A regenerative agriculture project of the Organic Consumers Association located in Finland, MN
We are excited to announce this Wild Rice/Manoomin Skills Class: Making your own Bawaa'iganaakoon (Cedar Knocking Sticks) and Gaadikii'iganaakoon (Push Poles)! The main class is on August 5 with Folk School Instructor Ryan Bajan (bio and class details will be on finlandwildrice.com soon!) to be followed by optional further instruction...
We are excited to announce this Wild Rice/Manoomin Skills Class: Making your own Bawaa'iganaakoon (Cedar Knocking Sticks) and Gaadikii'iganaakoon (Push Poles)! The main class is on August 5 with Folk School Instructor Ryan Bajan (bio and class details will be on finlandwildrice.com soon!) to be followed by optional further instruction...
Mushroom Cultivation on Logs 101 This class offers an overview on how to cultivate mushrooms on logs, from log selection to mushroom harvest. It will include a tour of our laying yard in the forest, hands-on practice on inoculating logs with sawdust spawn, and handouts to take home. Bring your...
Whether for fun or for survival, knowing what wild things are edible is a great skill to have. Join us Saturday, June 15th, from 10am-12pm at the Clair Nelson Center to learn about wild edibles with Kurt Mead, Tettegouche State Park Interpretive Naturalist. We'll cover a wide variety of wild...
For over 30 years Laurie Kallinen has been making jams and jellies for her family, and for the past four years she has been selling her creations at the Finland Farmers Market, expanding her varieties to include many wild foraged flavors. Join us on August 3rd at 1pm at the...
Join local herbalist Lindsey Lockett for a hands-on workshop to learn how to make herbal tinctures. Venture into the field to form a relationship with the plants, choose from our pre-selected herbs, and go home with your very own homemade plant medicine. Sunday, August 4th at 10am at the North...
Join David and Lise Abazs for a two part workshop at their off-grid homestead, Round River Farm. First, join David Abazs at 1pm for an orchard management 101 class and orchard tour, followed by a short break. Then, learn the basics of beekeeping with Lise Abazs at 2:30pm. Please park...
Join Zachary Charles of Off Type Sauce & Spice to learn how to build a DIY Solar Food Dehydrator and help build one for the community to use, hosted at the North Shore AgroEcology Center here in Finland! The workshop will take place on Saturday, August 17th from 1-3pm where Zach will...
Learn some basics of Willow Basketry in a 2-day workshop with Bozena out of Minneapolis. Make your own foraging or harvest basket to take home, alongside new skills to make more! Please plan to be present for both sessions: Saturday Nov 16 from 9-5 and Sunday Nov 17 from 9-5,...
Join Kaare Melby of Finnskogen Farm for a free day-long pig butchering workshop on Wednesday, December 4th! Pigs are a very useful animal to have on a homestead, but a lot of people are intimidated by the idea of butchering a pig. In hopes to reduce or remove this barrier...
