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Wildculturing: The Art of Crafting Live-Cultured Foods
(4-Week Online Series)

Wildculturing works with increasing the fecundity and perennial abundance of the inner and outer terrain. Wildculturing is a toolbox packed with traditional techniques and practices from simple ways to increase the quality of microorganisms in an inner microbiome or a microclimate. It brings back wholeness of the combined genetic material of the microorganisms in a particular environment.”

Wildculturing is a process that starts with the wild and native edible plants found in fields and forests. These plants are brought into our kitchens to initiate the culturing process.

Aug 22 – Sept 12, 2024

If you want to learn about the wonders of the gut microbiome and its role in maintaining good health, come and join us. You will also learn about the ancient food-preserving process of bacterial fermentation, how it works, and why it is so essential for our health. During this series, you will have the opportunity to understand the benefits of gut health with wild edibles, spices and medicinal plants.

Fermentation not only makes food delicious but also enhances its nutritional value. Microscopic organisms play a crucial role in transforming food and extending its shelf life. Fermentation is a practice that is deeply ingrained in human cultures all around the world. Hundreds of medical and scientific studies support the traditional knowledge that fermented foods are beneficial for human health and help people stay healthy.

We will discuss some of your favourite foods and drinks, including fermented ones. Our focus will be on types of fermentation incorporating local wild weeds of the season.

Some of the possible topics to be discussed are:

  • Sprouted Grains Sour Dough Crackers

  • Seed and Nut Cheeses

  • Vegetable Ferments

  • Herbal Cider Vinegar

  • Lightly Cultured Herbal Teas

  • Wild Pickles

  • Sauerkraut Spicy Kimchi

  • Herbal Vinegar

  • Water Kefir

  • Wild Weed Ferments

  • Kombucha & Jun

  • Root Tonics: Cultured Roots of Wild Weeds

Rewilding your diet could be a key step to learning how to live more regeneratively in harmony with nature.

Curriculum

Week 1
Go Wild to Thrive

  • Why Local, Wild & Native Plants

  • Health Benefits of Wild Foods & Best Ways to Ingest Them

  • Understand the cautions involved in foraging food

  • Best Wild Foods for Nutritional Value

Week 2
Wild Foods vs Cultivated Foods

  • Nutritional Value of Edible Wild Foods

  • Wild Foods are more Nutritious than Domesticated Foods

  • Gifts of the Wild

  • Local Herbs for Immunity

Week 3
The Wild-biome Experiment

  • Ferments for Gut Health

  • Rewilding the Microbiome

  • Wild Foods Alterations to the Gut Microbiome

  • 12 Essential Wild Plants for Vital Health

Week 4
Climate-Resilient Local-Native Edibles

  • How to Grow Gut Bugs

  • Rewilding Your Backyard

  • Rewild: Biodiversity is the Solution

  • Roles & Values of Wild Food Environments for Cultural Identity & Food Security

Includes

  • Seasonal Foraging Charts & Handouts

  • The Incredible Edibles manual

  • Wildculturing: The Art of Crafting Live-Cultured Foods e-Manual 

  • Wild Edible Guide PDF

Engaging Practices

  • 28-Day Transformation Process

  • Living the Essential Keys

  • Reflections & Insights

  • Interactive Format

  • Buddy Mate for Change

  • Key Lessons

  • Q & A

  • Recorded Sessions for Future Viewing

Dates:
Aug 15 – Sept 5, 2024,
Thursday Evenings,
7 – 9:30 pm.

Cost Sliding Scale
Regular -  $175

Reduce - $150  for those who find the regular rate beyond their means

Sponsor - $200  to support those who need to choose the ‘Reduced Rate’
Plus HST tax

Pre-registration is essential for participation. Kindly register at least a week before the commencement date.

Meet your instructor

Shantree Kacera

Shantree Kacera, R.H., D.N., Ph.D., an international author and teacher, co-directs The Living Centre Eco-Spiritual Education Sanctuary since 1983. With a doctorate in Nutritional Medicine and Herbalism, Shantree pioneers integrative approaches to Ayurvedic Medicine, Living Nutrition, and Herbalism.

A passionate curator, mentor, and Earth advocate, Shantree focuses on Shamanic Energetic Herbalism and Ayurvedic Living Nutrition. With over 45-years of teaching experience, he integrates herbalism, plant medicine, and forest gardening with scientific insights for a regenerative and evolved future.

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