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Middlesex County Beekeepers Association
Location: 01718
Description: More than 200 of your neighbors are members of the Middlesex County Beekeepers Association (MCBA). They are fascinated by these wonderful social insects called honeybees, and our activities are organized around our club’s theme, “Beekeepers helping Beekeepers.”
Contact: http://middlesexbeekeepers.org/,
Category: Beekeeping
Search Results for: plant ID
Nifty Homestead
Location: 900 1st Ave South, Suite 205A Seattle, WA 98134
Description: Nifty Homestead was founded to help aspiring and expert homesteaders learn and grow. We post resources on gardening, raising animals, natural building, sustainable energy, and tons of other topics related to homestead living.
Contact: https://www.niftyhomestead.com/, hello@niftyhomestead.com ,
Category: Milling , Carpentry, gardening, Urban Farming, Off the Grid, Plant ID, Aquaponics, Poultry, Beekeeping, Goats, Permaculture, Soapmaking, Quilting, Knit, Fiber arts, Weaving
Eat Wild with Russ Cohen
Location: Arlington, MA
Description: We usually encounter 25-40 different species of edible wild plants (and, in season, pending favorable weather conditions, mushrooms). Keys to the identification of each species are provided, as well as information about its edible portion(s), season(s)of availability, flavor and nutritive value, and some tips on preparation if necessary. Guidelines for safe and environmentally responsible foraging are also provided. In addition, there is a constantly changing variety of edible wild plants throughout the year, even at the same location, so that different plants are typically encountered on each visit.
Contact: http://users.rcn.com/eatwild/bio.htm, eatwild@rcn.com , (781) 646-7489
Category: Foraging, Plant ID
Hannaford Career Center
Location: 51 Charles Ave, Middlebury, VT , 05753
Description: Our mission is to provide educational experiences that prepare secondary and adult students with the knowledge and skills to enter the workforce in careers that are high skilled, high demand, and that pay a livable wage and to continue their education. Including adult education courses.
Contact: http://www.hannafordcareercenter.org, jbosworth@pahcc.org, (802) 382-1012
Category: welding, cooking, animal husbandry, plant ID, poultry, gardening, organic, composting, sustainable agriculture, cooking,
Vermont Tiny Homes
Location: Various Locations: VT
Description: Peter King is an experienced Vermont carpenter, an inspiring teacher, and a tiny house enthusiast. He has been building Tiny Houses in Vermont for years. He conducts weekend workshops in Northern Vermont. Join the new socioeconomic housing movement that reduces the world's carbon footprint by building small and living large.
Contact: http://www.vermonttinyhouses.com/, peterking@vermonttinyhouses.com, 802-933-6103
Category: homebuilding, gardening, carpentry, forestry, farming, permaculture, milling,electric, plumbing,plant ID
Prepper Camp
Location: 460 Orchard Lake Rd, Saluda, NC 28773
Description: An annual event where vendors and attendees alike can learn preparedness skills.
Contact: http://www.preppercamp.com/, SurvivorGarden@att.net,
Category: Aquaponics, Beekeeping, Hunting, Survival, Cooking, Blacksmithing, Beer, Wine, Cheese making, Food Preservation, Camping, Gardening, Animal Husbandry, Fiber Animals, Firearms, Off the grid, Trapping, Foraging, Plant ID
Edible Wild Food
Location: Shepherd’s Bush, Aurora, Ontario
Description: Wild edibles exist almost everywhere and are in abundance if you feel like foraging for them. Edible wild food has existed in almost every corner of our planet for tens of thousands of years. Edible weeds, flowers and wild herbs were foraged and used as food (as well as medications); and they provided all the vitamins, minerals and other nutrients required for the human body to maintain good health. Foraging for food used to be the way to survive.
Contact: http://www.ediblewildfood.com/, info@ediblewildfood.com,
Category: Foraging, Plant ID, survival
Cooking with Mrs. G
Location: Millbury, Massachusetts
Description: Rachel Goclawski is a Massachusetts Certified Educator, Wild Foods Foraging Guide, and Programming Partner with the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, Sudbury Valley Trustees, and Girl Scouts of Eastern MA. For her "day job," she is a US Army Information Technology Specialist assigned to a Green Energy Testing camp at Ft. Devens. Including sugar maple classes.
Contact: https://www.facebook.com/cookingwithmrsg/, goclawski@msn.com,
Category: foraging, plant ID, cooking, food preservation.
Encompass Community For Independent Learning
Location: Dartmouth, Massachusetts
Description: The Encompass Community For Independent Learning is located on 65 acres at Friends Academy in Dartmouth, Ma. We are housed under the existing Center For Education Innovation. With its overlap of progressive ideals and philosophical values, our program is a grant-funded partnership that serves as a bridge between the homeschool community and the learning community at large on the South Coast.
