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June 2020
Classes Cancelled Through June 30
MMFS is committed to providing a safe and supportive experience for all our students, instructors, and volunteers. We are monitoring the COVID-19 situation closely and following recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Minnesota Department of Health. All classes have been cancelled through June 30, 2020. At that time we will reassess the changing situation regarding COVID-19 precautions. Students registered for cancelled classes will receive an email with confirming details and will be issued a gift certificate…
Find out more »July 2020
Healthy Self-Reliance: Forage and Cook Your Food
An interest in healthy eating and cooking for her young family led Tanna Worrell to search out information about foraging and natural foods. Her thorough knowledge and passion to teach others about foraging is reflected in the glowing reports from her previous class participants. We’re pleased to welcome her back this summer. Join Tanna during each month of the growing season as she shares her knowledge about wild edible and medicinal plants. The primary focus of each session will be…
Find out more »Beginning Crop Art
Is Crop Art the first exhibit you race to at the Minnesota State Fair every year? This is the class for you! Typically incorporating a variety of seeds, grains and other natural materials, crop art has been described as the ‘collision of art and agriculture’. Is crop art ‘kitsch’ or ‘art’ or somewhere in between? You decide, as you join the fun and create your own design. Did you know the Minnesota State Fair is the only state fair with…
Find out more »August 2020
Foraging Field Trip!
Walk in the woods with the Friendly Forager! Tanna Worrell is the Friendly Forager, and she is inviting all those interested to join her for a walk in her family’s woods, foraging for natural foods. Tanna and her family have been foraging their property for over twenty years, so she knows just where to go for the season’s best plants. This unique opportunity is only being offered through Marine Mills Folk School, giving attendees the chance to learn from one…
Find out more »September 2020
Healthy Self-Reliance: Forage and Cook Your Food
An interest in healthy eating and cooking for her young family led Tanna Worrell to search out information about foraging and natural foods. Her thorough knowledge and passion to teach others about foraging is reflected in the glowing reports from her previous class participants. We’re pleased to welcome her back this summer. Join Tanna during each month of the growing season as she shares her knowledge about wild edible and medicinal plants. The primary focus of each session will be…
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