Acorns have long been a staple for many cultures around the world, and an excellent example of how forests have long provided for our human kind. This half-day program will teach participants how to process acorns they have gathered into nutritious food by one of two leaching methods. We will learn efficient cracking, shelling, milling, leaching, and some good ways to use the final products.
Date: Sunday, November 15, 2026
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Ages: 12+ (ages 12-17 with a participating adult)
Location: Rural La Farge, WI
Instructions: Students are welcome to bring a notebook to take notes, and a nutpick to help shell acorns if you have one. Feel free to bring a water bottle or snack if you wish.
Sliding Scale Course Fee Guidelines
Supporter Level Ticket: $125
If you move through the world with financial ease and the means to fulfill many of your wants as well as your needs – you are able to eat out when you want, abundantly meet your needs through employment or can comfortably not work, have access to family wealth, own property, etc. – consider paying at this level, which will help us ensure the long term sustainability of our programs while keeping our offerings accessible to those with access to fewer resources.
Sustainer Level Ticket: $100
If you are able to meet your needs with relative ease while budgeting your educational and entertainment spending – for instance, you are able to take classes and eat out occasionally as long as you are mindful – consider paying at this level, which will help sustain the work of the Folk School at a modest level.
Supported Level Ticket: $75
If you struggle to fund your basic needs and have limited access to resources in your family and community, or if you would not be able to access this offering without a discounted payment option, consider paying at this level. We value your presence and contributions to our community and do not want any economic circumstances to be a barrier to attendance!
Instructor Bio — Nicholas WazeeGale
Nicholas is a lifelong student of the Natural World, traditional cultures, and sustainability. His life and livelihood are deeply tied to the Driftless landscape through foraging plant and fungi foods, hunting and fishing, tanning skins, making handcraft, tracking wildlife, and closely observing all manner of natural phenomena. He makes his living as an educator with the Driftless Folk School, Thoreau College, the Kickapoo Valley Forest School, and through his own offerings and feels that Natural World education offers our wayward species essential guidance, grounding, and reality during these complex modern times. His qualifications for teaching and guiding in the wilds include a year long immersive wilderness living course, decades of living closely with the Driftless landscape, and professional and specialist certifications in reading wildlife track and sign through Tracker Certification, Cybertracker North America. (Instagram: @naturalnuances // Substack: rogueecology.substack.com)