Contact: https://www.facebook.com/pg/Encompasscommunity/about/?ref=page_internal, egouveia@friendsacademy1810.org, (508) 999-1356
Category: gardening, plant ID,
Christopher Nyerges
Location: 4550 Oak Grove Dr, La Cañada Flintridge, CA 91011
Description: Regular field trips and workshops to learn about urban and wilderness self-reliance and survival. Learn about WILD FOODS, WILDERNESS SKILLS (such as fire-making, weaponry, shelter-building, etc.), URBAN SKILLS (such as food and water storage, emergency preparedness, alternates to electricity, etc.), and general NATURE AWARENESS and ECOLOGY awareness.
Contact: http://www.christophernyerges.com/, christopher_nyerges@yahoo.com, (626) 791-3217
Category: plant ID, survival, foraging, off the grid, biology, Basket making, camping,cooking, trapping, hunting, blacksmithing
Jack Mountain Bushcraft School
Location: PO Box 77 Ashland, ME 04732
Description: Our immersion programs integrate expedition leadership, bushcraft, primitive living skills, field ecology (edible and medicinal plants, mammals and their tracks, weather, the night sky, etc.), expedition canoeing and snowshoeing, natural crafting, off-grid homesteading, fly fishing, building your own gear (canoe paddles, pack baskets, bows, crooked knives, etc.) and living a simple, outdoor life.
Contact: http://jackmtn.com/, jmbushcraft@gmail.com, 207-518-8804
Category: plant ID, off the grid, fishing, homesteading, survival, camping,
New Hampshire Outdoor Learning Center
Location: 673 So. Main St. Wolfeboro, N.H. 03894
Description: The New Hampshire Outdoor Learning Center (NHOLC) was built for men and women just like you. Classes are designed for all ages and experience levels to give you the best opportunity for success and enjoyment in the woods and on the waters of New England. Each workshop includes comprehensive classroom training and in the field, hands-on experience. Grab your snowshoes, shotgun, or fishing rods and join us for fun and education that will last a lifetime!
Contact: http://nhoutdoorlearning.com/, steve@nhoutdoorlearning.com, 603-608-8673
Category: butchering, firearms, hunting, fishing, trapping,survival, plant ID, dog training, camping, cooking, backpacking
Earthwork Wilderness Survival Training School
Location: PO Box 961 Williamsburg, MA 01096
Description: Classes and workshops that are experiential and teach true sustainability through methods of living with nature in ways that benefit both us and the environment
Contact: http://earthworkprograms.com/, frank@earthworkprograms.com, 413-340-1161
Category: Plant ID, Foraging, Survival
Josh Fecteau
Location:
Description: An online journal focused on observing nature and earth skills
Contact: http://joshfecteau.com/, josh@joshfecteau.com,
Category: Plant ID, Foraging, Survival
Maine Primitive Skills School
Location: 716 Church Hill Rd, Augusta Maine
Description: The Maine Primitive Skills School is an intentionally small learning facility with a mission to provide quality instructor level courses. These courses teach primitive skills, bushcraft, wilderness survival, self reliance, permaculture design, and outdoor education. These are ancient skills that develop awareness and sufficiency with the focus of individuals, community interactions and the environment.
Contact: http://www.primitiveskills.com/, staff@primitiveskills.com, 207-623-7298
Category: Foraging, Plant ID, Camping, Survival, Backpacking, Off the Grid, Home building
Sacred Earth
Location:
Description: Sacred Earth is a private, grass-roots organization dedicated to exploring traditional plant knowledge & cosmologies. Ethnobotanists, Ecologists, Botanists, Conservationists, Eco-psychologists, Herbalists, Mythologists, Cosmologist, Philosophers and all other people of any age, race, and spiritual background who share a passion for nature and a concern for the well-being of Mother Earth are invited to participate in this forum of cross-cultural exchange.
Contact: http://www.sacredearth.com/, kmorgenstern@sacredearth.com, 607-821-1423
Category: Plant ID, Foraging
Boston School of Herbal Studies
Location: 12 Pelham Terrace, Arlington, MA 02476
Description: The Boston School of Herbal Studies (BSHS) is committed to providing high quality, affordable herbal education in an urban setting. We believe that health care must consider the whole person; body, mind, spirit, environment and community. BSHS promotes the world of healing plants in our urban community. In so doing, we support rehabilitation of plant and animal species in order to restore the integrity of our bioregion.
