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Just a few steps outside your door lies a world of wild foods and plants waiting to be discovered! Kelley Robie, of Horsetail Herbs, will guide you on this introduction to identifying common and abundant “weeds” that make some of our very best wild foods and medicines. Here in Vermont, for at least half the year, we can find dozens of nutritious and healing plants to incorporate into our meals! We will identify local plant species, discuss parts of the plants used, when to harvest and even do some taste testing. You will go home with wild food recipes galore, and a new appreciation for Vermont's local wild plants. Local eating at its best, both fresh and free! This class will meet inside CVU, before moving outside.

Listen to Dr. Andrea Grayson, a professor in UVM’s Master’s of Public Health program, talk about our complicated relationship with sugar and refined carbohydrates. It’s a relationship we’d prefer to deny since sugar is a reliable source of pleasure and reward. The truth is that eating sugar and refined carbohydrates disrupts our gut microbiome and creates inflammation, setting the stage for numerous chronic diseases including diabetes and heart disease. Learn about how and why you just might want to try to give up sugar! All registrants will receive a free ebook! This class will meet online. You will receive a Zoom invitation prior to the start of class.

Do you want to have more control over your well being? Are you drawn to complementary methods of healthcare? Do you wish you could help the well-being of those you love? Learning Reiki may satisfy these desires. Anyone can learn Reiki! In this hands-on seminar you will learn protocols for practicing self-Reiki and for offering Reiki to family and close friends. Reiki supports wellness and complements other therapies. Feel better, reduce stress, bring clarity to your life! (Only 5 students per course). A comprehensive manual ($50) is included in the class fee. Find out more at www.lostforestreiki.com. What is Reiki? Reiki is Universal Energy from Source. Reiki helps to balance Energy and restore a feeling of well being. Most people feel both a deep sense of relaxation, and at the same time feel revitalized from a Reiki session. This remarkable practice can be done to yourself or received from others! A Reiki session can relieve pain, reduce anxiety or depression, and calm your system that’s been under strain from the stresses building up from everyday life events or caused from trauma. When your energy is balanced from Reiki, you feel better and your overall mood is lighter. Reiki is offered as a complementary therapy in hundreds of health centers worldwide such as hospitals and cancer treatment centers for people undergoing surgery and other treatments.