Bay Area A Walk on the Wildside

Seasonal Harvest Series with Mia Andler

What if there were no grocery stores, no factories producing mass amounts of processed foods, no restaurants. What would we eat?

Take a walk into another time where food literally appears at your feet and experience the abundance of your extended backyard through the mindset of the hunter gatherer.

Whether you are an experienced primitive skills enthusiast or just heard about the idea of eating a wild plant for the first time, these walks are a fun way to share knowledge and meet other interested folks in the area, while enjoying a beautiful morning stroll. Each walk, lead by naturalist Mia Andler and guest experts, will focus on a seasonal topic.

Upcoming topics

Greeeens! Make your own Wild Salad February 7, 2010 10am-12pm It's that time of year when everything turns green. Brown hills and dry grass have been replaced by a beautiful moist emerald carpet. That's great news for us wild foragers, cause those little guys beneath our feet are not just useful but edible and often super tasty. This is the perfect time to harvest the tender young leaves of so many plants. Come learn about the abundance of spring and the health benefits of eating wild on our journey to find lunch in our extended backyard. Just don't step on my salad.

Practical Botany-Who's Who in the Plant World? March 7, 2010 10am-12pm There are so many plants out there. How do you even get started with recognizing which ones are edible? Or which ones a poisonous? Learn about basic plant classification, how to identify by family and the best resources for wild foraging in this area. We will also discuss sustainable harvesting methods. Great way to start off your wild harvest journey.

Grasses, bulbs, flowers, corms April 4, 2010 10am-12pm It's spring! Listen to the birds sing and run through the wildflower meadows. While you're at it, take a closer look at some of those beauties. Many flowers and their seeds are actually edible. Some of the staple foods of the natives were actually wildflower seeds, roots and corms. Learn how to harvest these tiny little treats, which flowers you can decorate your salads with and the value of grasses as survival food.

Wild Flours May 2, 2010 10am-12pm Flour, such an essential ingredient to many of our daily meals. Most often we think of it as being made out of wheat or corn. But, did you know that flour ingredients grow all around us. Explore local wild flower seeds and roots that can be made into flour on a hike through the hills and come back to the outdoor kitchen to create some wild snacks.

Nature's First Aid Plants June 6, 2010 10am-12pm There's something very empowering about being able to run into the backyard for a cure for a bite, scrape or headache. It's amazing how many very accessible plant allies there are all around us that we can use both on and off the trail on summer adventures. Join us on a Sunday morning walk where we learn about the most common first aid plants and edibles, identifying them and their benefits along the way.

Freedom of Food-Suburban Forage July 4, 2010 10am-12pm What systems are we dependent on each day for our food? Some of it comes from miles away and much of it requires large amounts of inputs of water and nutrients to produce. Yet 500 years ago people subsisted solely on local, wild foods. What did they eat? How did they ensure that they could harvest year after year? Can these examples of the past be applied to our landscape today to create a healthier food system? Come explore this favorite topic of mine, while wandering our suburban landscape in search of truly local foods.

Survival Foods and Preservation Aug 1, 2010 10am-12pm What a strange paradox this season is in Northern California. Our irrigated gardens are brimming over with produce while the hillsides are dry and barren. What wild foods can we eat in this season? Is there enough to sruvive? And what did people of the past do to preserve their food for times of need? Explore these questions and the beautiful landscape that surrounds us.

Local Super Foods Sept 5, 2010 10am-12pm Discover the wild super foods of nature. No need for power bars when local super foods are growing right at your feet. We will hike the steep hillsides of Fairfax stopping along the way to learning about the edibles of the season. After our hike we'll re-energize by brewing up some tasty wild power snacks and manzanita lemonade.

Berries and Nuts Oct 3, 2010 10am-12pm Look up! Because it's the season when food grows on trees. Join us on a feral forage in the hills as we look for bay nuts, madrone berries and early acorns. Learn about wild food preservation, health benefits and uses along the way.

Eat Acorns! Nov 7, 2010 10am-12pm Acorns, a staple food of the native peoples of the area are still growing all around our gorgeous oak woodlands. Come harvest, process and sample these nutritious nuts. We will particularly focus on how we can use acorns in a way that fits into our modern lifestyles and cooking. We will learn how to identify our most common oaks and their acorns and discuss how we can contribute to the health of our oak forests.

Healing Teas and Salves Dec 5, 2010 10am-12pm It's cold season and gift giving season as well. A great time to brew up some healing tea or salve for a friend. Join uson a hike to find some healing plants and learn how to create medicinal gifts from our extended backyard. Ah, the lovely smell of a cup of freshly brewed Yerba Buena tea.

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