The program will cover plant identification, safety, look-alike plants, sustainable harvesting, nature appreciation, nutrition, and cooking with wild plants. A brief outdoor plant ID walk will be included if weather permits.

Speaker: Debbie Naha-Koretzky

Debbie is the author of Foraging Pennsylvania and New Jersey and The Northeastern Forager’s Cookbook. She is also a registered dietician/nutritionist, Rutgers Master Gardener, Pennsylvania Master Naturalist, and certified science teacher. She has conducted countless foraging programs for state organizations, environmental centers, native plant societies and more. She received her master’s degree in Clinical Nutrition from New York University.