About Vince

Experience

2024 

Mid-west Wild Food Harvest

Attended Mushroom Walk with the Chaotic Forager

Attended Herb Walk on Lake Superior Emily Pearson Ryan, Practicing Herbalist in South Minneapolis 

2023

Partnered on two foraging walks with Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin
Partner, Being with Frequency

Mid-West Wild Food Harvest

Foraging with Alan Bergo- Forager Chef for the Driftless Area Magazine 

Driftless Area Magazine

Foraged with Robin Greenfield Robin Greenfield – Truth Seeker, Activist, Social-Reformer, Servant 

Attended workshop with Black Forager Alexis Nikole Nelson

Attended walk and talk presented by Sam Thayer 

Attended Food as Medicine Conference hosted by Sam Thayer

2022-Present
Board Member, Friends of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum

2022-Present
Guest Contributor, Driftless Area Magazine

September 17, 2023
Forest Bathing and Foraging at Jackson Woods with Kate Bast for the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin

May 21st 2023
Forest Bathing and Foraging at Pheasant Branch with Kate Bast for the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin

2022
Led a group plant walk for the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin

2021
Led a six-month foraging and herbal plant walk series with Local Wellness Events in Madison, WI - Inspiring Personal Growth through Nature Connection & Mindful Play (hikeandheal.com) 

2019
Led a group plant walk for Loveren Collections 

2018
Led a group plant walk for the Wisconsin Sustainability Meetup Group


Education


2023

Foraging with Forager Chef Alan Bergo

Foraged with Robin Greenfield

Attended workshop with Sam Thayer

Attended workshop with Black Forager 

2022

Wild food workshop at Lake Superior Traditional Ways Gathering 

Midwest Wild Harvest Festival

Plant walk with Robin Greenfield in Madison 

2019

Herbal workshop at Lake Superior Traditional Ways Gathering 

Midwest Wild Harvest Festival

2018

MidWest Wild Harvest Festival. 

2015 

Redroot Mountain herbs-studied the 6 tissue states

2013

Wild Food Harvest Wyalusing State Park-May 

United Plant Savers Event at the Kickapoo Valley Reserve 

2010-2012 

Wildwood Institute, 2-year master herbal program 

Master Gardener Program through the University of Wisconsin Extension 

2006

Beaver Creek Reserve Fall Creek, Wi Foraging Walk with Sam Thayer