Shelby has been teaching about the unique ecology of the Pacific Northwest since 2005. Their passion for habitat restoration, permaculture principles, and collective liberation fuels a teaching style that is both engaging and transformative. Drawing on experience from institutions such as the Sitka Center for Arts & Ecology and community-led organizations like Rosehip Collective, Shelby will guide you to see the land through an ecological lens—shifting your focus from a human-centric perspective to a broader, more interconnected worldview.

Lago is a Holistic Nutritionist, chef, community herbalist, and abortion doula living on Wapato Island, ancestral lands of the Multnomah, Chinook, and Kalapuya peoples. With roots in the Chorotega and Nicarao Indigenous Peoples of Nicaragua and Polish Slavic ancestry, Lago’s approach to food is deeply animist—seeing each ingredient, tool, and process as alive and co-creative. Trained at The Wellspring School for Healing Arts, they bring a unique blend of Eastern and Western nutrition to their work. Their passion lies in helping others reconnect with land, lineage, and self through cooking and shared meals.

Reishi Strauss is an herbalist, mycologist, and medicine maker born and raised in the Appalachian Mountains of southwestern Virginia. Reishi has studied herbal science, botany, clinical herbalism, and ecological stewardship at Bastyr University and the Columbine’s School of Botanical Studies. She owns and operates Earth & Spirit Botanicals — an herbal elixir bar and medicinal mushroom-focused apothecary — intended to heal the planet & her people with sustainably wildcrafted and regeneratively cultivated herbal & fungal medicines from the Cascadia Bioregion. Reishi seeks to be in symbiotic interspecies relationships with the plants, fungi, insects, bacteria, animals, humans, minerals, and many other lifeforms whom we co-habitate with this beautiful planet Earth.

Raskal is a lover, observer, and maker of ecology with a specific focus in the world of fungi. Since relocating from California to Washington he has been immersed in the study and practice of mushroom cultivation, foraging, and appreciation. Raskal’s efforts in the field of mycology involves breaking down the stigma associated with fungi and learning how we can integrate their lessons into our communities. His work consists of permaculture consultation, land management, soil microbiology, compost science, entomology, mushroom cultivation for food, medicine, and remediation, along with facilitating education surrounding these practices.

Cin is on the board of the Oregon Mycological society, and has been an active member for about 7 years, leading forays, and teaching classes. Her journey with mushrooms has not been unlike mycelium: growing, learning, expanding, supporting, and communicating underground.

Cin’s goal is to share her knowledge, enthusiasm, and passion for all things fungi and connect with a broader audience. She loves developing recipes, studying species, making medicine, leading forays, photographing, making art, and just hanging out and appreciating mushrooms.–