Wild mushrooms Credit: File: Hannah Palmer Egan

Foray into the forested world of wild edibles and other found foods with expert woods folk. Visitors will learn to identify palatable plants and mushrooms — or sit for a roundtable discussion on the ethical collection thereof. Other presentations include a talk on using plate-friendly pest species, post-harvest farm gleaning and soil rehabilitation.

Vermont Wildcrafting Conference: Saturday, May 5, and Sunday, May 6, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington. Free; preregister. Info, facebook.com/vermontwildcraft.

More food events

Adventures in the Kitchen: Re-Authoring Stories of Home: Psychologist Jason Frishman guides home cooks through practice-based culinary adventures such as making sourdough bread or stocks and broths, with an eye toward narrative storytelling. Fridays, May 4-18, 6 p.m., Richmond Community Kitchen, $55-170; preregister. Info, richmondcommunitykitchen.com.

Annual Fruit Tree & Perennial Sale: Tree huggers and would-be orchardists scoop up rare and unique sapling plums, peaches, apples and cane fruit from one of Vermont’s most extensive heirloom collections. Saturday, May 5, 9 a.m.-noon, Scott Farm Orchard, Dummerston. Free. Info, scottfarmvermont.com.

Agricola Farm Dinner: Hog-hungry diners gather for a farm tour and multicourse supper at Agricola’s idyllic farmhouse. Saturday, May 5, 5:30 p.m., Agricola Farm, Panton. $75. Info, agricolavermont.com.

This article appears in May 2-8, 2018.

Hannah Palmer Egan was a Seven Days food writer from 2014-2019. She was a 2017 James Beard Journalism Award finalist for her coverage of Vermont's food and agriculture industries, and received food writing awards from the Association of Alternative Newsmedia. She lives in northeast Pennsylvania with her family, where she works in the outdoor lifestyle and adventure tourism industry.