13 Apr 2010

Register today for the 2010 Wild Food Summit

Posted by rsdallinger

The 2010 Wild Food Summit is set for June 16-19, 2010.

Structured as a 4-day camping event, the Summit offers something for all wild food enthusiasts. Beginners to advanced practitioners alike will enjoy learning about wild foods, meeting new people, and having fun. Participants will gain hands on experience gathering, preparing and cooking wild food.

Robert Shimek

Robert Shimek is this year’s Summit Coordinator. Bob continues Stephanie Williams’ work in bringing people together for this annual event. He is a native of the White Earth Indian Reservation and has spent most of his life in the northern Minnesota area. Bob can be reached at 218-407-0698 or email at: rjshimek@hotmail.com.

The month of June in Northern Minnesota can present a number of outdoor living challenges including hot, cold, and wet weather, mosquitoes and ticks. Please come prepared. Past Wild Food Summits have been extremely successful because camp participants assisted with all aspects of camp cooking and maintenance. Please bring all camping gear and note that no showers are available so bring your bathing suits!

Due to construction at the White Earth Rediscovery Center, the Summit has been moved to a new, temporary location south of the White Earth Reservation. The address is 17777 County Hwy 31, Frazee, MN. We will be camping near, and bathing in, Little Toad Lake in Becker County east of Detroit Lakes.

Beginners may wish to do some reading and research prior to the summit. Some of these recommended books may be quite expensive but check your local library and other sources for this information.

• Peterson Field guide to edible wild plants; Eastern and Central North America By Lee Allen Peterson

• Mushrooms Demystified By David Arora
Read the first 50 pages and then read it again.

• Botany in a Day, By Thomas J. Elpel,

• Nature’s Garden By Samuel Thayer

• The Foragers Harvest By Samuel Thayer

• Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, By Lawrence Newcomb

Download the 2010 Wild Food Summit registration form here:

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  1. Please save a space for me! This sounds wonderful. I am copying the registration form and will send out a check this week, but wanted to make sure there would still be room for me!

    Thanks,
    Joan Vorderbruggen

     

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  • Mother Earth is Bountiful!

    The Wild Food Summit is an intensive, hands-on experience that explores ways to identify, harvest and prepare wild foods. With the guidance of the presenters, participants forage for food and prepare meals using pit cooking and outdoor baking. The annual event also explores the utilitarian and medicinal uses of plants.

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