyConnection.com
- Vickie Shufer
- Russ Cohen
- Native American Ethnobotany: University of Michigan
- USDA PLANTS database
- Plants for a Future
- United Plant Savers
- Arthur Lee Jacobson
- Foraging the edible wild
- Fallen Fruit
- Dining on the Wilds
- The Essential Herbal
- Useful Wild Plants Project
- Wild Food Plants of Africa Project
- List of some edible flowers
- Edible Sierra Nevada Plants
- Bush Tucker Plants
- Foraging.com
- Wild Fermentation with Sandor Katz
- Sacred Earth Ethnobotany & Ecotravel
- Mushroom-Collecting.com
- Frank Cook
- Dedicated to the American Persimmon
- Wild Plants of Malta
- Northwest Wild Foods
Wild Food Plant Instructors
This will eventually be a database of wild food instructors found throughout the US and beyond. If you know someone who would like to be included on this list please contact me.
- ALABAMA
Darryl Patton
PO Box 8481
Gadsden, AL 35902
256-547-2453
darryl@thesouthernherbalist.com
thesouthernherbalist.com
- ALASKA
- ARIZONA
Arizona Sonora Desert Museum
2021 N Kinney Rd
Tucson, AZ 85743
520-883-1380
info@desertmuseum.org
desertmuseum.org
Peter Bigfoot
Reevis Mountain School
HCO2 Box 1534
Roosevelt, AZ 85545
reevismountain@starband.net
reevismountain.org
Desert Botanical Garden
1201 N Galvin Parkway
Phoenix, AZ 85008
480-941-1225
dbg.org
Charlie Kane
Tucson Clinic of Botanical Medicine
PO Box 57304
Tucson, AZ 85732
520-731-3379
charkane@earthlink.net
tcbmed.com
Joyce Latura
P.O. Box 52
Tumacacori, AZ 85640
bjbinx53@aol.com
Michael Morearty
4436 W Sierra St.
Glendale, AZ 85301
602-938-2275 (h) 602-909-9629 (mobile)