Contact: http://bostonherbalstudies.com/bostonherbalstudies.com/Home.chtml.html, herbalstudies@gmail.com, 781-646-6319
Category: plant ID, essential oils,
New England Wild Flower Society
Location: 180 Hemenway Road Framingham, MA 01701
Description: New England Wild Flower Society conserves native plants in the wild and encourages gardeners and landscape professionals to choose natives when they plant outdoor spaces, particularly plants grown from local seeds, harvested sustainably in the wild. Our mission is to conserve and promote the region’s native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.
Contact: http://www.newenglandwild.org/, information@newenglandwild.org, 508.877.7630
Category: plant ID, urban farming, gardening, composting
Boston Mycological Club
Location: Boston, MA 01841
Description: Each year, we offer a short series of classes in fungal ecology, collecting, and identification at Harvard's Farlow Herbarium. Presented by Club members, with the occasional guest, these classes are illustrated with photos and specimens. The easy interaction between the presenter and the class participants encourages student questions.
Contact: http://www.bostonmycologicalclub.org/, bostonmycologicalclub@gmail.com,
Category: plant ID, foraging
Wild Edibles
Location: NJ /PA
Description: As an expert in wild edible plants, Debbie works with the plant identification team for the annual Union County BioBlitz, a 24 hour event that seeks to identify as many species of flora and fauna as possible within a particular habitat area of N.J. She has lead field trips and conducted programs for Morris County Parks, Great Swamp Outdoor Education Center, NJ Mycological Association, Hanson Park Conservancy, NJ Native Plant Society, Highlands Coalition, and Sierra Club, as well as municipal environmental commissions and other organizations.
Contact: http://www.wildediblesnjpa.com/, debbienaha@gmail.com, 908-456-1681
Category: plant ID, foraging
Urban Farming Institute of Boston
Location: 34 Linwood St Boston, Massachusetts
Description: The Urban Farming Institute of Boston’s mission is to develop and promote urban farming as a Commercial sector that creates green collar jobs for residents; and to engage urban communities in building a healthier and more locally based food system.
Contact: https://urbanfarminginstitute.org/, (617) 989-9920
Category: urban farming, plant ID, foraging, beekeeping, sustainable agriculture
Farrington Nature Linc
Location: P.O. Box 293 Lincoln, MA 01773
Description: Organizer of Into Our Woods: An Adult Forest School Series of Workshops Farrington Nature Linc’s mission is to enhance the well-being of children from low-income communities through a connection with the natural world.
Contact: http://www.farringtonnaturelinc.org/, info@naturelinc.org, 781-888-0868
Category: plant ID, foraging,
New England Woods
Location: Cumberland, Rhode Island 02863
Description: New England Woods LLC, Survival School and Guide Service, based in Rhode Island, serves the local and wider outdoor community by offering regularly scheduled workshops, courses and classes related to modern survival and traditional bushcraft skills, as well as guided trips throughout the New England region.
Contact: https://newenglandwoodsllc.com/, jeff@newenglandwoodllc.com,
Category: camping, plant ID, survival,
Outdoor ESCAPES New Hampshire, LLC
Location: P.O. Box 104, Freedom, NH 03836
Description: Offering year-round guided outdoor adventures & lessons, sightseeing tours, adventure programming, and indoor educational programs, our mission is to immerse participants in New Hampshire's nature and heritage as they develop memories and life skills. Through these experiences, participants may learn one or more of the following: basic and advanced recreational sports, backcountry and survival skills, New Hampshire nature/culture/history, fundamentals of leadership (and followship), self-awareness and development, team-building, environmental awareness, and ecological relationships.
Contact: http://outdoorescapesnewhampshire.com/, naturenut@outdoorescapesnewhampshire.com , (603) 528-0136
Category: survival, camping, backpacking, plant ID, foraging,
Northcamp
Location: 1117 E. Putnam Ave. #330 Riverside, CT 06878
Description: A fantastic experience for both the complete novice and the well seasoned! “See things for what they can be… not just for what they are.” Our school is designed for you to LEARN survival techniques, NOT ENDURE survival hardships.
Contact: http://www.northcampsurvival.com/, steve@northcampsurvival.com, 203-496-1102
Category: survival, camping, plant ID
Mountain Scout Survival School
Location: Hopewell Junction, NY
Description: In the woods...Wilderness 1, offered in Hopewell Junction, NY introduces the seven arrows of primitive skill; shelter, water, fire, food, tracking, awareness & movement. In the city...Urban Preparedness offered near Central Park in NYC will open your eyes to becoming prepared regardless of your environment.
