Collaborate
Our work is rooted in competence earned through thousands of hours of observation, harvest, and hands-on practice. And we believe that work is stronger when it's shared.
If you're building something that aligns with wild and homegrown wellness, traditional skills, land stewardship, or community resilience—and you value depth over trend—let's talk.
What We Bring to Collaboration
This isn't about adding credentials to a partnership. It's about what we've actually done and what we know how to do.
Field Expertise
Twenty years of professional wilderness work across diverse ecosystems—coastal temperate rainforests, montane forests, wetlands, grasslands, and hardwood systems. We read landscapes fluently—soil indicators, companion species, seasonal timing, microclimate patterns. We find rare species others miss because we know where and when to look.
Ethnobotanical Knowledge
Not just plant identification, but the cultural context, traditional uses, and ethical frameworks that have sustained human relationships with wild systems for millennia. We've learned from tribal communities, studied academically (Bachelor's in Botany, Master's in Ethnobotany), and practiced continuously.
Educational Depth
Over 20 years teaching experiential education—wilderness programs, tribal youth, public schools, homeschool networks. Nationally Certified Interpretive Guide. We know how to translate complex ecological concepts into teaching that sticks because it's grounded in real practice.
Research Capacity
We don't just forage—we document. Voucher specimens for herbaria. Population monitoring. Seasonal pattern tracking. Bridging traditional ecological knowledge with contemporary mycology and botany. Contract field research for institutions and conservation organizations.
Wild-Harvested Materials
Yes, we provide ethically foraged mushrooms, herbs, and botanicals. But more importantly, we understand the ecosystems they come from, the ethical considerations of harvest, and how to communicate that story in ways that honor both the material and the place.
Content & Storytelling
We know how to write about this work without sanitizing it. Field notes that read like field notes. Educational content that doesn't oversimplify. Photography and documentation that captures what wild systems actually look like, not Instagram aesthetics.
A Family Practice
This isn't just Paul's work—it's work we do as a family. Thera and Cayden bring their own perspectives, skills, and years of living this life. We homeschool through these practices. We understand what it means to build competence across generations.
A Grounded Framework
We operate from a neighbor-first, small-scale, anti-institutional framework. We're not interested in building empires or dependencies. We're interested in household resilience, mutual aid, and communities that can care for themselves without waiting for permission.
What Collaboration Looks Like
Product Collaborations & Custom Crossovers
As a nonprofit, we raise funds through products that reflect our values. We partner with small businesses and artisan producers to create collaborations that serve both missions and tell honest stories about place, practice, and provision.
Possibilities:
- Co-branded products using wild-foraged ingredients
- Custom formulations that combine your craft with our field expertise
- Limited editions tied to specific harvest seasons or ecosystems
- Educational product bundles that teach while they sell
- Revenue-sharing models where proceeds support both operations
What makes it work: You bring craft and processing expertise. We bring wild materials, ecological context, and the story of where it came from. Together we create something neither of us could make alone.
Skillsharing & Knowledge Exchange
You teach what you know. We teach what you know. Competence compounds.
Possibilities:
- Co-hosted workshops combining different areas of expertise
- Guest teaching exchanges at each other's spaces
- Joint field courses that integrate multiple disciplines
- Cross-training in specialized skills
- Collaborative curriculum development for homeschool or adult education
What makes it work: Mutual respect for different bodies of knowledge. No gatekeeping. Genuine interest in learning from each other.
Field Research & Citizen Science
Our field work benefits from collaboration with researchers, land managers, and conservation organizations. We're willing contributors to projects that matter.
Possibilities:
- Contract field research and biological sampling
- Species surveys and population monitoring
- Voucher specimen collection for herbaria
- Ground-truthing for ecological assessments
- Ethnobotanical documentation projects
What makes it work: We go where others won't. We find what others miss. We document with precision. And we understand the difference between data collection and ecological understanding.
Content & Platform Sharing
If you're creating content or building community around similar work, we want to amplify your voice—and appreciate when you share ours.
Possibilities:
- Cross-promotion of workshops, courses, products
- Guest posts, collaborative articles, joint publications
- Podcast interviews, video content, documentary projects
- Shared resource libraries and educational materials
- Affiliate relationships that support both missions financially
What makes it work: Aligned values. Complementary audiences. Content that serves rather than sells.
Community Service & Mutual Aid
We show up. Not just to coordinate, but to work.
Possibilities:
- Joint food distribution (wild and homegrown)
- Educational programs for underserved communities
- Land restoration projects
- Skill-building events that increase household resilience
- Supporting each other's initiatives with labor, materials, expertise
What makes it work: Commitment to place and people over optics. Willingness to do unglamorous work that matters.
What We're Looking For in Collaborators
Shared Values
Stewardship over extraction. Competence over credentials. Community over commerce. Small-scale over empire-building.
Genuine Practice
We collaborate with people who do the work, not just talk about it. Your hands show it. Your knowledge runs deep.
Quality Standards
Small-batch. Thoughtfully made. Traceable sourcing. No shortcuts that compromise integrity.
Long-Term Thinking
Building systems that last. Passing knowledge down. Creating resilience that outlives us.