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SUMMARY:Nature Wonder Wild Food Weekend
URL:https://feralskills.com/events/nature-wonder-wild-food-weekend-2026-09-
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
DESCRIPTION:Cairo\, West Virginia. Join the longest running annual wild foo
 d event in North America. Held every Fall since it’s inception in 1968\, t
 his event provides education and experience finding\, processing\, and fea
 sting on edible wild plants and other forageables in a beautiful park sett
 ing in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. Founded by Edelene Wood
 \, the long running president of the National Wild Foods Association\, thi
 s event was inspired by followers of Euell Gibbons. Nature Wonder Weekend 
 is open to anyone from beginning to advanced foragers. Past keynote speake
 rs have included Euell Gibbons\, Dr. John Kallas of Wild Food Adventures\,
  Dr. Peter Gail of Goosefoot Acres\, Samuel Thayer of Forager’s Harvest\, 
 Mike Krebill\, Edelene Wood\, Bill Faust\, John Tomikel and Doug Elliot\, 
 among many others.\n\nParticipants offering wild foods they’ve made to oth
 er participants at the Saturday Wild Food Feast. \nFor a 2026 informationa
 l brochure complete with printable registration form\, go HERE.\nEach year
  park rangers and local wild food enthusiasts help teach and facilitate th
 e weekend. There are usually one to three outside wild food instructors wh
 o speak or teach at the event. Dr. Kallas teaches at this event about once
  every 5 years. He is NOT attending this year. This event is listed here t
 o help spread the word to people who check this web site. Links are provid
 ed.\n\nOne of the group cabins you can rent with other attendees\, or you 
 can stay in the hotel-like lodge while you are there. \nLocation\nNorth Be
 nd State Park has been the home of Nature Wonder Weekend since the beginni
 ng. The lodge and cabins are surrounded by Eastern woodland forests\, mile
 s and miles of hiking trails\, a lake\, a duck pond and the winding North 
 Fork of the Hughes River. North Bend has a 305 acre recreational lake. It 
 is a great fishing area. The Park also offers an outdoor pool\, tennis cou
 rts\, and picnic areas. The Park is about 25 miles East of Parkersburg\, W
 est Virginia. It can be reached via State Route 14 from Cairo\, or State R
 oute 5 from Harrisville. \nContact & Notification\nWhile we post the Natur
 e Wonder Weekend here at our Wild Food Adventures web site\, you must cont
 act them for information and updates. I believe they have an e-mail list y
 ou can get on.  Contact the WV Dept of Natural Resources to get details:\n
 Call 304-558-2754 or contact Amy Larch at Amy.J.Larch@wv.gov or Julia Grea
 thouse at Julia.L.Greathouse@wv.gov \nFor a report on the Wild Food Weeken
 d\, go here: \n\nAdventures in West Virginia – The Nature Wonder Wild Food
  Weekend\, by John Kallas\, published November 1\, 2000 – Wild Food Advent
 urer Newsletter – Volume 5\, Number 4
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