Wild Edibles Walk with Russ Cohen

Wild Edibles Walk with Russ Cohen

An outdoor walk and talk exploring wild edibles at Waltham Fields Community Farm!

Wednesday, June 1, 2022 

6-8 p.m.  

$20 per participant

Come together for this outdoor gathering on the farm with wild edibles expert Russ Cohen to walk the farm, locate and identify wild, edible species, and ask questions from the expert. Russ will share his knowledge and favorite recipes as we get closer to nature and the gifts it provides! Bring a foraging bag and a pair of gloves for collecting wild edibles we find along the way. Please wear closed-toe shoes and high socks or long pants for protection as Russ will walk us throughout the working farm, woodland borders, and areas of high grass and brush. 

This workshop is geared towards adult learning, but teens with an interest are welcome to join! Youth 18 and younger must be accompanied by an adult. 

All visitors and guests at the farm are asked to review the current COVID SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS for LEARNING GARDEN PROGRAMS previous to the program date, and follow the recommendations at all times while on the farm. Thank you for helping to keep each other safe and for your cooperation! 

More about Russ: Since his retirement in June 2015, while continuing to offer walks and talks on foraging for wild edibles, Russ has set up a nursery near his childhood home in Weston, MA, where he is growing over 1,000 plants, representing more than a third of the 180-plus edible species native to New England ecoregions - many propagated from seed Russ gathered himself. Russ is forming partnerships with land trusts, municipalities, state and federal agencies, schools and colleges, tribal groups, and others, to plant plants from his nursery in appropriate places on their properties. You can learn more about this endeavor in the following media:

"Russ Cohen's Wild Edible Adventures" by Cathy Walthers, in the Summer 2018 issue of Edible Boston 

"Meet the 'Johnny Appleseed' of Edible Native Plants" by Barbara A. Schmitz, in the Spring 2019 issue of Wild Ones

March 2020 video podcast interview with Kim Eierman of EcoBeneficial.

Learn more about Russ Cohen and the resources he offers HERE.