Contact: http://mtnscoutsurvival.com/, mt.scoutsurvival@gmail.com, 845-629-4866
Category: survival, camping, hunting, plant ID, foraging,
Native Survival
Location: North Dartmouth, Massachusetts
Description: The Native Survival School's development is spearheaded by its Founder Mitch Mitchell. Hailing from Massachusetts, Mitch exercises his skills in the dynamic Northeast among its intense hurricanes, powerful blizzards, blistering 105F heat, to the subzero -20F winters. Mitch actively travels to several bioregions on North America to routinely test his skills; including Deleware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Maine, New York, and Ohio.
Contact: http://nativesurvival.com/, nativesurvival@yahoo.com,
Category: survival, plant ID,
The Resilience Hub & Portland Maine Permaculture
Location: 224 Anderson St Portland, Maine 04101
Description: The Resilience Hub is a collaborative organization based in Portland Maine. Our mission is to build resilience at the personal, household and community levels while creating thriving examples of abundance based on ecological wisdom. We do this by offering a range of events, education and training as well as resilience-building services and projects.
Contact: http://resiliencehub.org/, courses@resiliencehub.org, Highlights info row image (207) 370-7697
Category: permaculture, sustainable agriculture, organic farming, plant ID, gardening, farming
Sigma 3 Survival School
Location: 1233 Highway B Mansfield, MO 65704
Description: Sigma 3 Survival is an extremely unique entity in the survival community. We are setup to offer a broader array of training than any other survival school in the country. Sigma does not differentiate between the different skills sets involved in the survival philosophy. Because just as bushcraft is pivotal for your survival in the wilderness, tactical and defense related skills are important for your urban and combat related survival. All in all, survival is the study and practice of keeping your ASS alive no matter what is happening around you!
Contact: https://www.survivalschool.us/, 479-426-7990
Category: survival, trapping, first aid, plant ID, backpacking, foraging,
Sigma 3 Survival School
Location: Gravette, Arkansas
Description: Sigma 3 Survival is an extremely unique entity in the survival community. We are setup to offer a broader array of training than any other survival school in the country. Sigma does not differentiate between the different skills sets involved in the survival philosophy. Because just as bushcraft is pivotal for your survival in the wilderness, tactical and defense related skills are important for your urban and combat related survival. All in all, survival is the study and practice of keeping your ASS alive no matter what is happening around you!
Contact: https://www.survivalschool.us/, 314-308-6955
Category: survival, trapping, first aid, plant ID, backpacking, foraging,
Sigma 3 Survival School
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Description: Sigma 3 Survival is an extremely unique entity in the survival community. We are setup to offer a broader array of training than any other survival school in the country. Sigma does not differentiate between the different skills sets involved in the survival philosophy. Because just as bushcraft is pivotal for your survival in the wilderness, tactical and defense related skills are important for your urban and combat related survival. All in all, survival is the study and practice of keeping your ASS alive no matter what is happening around you!
Contact: https://www.survivalschool.us/, 719-930-9714
Category: survival, trapping, first aid, plant ID, backpacking, foraging,
Sigma 3 Survival School
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Description: Sigma 3 Survival is an extremely unique entity in the survival community. We are setup to offer a broader array of training than any other survival school in the country. Sigma does not differentiate between the different skills sets involved in the survival philosophy. Because just as bushcraft is pivotal for your survival in the wilderness, tactical and defense related skills are important for your urban and combat related survival. All in all, survival is the study and practice of keeping your ASS alive no matter what is happening around you!
Contact: https://www.survivalschool.us/, 401-632-1670
Category: survival, trapping, first aid, plant ID, backpacking, foraging,
Sigma 3 Survival School
Location: Ridgeway, VA
Description: Sigma 3 Survival is an extremely unique entity in the survival community. We are setup to offer a broader array of training than any other survival school in the country. Sigma does not differentiate between the different skills sets involved in the survival philosophy. Because just as bushcraft is pivotal for your survival in the wilderness, tactical and defense related skills are important for your urban and combat related survival. All in all, survival is the study and practice of keeping your ASS alive no matter what is happening around you!
Contact: https://www.survivalschool.us/, 276-226-9104
Category: survival, trapping, first aid, plant ID, backpacking, foraging,
Wilderness Awareness School
Location: 26425 NE Allen St, Ste 203 Duvall, WA 98019
Description: Wilderness Awareness School, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization founded in 1983, is an internationally-recognized leader in outdoor education. Our mission is to help children and adults cultivate healthy relationships with nature, community and self. We are based in the foothills of the Cascade mountains about 45-minutes outside of Seattle, WA.
Contact: https://wildernessawareness.org/, 425-788-1301
Category: Survival, Plant ID, Foraging, Hunting, Land Surveying, Fishing,
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