Wild Foods and Medicines

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11/23/2017

“NEW on Smithsonian Voices: Everyone's history matters. The Thanksgiving story deeply rooted in America’s school curriculum reduces the Wampanoag Indians to supporting roles. The true history of Thanksgiving begins with the First People.” Read more at ...

The Thanksgiving story deeply rooted in America’s school curriculum frames the Pilgrims as the main characters and reduces the Wampanoag Indians to supporting roles. It also erases a monumentally sad history. When we pay homage to the United States' European settlers and their bravery, and react to…

07/05/2017

Learn about the First Peoples where you live. Super easy just type in your location...

Welcome to Native Land. This is a resource for North Americans (and others) to find out more about local indigenous territories and languages.

06/06/2017

Wild rose is in full glory here in Olympia. We have been making infused honey, rose oil and rose toner for an after sun spray. check out recipes at http://wildfoodsandmedicines.com/wild-rose-flower/

02/28/2017

Bees!!!!

Imagine how hard just one bee works in a single day. Bees tend to at least 2,000 flowers daily, with tiny wings beating 10,000 times per minute, carrying pollen, and dramatically assisting our food supply. Sound exhausting? Bees get thirsty, and they need safe water sources. The problem is water...M...

10/11/2016

It is the perfect time to dig dandelion and burdock roots. Learn about the many amazing uses of these 2 common plants at GRuB in Olympia tomorrow night.

09/10/2016

It is the perfect time to harvest rose hips. They will turn brown quickly once the nights get cold. Pinch off the brown sepals at the tip and dry them in a food dehydrator or in a basket. They are wonderful in tea. For more information visit http://wildfoodsandmedicines.com/rosehips/

08/09/2016

Hey Friends, botanist Frederica Bowcutt is speaking on her wonderful new book about camas prairies this Saturday in Rochester.

07/03/2016

Salal berries are ripe and make a great addition to fruit leather. They are loaded with antioxidants and have great preservative power. http://wildfoodsandmedicines.com/salal/.

06/22/2016

It is the perfect time to harvest yarrow. This one plant is a whole medicine chest. Use it topically to stop bleeding, reduce inflammation and heal wounds. Internally it can help break a fever and stimulate circulation. http://wildfoodsandmedicines.com/yarrow/

05/27/2016

Steeped in rich Indigenous history.

In Mexico, Chocolate isn't just a sweet treat. It is a food steeped in history and spirituality that has lost its place in Mexican agriculture and production.…

05/26/2016

You just want to pinch her cheek, another super cute pic this time a 6-year-old Madison Kanovak Pooyataq Eetoolook flensing a seal skin for the first time. She is from Taloyoak.

PHOTO: Eliza Naomi Eetoolook.