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1. #PACIFIC NORTHWEST EDIBLE PLANTS HOW TO#
2. #PACIFIC NORTHWEST EDIBLE PLANTS FULL#
3. #PACIFIC NORTHWEST EDIBLE PLANTS PROFESSIONAL#
4. #PACIFIC NORTHWEST EDIBLE PLANTS SERIES#

We can support local, small scale honey producers, particularly those that demonstrate sustainable management practices with their hives.We can plant things and provide habitat for bees (there are many kinds – not just honeybees! – and other pollinators.We can not use insecticides in our own garden.In the meantime, you and I can take action.

“Someone” isn’t sure and needs to do more research. But I don’t think people who are concerned about the health of our insect pollinator partners should wait around for “someone” to make things better. Sometimes my tendency towards angry sarcasm gets the better of me. Yeah, maybe we should do additional research to…you know, determine the risks. No shit? For real? Hold on, the shock of this is too much for me. Oh, and – almost as an afterthought, as the last bullet point in the synopsis – the report suggests that, “ Additional Research is Needed to Determine Risks Presented by Pesticides.” Snark and Head-SmackingĪdditional research is needed to determine risks presented by pesticides? Wait, there’s a possibility that chemicals designed to kill insects are… killing insects?! Over the last six years, annual losses of hives has averaged 30.5 percent.Ī joint report from the EPA and the USDA found that hives are collapsing because of parasites, lack of genetic diversity, poor nutrition, and poor communication between growers and bee-keepers. Nearly a third of managed hives – gone in one year.

#PACIFIC NORTHWEST EDIBLE PLANTS PROFESSIONAL#

So why, according to this USDA Report, are professional bee-keepers reporting that “total losses of managed honey bee colonies nationwide were 31.1 percent from all causes for the 2012/2013 winter.” Like every important relationship, it makes sense to nurture our relationship to bees. Here’s a giant list of crops that are pollinated by bees. Most of what we think of as food is highly dependant on our pollinating insect friends.* All fruit, tree nuts, squash, seeds for most vegetables, chocolate… Oh, never mind, I don’t have the space.

#PACIFIC NORTHWEST EDIBLE PLANTS HOW TO#

An introduction to local Medicinal Plants as well as how to create Salves, Tinctures, Teas, Vinegars, Decoctions, and more!.How to ethically and safely Forage, Prepare and Eat wild plants for both everyday culinary use and wilderness survival.You will go home with the working knowledge of: By following the plants into the Fall in two separate workshops, we are able to cover each plant more intimately, rather than trying to introduce everything in a single weekend. This hands on experiential intensive is more advanced than our Fall Wild Edible Workshop and will follow Edible and Medicinal Plants of the Pacific Northwest Temperate Rain Forest in the Fall season as they make their appearance. Native wild plants are some of the most nutrient dense foods you can obtain, and best of all, they’re free!

#PACIFIC NORTHWEST EDIBLE PLANTS FULL#

There is a secret garden full of nutrition and medicine right in the native forests of your own backyard! Knowing how to harvest and prepare them is truly a gift to yourself and your family.

#PACIFIC NORTHWEST EDIBLE PLANTS SERIES#

Fall Edible and Medicinal Plants Intensive – a 3-part series