SATURDAY: Natural Food Preservation Series with Lost Arts Kitchen

This Saturday, join Chris Musser from Lost Arts Kitchen in a Create Your Own Pantry series! 10-1am will be on Canning, Freezing and Drying fruit bounty. 2-4pm will be on lactofermentation.  Workshops will be in the inspiring outdoor kitchen at Tryon Life Community Farm. Yes We Can (and Freeze and Dry): Preserve fruit for the winter(Create Your Own Pantry series with Chris Musser from Lost Arts Kitchen)Saturday, August 8, 10am-1pmIn one class, learn to can, freeze, and dry fruit. We'll make Jam, freeze whole fruit, and make fruit leather, using seasonally available fruit. All participants will take home food they preserved.  For more information about Lost Arts Kitchen: Slow Food Traditions for Modern Life, visit www.lostartskitchen.com.Cost is $40 or $60 for both classes in the series.Lactofermentation: Naturally Preserving Summer's Bounty

(Create Your Own Pantry series with Chris Musser from Lost Arts Kitchen)Saturday, August 8, 2pm-4pmIn this class, we'll make lactofermented pickles, cabbage, kale, and salsa! Try your hand at this ancient preservation technique that enhances food's nutritional value and tastes delicious! All participants will take home food they preserved.  For more information about Lost Arts Kitchen: Slow Food Traditions for Modern Life, visit www.lostartskitchen.com.Cost is $30 or $60 for both classes in the series. Please pre-register by emailing [email protected] or calling 503-245-3847.  More information can also be found at www.tryonfarm.org. All workshops take place at TLC Farm, 11640 SW Boones Ferry Road, Portland 97219.  See www.tryonfarm.org for details.

MORE WORKSHOPS THIS AUGUST:Making Herbal Medicine with Judy BlueHorse SkeltonSunday, August 9, 2-5 pm  Learn about herbal medicine making from extraordinary herbalist Judy BlueHorse. Cost is $25 for the class, includes materials for medicines that you'll take home.

Basics of Botany and Wildcrafting(Herb Workshop series with Erico Schleicher of the Elderberry School)August 11th, 10am-1pm

Discuss the basics of botany, then delve into the local plants and herbs of the Tryon Creek watershed during a plant walk in Tryon Creek State Park. $25 for the class.Experience-based Herbalism(Herb Workshop series with Erico Schleicher of the Elderberry School)August 18th, 10 am-1 pmLearn about the properties of herbs through direct personal experience with the plants (also known as organoleptic testing). Also discuss the role a community herbalist and healer. $25 for the class.