Making Healthy & Awesome Instant Camp Chow with School of Ranch

Registration is required. Materials provided.

Dive into the art of dehydration, a sustainable and flavorful way to take your favorite foods on the trail. Imagine a gourmet healthy meal made only with ingredients that you dry, even if you just have cold water! This workshop is a learning experience and a chance to connect with fellow enthusiasts in a community that values skill-sharing and sustainable living.

Instructor:

Beth Covert is a food alchemist. Before leaving her artist career and moving here from Ohio six years ago, Beth studied up on desert gardening. On arrival, she became the garden department manager at a local retailer. When her suggestions to stock climate-appropriate plants went nowhere, she started High & Dry Garden Works, her own lab for propagating plants that can thrive with limited water, excessive sun and wind, and deer. Among the many things she grows are her own foodstuffs, which she now by magic makes into amazing new shapes and forms. If you call Beth, prepare for a conversation that goes something like, “Hold on a sec, I just discovered how to make dehydrated french fries and need to write it down!”

School of Ranch is a Central Oregon based 501c3 nonprofit. They hire experienced locals to teach practical homestead skills, live and in person. Beyond teaching skills and creating paying gigs, they help strengthen our community by providing common ground for people regardless of politics, background, age or beliefs.