{"id":433,"date":"2026-05-08T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/?p=433"},"modified":"2026-06-23T02:06:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T07:06:33","slug":"foraging-workshop-in-the-st-olaf-natural-lands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/2026\/05\/08\/foraging-workshop-in-the-st-olaf-natural-lands\/","title":{"rendered":"Foraging Workshop in the St. Olaf Natural Lands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Friday, May 8, Tim Clemens from <a href=\"https:\/\/ironwoodforaging.com\/\">Ironwood Foraging<\/a> visited St. Olaf to lead a foraging workshop in the natural lands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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&#8217;s own indigenous past. During the foraging workshop, Tim shared the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mnhs.org\/fortsnelling\/learn\/native-americans\/ojibwe-people\">Ojibwe<\/a> names and explained the various uses of many edible plants native to Minnesota. Prof. Morse and Russian Language Community President, Yasmina Tsedenova (&#8217;27) tried their best to come up with the Russian names for related species found in Southern Russia and Central Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Foraging can be extremely dangerous if undertaken without expert supervision. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Never forage on your own<\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e1f4859d wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1022\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/tim-ironwood-1024x1022.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/tim-ironwood-1024x1022.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/tim-ironwood-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/tim-ironwood-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/tim-ironwood-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/tim-ironwood.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/IMG_4486-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/IMG_4486-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/IMG_4486-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/IMG_4486-150x113.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/IMG_4486-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/IMG_4486-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/IMG_4486-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;s own indigenous past. 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