Foraging, fishing, and hunting for sustanance, natural food, skill development, connection to the land, stewardship, heritage and my ancestry. Moose, Mushrooms and Mud is a Wildcrafting business that offers nature and foraging tours as well as Wildcraft workshops based on plants from the Boreal and Montane region. Jen, the owner of Moose, Mushrooms, and Mud, practices and teaches ethical harvesting techniques. She has a motto: “If the lands succeeds, we succeed!”
She also sells Wildcrafted: teas, dried mushrooms, salves, ointments, tinctures, soaps, and even fresh wild edibles to those who want to explore and taste the wild side. As a Metis, she is exploring and learning the old traditional ways from her First Nation ancestors, while learning about the old traditional ways from her European ancestors and trying blend and harmonize the two worlds. More about me: I live in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. I’m in my early forties, have 2 wonderful teenagers and a great husband. I have many interests, but my main ones are hunting, foraging and fishing. I love the natural world around me. Nature is very inspiring. Nature is very giving too, if you know what you are looking for. I journey throughout the bush all year collecting wild food and medicines. Call me a hunter-gatherer. I am just at the tip of the iceberg of learning about wild foods and medicines. It’s a skill that is developed over time. Not only could the skill come in handy in a post apocalyptic world, I just like the feeling of bringing home wild edibles to the table and fixing boo-boo’s with wild medicine. The skill of Foraging and Wildcrafting can and should apply in our modern day life. If I’m not hunting, fishing or foraging, I’m camping, gardening, cooking, entertaining, and playing with my children. My passions keep me busy and I wouldn't want it any other way! We respectfully acknowledge our work takes place on the unceded and sovereign Indigenous territories within the colonial borders of British Columbia.
