Living Lands: The Basics of Wildcrafting
August 7 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Join us for a lecture that will provide a brief introduction into how to confidently identify several nutritious, wild-growing plants and fungi commonly found in the northeastern United States. This lecture will inform what parts of the plants are edible, when they should be harvested and how they can be prepared.
Virtual option available.
About the Speaker: Dr. Marybeth Mitcham is an innovative and interdisciplinary public health professional, educator, and researcher, with extensive experience in non-profit, higher education, and community settings. Mitcham is an expert in her field on wildcrafting: foraging for and using native plants for nutritional and medicinal purposes.
About the Living Lands Series
Living Lands is a presentation series that takes an exclusive and up-close look at the people, history and wildlife of the lands of Lake George and the Adirondacks, past and present. The 2024 summer’s Living Lands Series will be live at the LGLC office in Bolton Landing at 5:30 p.m. Registration is required, as space is limited. Visit our Living Lands page for a full schedule.