Ecologist, educator, forest farmer, and co-author of Farming the Woods: An Integrated permaculture Approach to Growing Food and Medicine in Temperate Forests.The connecting thread of Steve’s work lies in the search for a productive relationship with the natural world where food, medicine, and materials can be harvested alongside management for ecological health and diversity.

stevegabrielfarmer@gmail.com

A widely recognized forester and conservationist in the Finger Lakes region, Mike has been practicing ecological forestry for three decades and has worked for the U.S. Forest Service, National Park Service and the Soil and Water District, and for industry as head forester for a large lumber company. Michael is also a founding member of the Finger Lakes Land Trust and is their forestry adviser. He has been involved with establishing numerous nature preserves and has done forest improvement through timber management on thousands of acres and with countless landowners in the area. He was given the name Da’ Ha’ da’ nyah meaning “he protects the forest” by his Seneca Hawk Clan mother when she adopted him as her son.

Sean is owner of Edible Acres, an inspiring Permaculture nursery and forest farm in Trumansburg, NY. His creative spirit and innovative approach to suporting healthy and diverse forest garden systems has helped many of our students see the vast potential in planting perennial polycultures and thinking long term. Sean is self-taught and low-tech, and his work demonstrates that anyone, anywhere, at any skill level, can create healthy edible and medicinal landscapes.

http://www.edibleacres.org

Wolf Bravo is a specialist in sharpening all kind of blades and hand tools. From an early age, he spent his summer vacations at his great-grandmother’s farm in Peru, where he developed a special love for hand tools under her tutelage. For over ten years, he has been teaching sharpening and safety at the Mid Atlantic Primitive Skill Group In West Virginia. Short after he became a Hudson Valley resident in 2009, he started tool drives to help new farmers, later with the excess tools he started
a Tool-Lending Program, known as a Tool Library for residents in the area. Wolf is an avid proponent of sustainability and redesigning junk as a way to reduce our waste impact on the Earth.

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Lance is a dedicated, all-around natural resource professional. It has been a lifelong focus to improve our understanding and management of wildlife and natural resources. He approaches this challenge by combining a thorough knowledge of forestry and wildlife biology.

Having grown up in the backwoods of Newfield, NY, he understands the challenges and perspectives of northeast landowners, and aims to provide affordable solutions to the challenges they face.

Olga has many years of experience foraging and cultivating mushrooms. Her teaching helps simplify the fungal world and gives students a feeling that mushroom hunting and growing are accessible to anyone with curiosity and dedication. Olga currently runs Smugtown Mushrooms in Rochester, NY which offers a variety of grow kits, cultivation supplies, and cool mushroom merch. www.SmugtownMushrooms.org