Fall Harvesting & Survival w/ Christopher Nyerges

Join Ojai author-herbalist Lanny Kaufer and special guest author-forager-survivalist Christopher Nyerges on Saturday, October 15, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Ojai to learn seasonal foraging and survival skills. Participants will process acorns and black walnuts for eating over a fire made with primitive skills, learn to identify edible and medicinal plants, learn basics of navigation and orienteering (finding your direction), and practice making cordage from yucca leaves. There may be other activities, depending on seasonal foods and supplies available.

The workshop will begin with a foraging walk on the fringes of Euterpe Farms followed by the afternoon workshop under a live oak. After the workshop, Nyerges and Kaufer will have their books on hand for sale and signing.

The cost for the workshop, including all materials, is $85 for adults and $45 for children under 18. Registration and more information can be found at HerbWalks.com or by calling 805-646-6281. This workshop will go on rain or shine with the exception of a heavy downpour in the morning and/or a 100% chance of heavy rain that day.

Paid registrants will receive a confirmation email with all necessary info, including weather forecast and parking directions, a few days prior to the workshop. They also will receive a follow-up email afterwards with recipes, instructions, and a list of all plants identified. No dogs or smoking, please.

 ABOUT CHRISTOPHER NYERGES

Christopher Nyerges is an author, forager, survivalist and ethnobotanist with a lifelong interest in how native peoples lived off the land. He has been teaching classes and leading field trips since 1974 to over 40,000 students. Nyerges has authored nearly two dozen books, including Foraging California, Guide to Wild Foods, Nuts and Berries of California, How to Survive Anywhere, Extreme Simplicity, and many others.  He was the editor of American Survival Guide magazine and served as editor of Wilderness Way magazine for 7 years. He has written several thousand newspaper and magazine articles in such publications as the Los Angeles Times, Pasadena Star News, Pasadena Weekly, Whole Life Times, Countryside, Mother Earth News, Acres USA, American Survival Guide, and others.

Nyerges has appeared on the late Huell Howser’s public television series, KCET’s “Life and Times,” and National Geographic’s “Doomsday Preppers.” For two years, Nyerges appeared on Fox TV’s “X Show,” where he demonstrated survival skills on the streets of Los Angeles. He has served as a consultant to the “Naked and Afraid” show on Discovery.  Christopher Nyerges’ website is www.SchoolofSelf-Reliance.com.