Seaweed Camp
at Pie Ranch from June 17-19
Join Pie Ranch and Healing Tide for a sea-to-farm experience! Discover the different types of seaweed present in our coastal area, learn about their remarkable health advantages, and participate in hands-on activities such as seaweed harvesting, kelp habitat restoration, and seaweed cooking workshops, all led by experienced experts.
Back at the farm, enjoy the opportunity to bake a pie, hang by the fire pit as the stars come out, and volunteer on the farm at this one-of-a-kind coastal experience. We hope you’ll join us!
SCHEDULE:
Weds, June 17
Participant arrival 3-5pm
Seaweed Lecture & Conversation
Farm-to-table dinner by Pie Ranch
Campfire and Camping (with other accommodations available)
Thurs, June 18
Early morning Seaweed Harvest 6:30am
Back at Pie Ranch, seaweed drying demonstration
Lunch prep with seaweed
Sea-to-farm-to-table Lunch by Tanya from Healing Tide
Pie Bake
Campfire and Camping
Fri, June 19
Early Morning Low-Tide Exploration 7am
Volunteer on farm 9am
REGISTRATION AND COST:
General Admission ticket: $300
Seaweed Supporter: $325
Sea Star Supporter: $350
Camping included in ticket costs.
Yurt or farmhouse rooms available for additional charge. Please email Tamar@pieranch.org to learn more.
MOBILITY & SAFETY
This workshop takes place on the land at Pie Ranch. The foraging component takes place at dawn on the rugged shoreline of the peninsula coast, which involves steep areas, slippery rocks, seaweeds, sharp rocks, shells, barnacles, etc along uneven terrain. Participants are responsible for assessing their own physical readiness for the shoreline foraging component.
ABOUT HEALING TIDE
Healing Tide is functional medicine based community healthcare.
We envision a world where access to healthy food, herbal medicine, education, nature, and support ushers transformation internally, community-wide and beyond.
Healing Tide is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that seeks to live in harmony with the Earth, while we explore traveling from a sustainable lens.
Currently, we are focused on producing seaweed wild-tending tours in Northern California.
ABOUT TANYA STILLER:
Tanya Stiller has been teaching for over 25 years as a clinical herbalist, nutrition consultant, gardener, permaculturalist, and ethnobotanist. She received her Botanical Medicine certificate in 1994 from The Oregon School of Herbal Medicine, ran a tincture and lotion-making company called Pixie Plants and has since been teaching herbal and foraging classes in Oregon and the Bay Area.
Tanya attended the University of Oregon and received her Bachelors of Science in Environmental Studies, where her thesis was focused on “The Ethnobotany and Ethnomedicine of the Oregon Native American.”
Tanya is a multi-generational Oregonian, growing up in northeastern Oregon on a small family farm, raising rabbits and sheep, and helping her family with the cherry orchard and farm.
You can find her teaching classes on botany, seaweed harvesting, foraging, and homesteading at Ancestral Apothecary, and many Bay Area Herbal Schools. She currently runs her Functional Medicine Herbal Nutrition and Health Coaching Private Practice; Healing Tide - and previously Tanya worked as a Garden Teacher at the Edible Schoolyard on the Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School campus, and other Bay Area schools for the last 18 years. She lives at an Intentional Community house called Brigid Collective in West Berkeley.
FAQs
What should I expect as far as camping?
Camping will take place in the Pie Ranch meadow. Please bring all your own camping gear. Pie Ranch will have water and portable restrooms available for campers, as well as the outdoor kitchen if you need to cook. If you would like to stay indoors in the Pie Ranch farmhouse for an additional fee, please reach out to nina@pieranch.org.
What meals are provided?
Wednesday night dinner, & Thursday lunch are provided. Please bring your own breakfast and/or dinner for Thursday. Participants are free to use the Pie Ranch outdoor kitchen.
Can I bring my dog?
We love pets but this event is for two-legged folks. We kindly ask you to please leave pets at home.
I signed up. What do I do now?
Thank you for registering! We will reach out in the coming weeks to gather info from each registered participant about dietary restrictions, mobility limitations, and to provide directions and what-to-expect information for the workshop.
Will there be a possibility of a carpool?
Yes! We understand many folks may be coming from the bay area. We can introduce folks coming from similar areas to allow for a possibility of a carpool in the welcome email to registered participants.
What is the terrain like for this experience?
Participants are responsible for assessing their own physical readiness for the shoreline foraging component. We will also be on a working farm, so the ground will be uneven.