mikeinphoenix@hotmail.com
Tucson Botanical Garden
2150 N Alvernon Way
Tucson, AZ 85712
tucsonbotanical.org
Patty West
PO Box 55
Flagstaff, AZ 86002
928-607-3162
paw3333@yahoo.com
- ARKANSAS
Susie & Randy Teague
Cedar Creek Nature Studies
1796 Cedar Creek Rd
Hot Springs, AR 71902
510-282-7475
info@cedarcreeknaturestudies.com
cedarcreeknaturestudies.com
- CALIFORNIA
Kevin Feinstein
Oakland, CA
feralkevin@gmail.com
feralkevin.com
Headwaters Outdoor School
PO Box 1698
Santa Cruz, CA 95061
831-423-3830
info@hwos.com
hwos.com
Ellen Kelley
USC Wrigley Marine Science Center – Santa Catalina Island
PO Box 5069
Avalon, CA 90704
310-510-4021
ekelley@usc.edu
wrigley.usc.edu
Christopher Nyerges
626-791-3217
christopher_nyerges@yahoo.com
christophernyerges.com
Sunny Savage
Topanga, CA 90290
310-728-9943
info@wildfoodplants.com
wildfoodplants.com
- COLORADO
Katrina Blair
Turtle Lake Refuge
Rocky Mountain Retreat
848 E. 3rd Avenue
Durango, Colorado 81301
970-247-8395
turtlelakerefuge@yahoo.com
www.turtlelakerefuge.org
Diana Marie Dummer
30503 Sun Creek Dr.
Evergreen, CO 80439
303-679-8290
frhi@earthlink.net
Brigitte Mars
1919 19th St. D
Boulder, CO 80301
303-442-4967
brigitte@indra.com
http://brigittemars.com/
Dorje Root
2224 Nicholl St W
Boulder, CO 80304
303-443-2877
dorjeroot@yahoo.com
Farida Sharan
School of Natural Medicine
3000 Folson St.
Boulder, CO 80304
888-593-6173
school@purehealth.com
http://purehealth.com/
- CONNECTICUT
- DELEWARE
- FLORIDA
CD Calvert
Morning Glory Collective
9601 Miccosukee Rd, Lot 24
Tallahassee, FL 32309
850-656-1279
herbheart@yahoo.com
everwomanscalendar.com
Deane Jordan
POB 1793
Maitland, FL 32751
407-265-9943
GreenDeane@cfl.rr.com
eattheweeds.com
Susan Marynowski
5111 SE 193rd Terrace
Hawthorne, FL 32640
352-481-9922
sumar@fastmail.fm
- GEORGIA
Joyce Bisbee
267 Three Oaks Dr SE
Calhoun, GA 30701
706-629-2638
joybuzzz@aol.com
Maurice “Moe” Turcotte
PO Box 1198
Dahlonega, GA 30533
770-402-0007
mturc@mindspring.com
http://earthskills.net/main.htm
Mark Warren
Medicine Bow Wilderness School
104 Medicine Bow
Dahlonega, GA 30533
706-864-5928
medbow@alltel.net
medicinebow.net
- HAWAII
- IDAHO
- ILLINOIS
- INDIANA
- IOWA
- KANSAS
- KENTUCKY
- LOUISIANA
- MAINE
Arthur Haines
219 Dead River Road
Bowdoin, ME 04287 USA
207-837-4920
arthurhaines@gwi.net
arthurhaines.com
David L. Spahr
16 Nelson Ridge Rd. So.
Washington, ME 04574
207-845-2124
DSPAHR3D@aol.com
Mushroom-Collecting.com
- MARYLAND
- MASSACHUSSETTS
Blanche Cybele Derby
2 Massasoit Ave
Northamptom, MA 01060
qs2t@hotmail.com
tagyerit.com/freefood.htm
Ellen Evert Hopman
POB 219
Amherst, MA 01004
413 – 323 4494
saille333@mindspring.com
celticheritage.co.uk/EllenEvertHopman
Iris Weaver
PO Box 5364
Gloucester, MA 01930
617-773-5809
rootsheal@juno.com
- MICHIGAN
Ellen Elliott Weatherbee
11405 Patterson Lake Drive
Pinckney, MI 48169-9748
(734) 878-9178
eew@umich.edu
- MINNESOTA
Matthew Alfs Midwest School of Herbal Studies
P O Box 120845
New Brighton, MN 55112
612-781-2038
MHMinn@aol.com
midwestherbalstudies.com
Stephanie Williams & Steven Dahlberg
White Earth Tribal & Community College
202 South Main St.
Mahnomen, MN 56557
218-935-0417 ext:313 or 312
swilliams@wetcc.org or sdahlberg@wetcc.org
wetcc.org
- MISSOURI
- MISSISSIPPI
- MONTANA
Robert Retallick
Hot Springs, MT
www.braintanned.com
- NEBRASKA
Rick Hamilton
info@spiritinthewind.com
spiritinthewind.com
- NEVADA
- NEW HAMPSHIRE
- NEW JERSEY
- NEW MEXICO
- NEW YORK
Nat Bletter
New York City
nbletter@yahoo.com
Nat Bletter’s website
“Wildman” Steve Brill
320 Palmer Terrace, 2A
Mamaroneck, NY 10543
wildmansteve@bigfoot.com
econetwork.net/~wildmansteve
Leda Meredith
Brooklyn, NY
leda@ledameredith.net
Leda’s Urban Homestead
Sue Ulrich
6725 Sage Rd
Boonville, NY 13309
315-942-2309
whwitch@hotmail.com.
