On Friday, May 8, Tim Clemens from Ironwood Foraging visited St. Olaf to lead a foraging workshop in the natural lands.

Foraging is an important tradition in much of the Russian-speaking world, and represents an engaging cultural touchstone linking the Russian-speaking world and Minnesota’s own indigenous past. During the foraging workshop, Tim shared the Ojibwe names and explained the various uses of many edible plants native to Minnesota. Prof. Morse and Russian Language Community President, Yasmina Tsedenova (’27) tried their best to come up with the Russian names for related species found in Southern Russia and Central Asia.

Foraging can be extremely dangerous if undertaken without expert supervision. Never forage on your own!