Take your survival knowledge beyond basic plant identification and learn how to turn nature into your own food, medicine, and survival resource system. This immersive 3-day experience teaches students how to safely identify, harvest, process, and utilize wild plants for long-term self-reliance.

The Wild Crafter is our premier course focused on wild edible and medicinal plants. Students learn how to identify plant families, create natural medicines, safely process wild foods, and utilize plants for multiple survival purposes.
Plant knowledge is one of the most important survival skills because it provides access to food, medicine, hygiene products, and materials needed for self-reliance. Understanding your environment can often make the difference between surviving and thriving.
Instead of memorizing thousands of individual species, students learn how to recognize major plant families that make up a significant portion of the world's plants. This system dramatically simplifies plant identification and accelerates the learning process.
By the end of the course, students will gain practical knowledge that can be applied both in wilderness environments and everyday life.
Day 1 – Plant Foundations
Learn plant family identification systems and begin identifying edible and medicinal plants.
Day 2 – Wildcrafting & Medicine
Create tinctures, salves, wound powders, and process plants for practical use.
Day 3 – Advanced Plant Applications
Study poisonous plants, natural cordage, bushcraft hygiene, and advanced survival applications.
50+ Years Combined Teaching Experience
Tested Combat Veterans
85 Acre Wilderness Campus
Survival Training System Field Tested for 20+ Years
All Hands-On Training
Zero PowerPoint Presentations
Total Immersion-Based Learning
Home of the World's Oldest Survival Instructor Program



Length: 3 Days / 2 Nights
Location: Lebanon, MO
Certificate: Certificate of Completion
Physical Demand: Moderate
Purchase Validity: Any available date within the next 3 years
Top plant family identification systems
Wild edible preparation techniques
Medicinal plant applications
Tinctures, salves, and wound powder creation
Natural cordage making
Bushcraft hygiene methods
Utilitarian plant uses
3 Days of Hands-On Training. Living Outdoors. Immersion Training.
Everything you need to know before booking
If you are arriving by bus or plane, we can pick you up. Contact us to make arrangements. ($60 Transport Fee)
This class is primarily an Urban Survival Skills course. Most activities will take place in the city with the exception of two field training days! You can camp the two field days and get a hotel the following days if you like. You can also camp at our facility in Lebanon if you’d like to save money on a hotel. Text or call us at (660) 441-4960 if you have any questions.
Small-Medium Backpack
Poncho or Rain Gear
Outdoor Clothing
Fixed blade knife
We highly recommend bringing a good camera, notebook, & bug spray.
Water will be provided on site, but food will be your responsibility. . You can also purchase food locally once you get here. Walmart and several local eateries are within a close drive.
Change your mind on a class? Just use your credit for something else! Take advantage of sales now and use the funds for whatever later! Maybe the dates aren’t announced or you don’t know what you want? Pay on something now and use the credit later. Credit good for up to three years and transferable to your friends or family!
If you need to cancel and change to another date, you can do it through the course change request form.
No, you don’t need any prerequisites for this course.