- NORTH CAROLINA
Frank Cook
1119 Old Greensboro Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
greenbeing@plantsandhealers.com
www.plantsandhealers.com
Doug Elliott
3831 Painters Gap Rd
Union Mills, NC 28167
828-287-2960
doug@dougelliott.com
dougelliott.com
Ila Hatter
100 Cullsiah Cove Road
Robbinsville, NC 28771
828-479-8999
ila@wildcrafting.com
wildcrafting.com
- NORTH DAKOTA
- OHIO
Donna Lynne Strong Brott
2208 South Rd.
Cincinnati, OH 45233
herbmomma@yahoo.com
Chris Chmiel
Integration Acres – PawPaw Pleasures
160 Cherry Ridge Rd.
Albany, OH 45710
740-698-2124
pawpaw@frognet.net
integrationacres.com
Dr. Peter Gail
Goosefoot Acres
PO Box 18016
Cleveland, OH 44118
petergail@aol.com
edibleweeds.com
- OKLAHOMA
Jackie Dill
10202 S Meridian
Coyle, OK 73027
405-466-9899
tsitsalagi@gmail.com
okwildcrafting.com
- OREGON
Sergei Boutenko
P.O. Box 172
Ashland, OR 97520
sergei@harmonyhikes.com
www.harmonyhikes.com
Angie Goodloe
Sandy, OR
makia1212@yahoo.com
herbalistpath.blogspot.com
John Kallas, Ph.D.
Wild Food Adventures
4125 N Colonial Ave
Portland, OR 97217
503-775-3828
mail@wildfoodadventures.com
wildfoodadventures.com
Pat Patterson
950 W. 13th Ave
Eugene, OR 97402
541-682-4243
pat.patterson@oregonstate.edu
- PENNSYLVANIA
Gerry Janus
RD#1 Box 345
Olyphant, PA 18447
570-254-9895
wildflowerdeva@aol.com or vilhrbfarm@aol.com
vilenikiherbfarm.com
Tina Sams
1354 N. Strickler Road
Manheim, PA 17545
essentialherbal@aol.com
essentialherbal.com
Ellen Zachos
Acme Plant Stuff
917-805-5383
ez@acmeplant.com
acmeplant.com
- RHODE ISLAND
- SOUTH CAROLINA
- SOUTH DAKOTA
- TENNESSEE
Alan Powell
744 Bresslyn Rd.
Nashville, TN 37205
615-352-8588
Larry Smith
2530 Boston Branch Circle
Signal Mountain, TN 37377
423-886-2798
lsmith3074@aol.com
Warner Herb Company
7365 Hwy 127 S
Crossville, TN 38572
931-484-2131 or 800-998-2131
warnerherbs@multipro.com
warnerherbs.com
- TEXAS
Michael Harrison
210-691-8498
mkh-harrison@sbcglobal.net
Cathy Murphy
113 Ben Drive
Houston, TX 77022
713-692-6590
trailguide@lshtclub.com
- UTAH
- VERMONT
- VIRGINIA
Earth Connection
PO Box 32
Somerville, VA 22739
540-270-2531
earthconnect@earth-connection.com
earth-connection.com
Mike Rasnake
21372 Sand Pit Rd
Zuni, NC 23898
757-242-6221
rasnakes@earthlink.net
Vickie Shufer
PO Box 61413
Virginia Beach, VA 23466
757-421-3929
wildfood@cox.net
ecoimages-us.com
- WASHINGTON
Miriam Kramer
Outdoor Eduquip
Box 25
Boyds, WA 99107
outdooreduquip.@yahoo.com
outdooreduquip.com
Karen Sherwood
Earthwalk Northwest
PO Box 461
Issaquah, WA 98027
425-746-7267
sherwood@earthwalknorthwest.com
earthwalknorthwest.com
Jon Young
Wilderness Awareness School
PO Box 5000
Duvall, WA 98019
800-340-6088
wildernessawareness.org
- WEST VIRGINIA
Brian Lucas
103 Ridgeview Drive
