Food, Beverage & Lifestyle   

You can transform your garden into a haven for birds, bees, and butterflies, while conserving water, ending dependence on fertilizers, and reducing your gardening workload. There are hundreds of gorgeous native plants that also provide food, nesting material and shelter for many species of wildlife. Students will assess and map their garden space, learn the basics of planting, and maintaining a native plant garden, and learn to replicate nature's gardening strategies.

Your body is teaming with millions of microorganisms! …. known as your microbiome and found primary in your gut. We’ll examine the impact these microorganisms have on our health, both in our gut and from consuming probiotic fermented foods. Be amazed by how fermenting organisms in our bodies modulate our immune systems and overall wellbeing, and the importance of probiotics in our diet. Fermentation permeates every aspect of our lives, and from this class you’ll get a tour of fermentation within us and around us, plus we’ll make some tasty treats. 

Your body is teaming with millions of microorganisms! …. known as your microbiome and found primary in your gut. We’ll examine the impact these microorganisms have on our health, both in our gut and from consuming probiotic fermented foods. Be amazed by how fermenting organisms in our bodies modulate our immune systems and overall wellbeing, and the importance of probiotics in our diet. Fermentation permeates every aspect of our lives, and from this class you’ll get a tour of fermentation within us and around us, plus we’ll make some tasty treats. 

Learn professional cooking tricks for healthy and delicious food that you can use in your own kitchen. This hands-on class covers basic cooking techniques for whole food, plant based, nutritionally balanced meals along with professional knife and kitchen skills, including how to put together a meal in minutes. Chef Molly Beverly will share insights and tricks culled from 45 years in the education and culinary world. All supplies included in tuition. Meet on 11/11/23 for a Saturday shopping field trip at Prescott Farmer's Market - time to be determined.