Edible Wild Plants: Identifying, Foraging and Preparing

Let thy kitchen be thy apothecary; and, let foods be your medicine. ~Hippocrates

Deepen your understanding of the earth's most nutritionally dense plants on the planet to improve health and well-being.

Learn about the many common, renewable, edible and medicinal wild plants growing in your area. How to use them in food, for medicine and in teas. This training will help you to choose herbs, which are right for you and for those you may be supporting.

We will cover nutritional profiles of 36 herbs that are easy to find and are commonly used both as food and medicine.

Nutritional Herbalism is an indispensable training for the modern herbalist student, those studying nutritional medicine and for anyone who wants to better support the health of their body and their family.

Within your grasp is the knowledge, medicine and food needed to make a difference.

Nutrition is the root to physical wellness; every living cell depends on it!

Nutritional Herbalism - Deepen Your Connection

tree Bringing nutritionally rich plants into your life will deepen your connection to the earth and to yourself.

What happens during an Edible Wild Food Experience?

By the end of this training, you will be able to:

1. Identify a variety of nutritional wild plants.
2. Have a solid understanding of the nutritional facts of herbs
3. Know how the body systems work and which herbs are appropriate to use for each system.

4. Understand the energetic model of plants from an Ayurvedic approach.
5. Learn plant characteristics and their therapeutic uses.
6. Create a three-step herb therapy program, with the ability to choose a maintenance, acute illness or chronic illness approach.
7. Understanding of the Nature of Disease (not just the symptoms) and how to balance body
8. Harvest herbs in a way that supports the environment.

Theory Content

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• The Secret of Plant Life
• Optimal Use of Nutritionally-Dense Plants
• Nutritional Plant Alchemy
• The Essential Nutrients in Herbs & Foods
• Organic Soil for Organic Bodies
• Re-Mineralizing & Cleansing
• Essential Elements for Optimal Nutritional Health
• The Classification of Herbs
• Digestion & herbs
• Hybrid & GMO Foods Effects on our Body

Hands–on-Learning
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• Wild Fruit ~ Wild Greens
• Stalking the Photochemical & Antioxidant-Rich Plants
• The Power of Wild Foods
• The Wild and Local SuperFoods
• Making Enzyme ~ Rich Tea
• Creating a Multi-Mineral Power Formula
• The High ~ Performance Superdrink
• Green Drinks: Nutritional Life Insurance
• Health Cocktails & Elixirs
• Herbal Juice Therapy & Organic Juice Feasting
• Optimal Nutrition through Fresh Herbal Juices herb walk

Who can benefit from this experience?

If you want to take your health to the next level this Edible Wild Food Adventure guides you to:

• Improve your health and that of your families
• Help those who are suffering with an illness
• Expand your knowledge of how ancient cultures used nutritional plants
• Learn how to bring the common and wild edible herbs into your cuisine
• How to harvest and store herbs
• Support your own healing
• The Art of Wild Plant Foraging

Nutritional Herbalism:

The Incredible Edible Adventure

June 1-3
Times: 9am - 5pm.

"One is tempted to say that the most human plants, after all, are the weeds." ~John Burrough

An in-depth exploration of the many facets of the value and usage of nutritional wild edibles. Learn about edible and medicinal plants and trees, nature and ecology.

This practical series to Carolinian Canada's edible plants will cover where to find them, when and how to gather them, and how to prepare them.

The purpose of this hands-on training is to learn about the environment and get back in touch with nature. By studying foraging and nature we enjoy our renewable resources and reaffirm our commitment to preserving and rebuilding our ecological riches.

Nutritional Herbalism:

Discovering Local Superfoods

Sept. 7-9
Times: 9am - 5pm.

Is there such a thing as a 'superfood' or 'superherb' and if so why are they so good for you?

Natural superfoods and superherbs are foods that provide more vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, chlorophyll and other nutrients than other foods. Superfoods tend to increase your health, energy and vitality. Some superherbs are discovered in the delicate, lush south coast of Canada. Many of these plants have been consumed for years, some of which date back centuries and once again are becoming more common as people are discovering the amazing diversity we have in this region.

Different edible herbs are good for you in different ways. However, there are a group of so called 'superfoods' that can claim to be above all others because of their exceptional nutritional value. This workshop series, you will learn how to recognize, grow and use these plants.

There are dozens of these extra special herbs growing in our region of the world. We will go through an in-depth exploration of the Essential Dozen that you do not want to be without.

Upon completion of this two-part series you will receive a Certificate of Completion.

Recommended Reading

• The Yoga of Herbs, An Ayurvedic Guide to Herbal Medicine, ~Dr. David Frawley & Dr. Vasant Lad, Lotus Press
• Nutritional Herbology: A Reference Guide to Herbs, ~Mark Pederson, Wendell W. Whitman Company
• The Dictionary of Modern Herbalism: A Practical Guide to Practical Herbal Therapy, ~ Simon Y. Mills, M.A, MNIMH

Certificate

A Certificate of Completion will be issued upon completing three 3-Day Herbal Trainings.

Facilitator: Shantree Kacera, D.N., Ph.D.

Shantree is an Permaculture Teacher, Ayurvedic Live-Food Nutritionist, Therapeutic & Shamanic Herbalist, and Constitutional Iridologist Educator with 35 years experience in the Natural Healing Arts. He is the founder and co-director of The Living Centre (1983), and Living Arts Institute.

Shantree received his doctorate in Nutritional Medicine and Herbalism in the 70's. Since then he has been
exploring the effect of food and herbs on one's physical, mental & emotional health. His passion and study has lead him to explore the benefits of a high energy Ayurvedic live-food approach to nutrition. He has had the honor to teach, counsel and empower thousands of individuals on their health and educational journey.

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