Fairmont, WV 26554
304-816-7439
brianleelucas@yahoo.com
- WISCONSIN
Rose Barlow
prodigalgardens@hotmail.com
prodigalgardens.info
Carroll Rudy & Jean Haack
Ledge View Nature Center
W2348 Short Road
Chilton, WI 53014
920-849-2185
Mike Krebill
150 Oakcliff Lane
Keokuk, IA 52632
319-524-4576
mikekrebill@aol.com
Sam Thayer Price
W5066 Hwy 86
Ogema, WI 54459
715-767-5826
sam@foragersharvest.com
foragersharvest.com
- WYOMING
OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- AFGHANISTAN
- AKROTIRI
- ALBANIA
- ALGERIA
- AMERICAN SAMOA
- ANDORRA
- ANGOLA
- ANGUILLA
- ANTIGUA & BARBUDA
- ARGENTINA
- ARMENIA
- ARUBA
- ASHMORE & CARTIER ISLANDS
- AUSTRALIA
- AUSTRIA
- AZERBAIJAN
- THE BAHAMAS
- BAHRAIN
- BAKER ISLAND
- BANGLADESH
- BARBADOS
- BELARUS
- BELGIUM
- BELIZE
- BENIN
- BERMUDA
- BHUTAN
- BOLIVIA
- BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
- BOTSWANA
- BOUVET ISLAND
- BRAZIL
- BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY
- BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
- BRUNEI
- BULGARIA
- BURKINA FASO
- BURMA
- BURUNDI
- CAMBODIA
- CAMEROON
- CANADA
- CAPE VERDE
- CAYMAN ISLANDS
- CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
- CHAD
- CHILE
- CHINA
- CHRISTMAS ISLAND
- CLIPPERTON ISLAND
- COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS
- COLOMBIA
- COMOROS
- CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE
- CONGO, REPUBLIC OF THE
- COOK ISLANDS
- CORAL SEA ISLANDS
- COSTA RICA
- COTE d’IVOIRE
- CROATIA
- CUBA
- CYPRUS
- CZECH REPUBLIC
- DENMARK
- DHEKELIA
- DJIBOUTI
- DOMINICA
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
- ECUADOR
- EGYPT
- EL SALVADOR
- EQUATORIAL GUINEA
- ERITREA
- ESTONIA
- ETHIOPIA
- FALKLAND ISLANDS (ISLAS MALVINAS)
- FAROE ISLANDS
- FIJI
- FINLAND
Henriette Kress
Helsinki, Finland
henriettesherbal.com
- FRANCE
- FRENCH POLYNESIA
- FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC LANDS
- GABON
- GAMBIA
- GEORGIA
- GERMANY
Peter Becker
Goerdelerstr. 12
65197 Wiesbaden
Germany
Tel. 049 611 1846014
pg.Becker@web.de
newtritionink.de
- GHANA
- GIBRALTAR
- GREECE
- GREENLAND
- GRENADA
- GUAM
- GUATEMALA
- GUERNSEY
- GUINEA
- GUINEA-BISSAU
- GUYANA
- HAITI
- HEARD ISLAND & McDONALD ISLANDS
- _HOLY SEE (VATICAN CITY)
- HONDURAS
- HONG KONG
- HOWLAND ISLAND
- HUNGARY
- ICELAND
- INDIA
- INDONESIA
- IRAN
- IRAQ
- IRELAND
- ISLE OF MAN
- ISRAEL
- ITALY
- JAMAICA
- JAN MAYEN
- JAPAN
- JARVIS ISLAND
- JERSEY
- JOHNSTON ATOLL
- JORDAN
- KAZAKHSTAN
- KENYA
- KUWAIT
- KINGMAN REEF
- KIRIBATI
- KUWAIT
- KYRGYZSTAN
- LAOS
- LATVIA
- LEBANON
- LESOTHO
- LIBERIA
- LIBYA
- LIECHTENSTEIN
- LITHUANIA
- LUXEMBOURG
- MACAU
- MACEDONIA
- MADAGASCAR
- MALAWI
- MALAYSIA
- MALDIVES
- MALI
- MALTA
- MARSHALL ISLANDS
