Classes coming soon for spring 2024
Stay updated on all classes and events by becoming a member today.
Classes coming soon for spring 2024
Stay updated on all classes and events by becoming a member today.
About Us
Who We Are
Redding Forager's Association is a 508c1a Non-Profit Faith Based Private Membership Association which serves to connect our membership base to the land in a direct way through experience and interaction. We serve our members by educating, empowering, and encouraging them to rewild their lifestyles and reclaim their natural position as stewards of this Earth as God always intended.
Membership is open to all individuals or organizations who share our values regardless of race, gender, religion, sexuality, creed, etc.
Find out below how you can become a member today!
What We Do
Redding Forager's Association provides classes, content, and products for our members.
We teach people about our native plant species and how to interact with them.
We grow California native plants and offer specific education needed to care for your native plants and make use of their unique gifts.
We supply high quality wild foraged foods, like acorn flour or elderberry syrup, to our members that they might not be able to access anywhere else.
We provide educational services, like foraging walks and native plant garden design for our members.
We have workshops and classes to teach our members how to identify, harvest sustainably, and cook with our abundant wild foods. We have regular foraging walks in local parks.
We support local restoration projects in our local area with a special priority on lands devastated by fires.
Our online shop is available to our members only for access to a wide variety of high quality discounted goods including plants, wild food, and herbal remedies.
We partner with well aligned local community organizations to reach a wider range and multiply our impact.
Why We Do It
Many people today are suffering from "Nature Deficit Disorder." We have been living far removed from the natural way in harmony with Mother Earth as God always intended. We believe this root separation in the heart of humankind is the direct cause of the sufferings in the world. Hunger, war, disease, and much more can be attributed to a disconnection from the natural world. How can there be people starving when there is food all around us that grows and grows potentially infinitely? Many of these struggles have been inherited from past generations and continue on due only to ignorance.
Redding Forager's Association is here to shine a light on the path for those who wish to embark on the journey to reconnection.
Our Guiding PRinciples
Sustainable Sourcing
Sustainable Sourcing
Sustainable Sourcing
It is of utmost importance for us to ensure the sustainability of supply for our children and our children's children. All of our products are ethically wild foraged or locally sourced from regenerative growers who give back more than they take. Foraging only in clean areas with proper permissions. Many of our products, (like acorn flour)
It is of utmost importance for us to ensure the sustainability of supply for our children and our children's children. All of our products are ethically wild foraged or locally sourced from regenerative growers who give back more than they take. Foraging only in clean areas with proper permissions. Many of our products, (like acorn flour) are only available seasonally in limited quantities- and we plan to keep it that way!
Reciprocity
Sustainable Sourcing
Sustainable Sourcing
We believe in giving back more than we take. This means we are ensuring our presence can be a net benefit for all beings, & that our work may increase the natural bounty of resources in perpetuity. We collect and spread native plant seeds in many of our harvest areas. We pick up trash while we are out. We support local restoration project
We believe in giving back more than we take. This means we are ensuring our presence can be a net benefit for all beings, & that our work may increase the natural bounty of resources in perpetuity. We collect and spread native plant seeds in many of our harvest areas. We pick up trash while we are out. We support local restoration projects dedicated to increasing foraging for native flora and fauna. We are always on the look out for opportunities to increase biodiversity all around us. Our workshops and classes are designed to be regenerative in nature- that we may be teachers of teachers.
Access for All
Sustainable Sourcing
Access for All
We believe people shouldn't be turned away for an inability to pay. We also believe in not giving things away for free to people who don't need it. Everyone has a way to contribute and we accept various donations in order to allow access for all.
If you have an inability to pay for a product or service, please reach out & explain your situ
We believe people shouldn't be turned away for an inability to pay. We also believe in not giving things away for free to people who don't need it. Everyone has a way to contribute and we accept various donations in order to allow access for all.
If you have an inability to pay for a product or service, please reach out & explain your situation. We may be able to find a custom contribution.
We regularly offer our educational services or foraging walks on a free or donation basis for the community.
Our Partners
Help Our Cause
Your support and contributions will enable us to enhance the local wild spaces by contributing to restoration projects in our area and connecting people with the land through wild food, herbal remedies, and education.
Financial contributions are greatly appreciated and allow the most versatility of use. We also accept donations of native plants and seeds, tools, and other goods that may help our cause.
