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These presentations explores how biodiversity strengthens food systems and wildlife habitats. It will include presentations from professionals on Wyoming native plant foraging, traditional plant uses, edible habitat design, and cooking with wild plants.
Day ONE:
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Leah Burback, Heirloom & Native: Foraging: Plant Identification: Edible, Medicinal and Poisonous
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Kelly Pingree & Billie Spoonhunter, Wind River Food Sovereignty Project: Traditional Uses of Native Plants in School Meals - Indigenous Farm to School Initiative
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Janet Hofmann, Washakie County Conservation District: Native Plant Resources
DAY TWO:
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Shayley Cooper, Greenhouse Manager and Permaculture at Sheridan County School District No. 2: Treating Your Garden like an Ecosystem - Biodiversity, Guilds, and More!
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Jolene Velarde, Centsible Nutrition: Cooking with Dandelion
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Jacelyn Downey, Audubon of the Rockies: Ecosystems You Can Eat: Edible Native Plants of Wyoming
Prairie to Pantry: Wyoming Plants for Food & Habitat is a collaboration between the Wyoming Food Coalition and Washakie County Conservation District, and is inspired by Washakie County's local collaborative called "FULL: Hearts. Bellies. Pantries.", focused on food production, procurement, preparation and preservation.
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