- MAURITANIA
- MAURITIUS
- MAYOTTE
- MEXICO
- MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF
- MIDWAY ISLANDS
- MALDOVA
- MONACO
- MONGOLIA
- MONTENEGRO
- MONTSERRAT
- MOROCCO
- MOZAMBIQUE
- NAMIBIA
- NAURU
- NAVASSA ISLAND
- NEPAL
- NETHERLANDS
- NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
- NEW CALEDONIA
- NEW ZEALAND
- NICARAGUA
- NIGER
- NIGERIA
- NIUE
- NORFOLK ISLAND
- NORTH KOREA
- NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
- NORTH KOREA
- NORWAY
- OMAN
- PAKISTAN
- PALAU
- PALMYRA ATOLL
- PANAMA
- PAPUA NEW GUINEA
- PARAGUAY
- PERU
- PHILIPPINES
- PITCAIRN ISLANDS
- POLAND
- PORTUGAL
- PUERTO RICO
- QATAR
- ROMANIA
- RUSSIA
- RWANDA
- SAINT BARTHELEMY
- SAINT HELENA
- SAINT KITTS & NEVIS
- SAINT LUCIA
- SAINT MARTIN
- SAINT PIERRE & MIQUELON
- SAINT VINCENT & THE GRENADINES
- SAMOA
- SAN MARINO
- SAO TOME & PRINCIPE
- SAUDI ARABIA
- SENEGAL
- SERBIA
- SEYCHELLES
- SIERRA LEONE
- SINGAPORE
- SLOVAKIA
- SLOVENIA
- SOLOMON ISLANDS
- SOMALIA
- SOUTH AFRICA
- SOUTH GEORGIA & THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS
- SOUTH KOREA
- SPAIN
- SRI LANKA
- SUDAN
- SURINAME
- SVALBARD
- SWAZILAND
- SWEDEN
- SWITZERLAND
Francois Couplan
CH-1692
Massonnens, Switzerland
011 41 26 653 19 78
fc@couplan.com
couplan.com
- SYRIA
- TAJIKISTAN
- TANZANIA
- THAILAND
- TIMOR-LESTE
- TOGO
- TOKELAU
- TONGA
- TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
- TUNISIA
- TURKEY
- TURKMENISTAN
- TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS
- TUVALU
- UGANDA
- UKRAINE
- UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
- UNITED KINGDOM
Fergus Drennan
info@wildmanwildfood.co.uk
www.wildmanwildfood.co.uk
Marcus Harrison
fwd2cluk@yahoo.co.uk
Wild Food School, Cornwall
Miles Irving
13 Tillard Close
Petham
Kent CT4 5RA
Great Britain
01227 700141
maninhisplace@hotmail.com
www.forager.org.uk
- URUGUAY
- UZBEKISTAN
- VANUATU
- VENEZUELA
- VIETNAM
- VIRGIN ISLANDS
- WAKE ISLAND
- WALLIS & FUTUNA
- YEMEN
- ZAMBIA
- ZIMBABWE
Miscellaneous
- Forage Ahead wild food yahoo chat group
- Wild Forager wild food yahoo chat group
- Wild Food School, Cornwall ENGLAND
- Free e-books on wild food plants by Simon the Scribe
- Wild edible plant playing cards
- Wildcraft! An herbal adventure game
- Dandyblend: a dandelion root coffee substitute
- Alan Hall’s Calendar of wild food plants
- Wild Harvest: selling morels, leeks, fiddleheads & chanterelles
- Integration Acres: selling pawpaw wild fruit products
- Forbes Wild Food: selling wild foods of Canada
- Wild Pantry: wild foods for sale
- Wild food plant classes at Earth Connection in northern VA
- Native plant seeds for sale
- Wild Food Forum Quarterly Newsletter
- Shanleya’s Quest – a children’s book about learning plants
