About Lucky Ranch Foraging

Reilly Steidle (Owner/Instructor)

Thank you for seeing my small business!

My horses and I moved to the Lucky Ranch in 2021. After spending years as a Medical Laboratory Scientist at the Mayo Clinic. I myself, was a patient there, and I found a lot of long term healing and wellness strategies, once I moved to Colorado. I learned to forage from chefs, while working at a hospital in Aspen, during the pandemic. Foraging is a way for me to continue my journey as a lifelong learner and I have a knack for teaching what interests me.

I am a builder of community and I am learning how to be a better steward of the environment every day. I started this company with the desire to share The Lucky Ranch and all the food that naturally grows here, in hopes of raising awareness about fire mitigation and environmental preservation in Colorado. I am an activist and through my workshops, I hope to inspire others to act on what makes them curious or to protect what they love. 

I am 31 years old and have learned a great deal of lessons that didn’t come from my formal education. My classes are designed to help people responsibly continue being lifelong learners, and fill the niches a traditional school education may lack. My life became immensely better when I moved to this ranch. My desire is to teach you how to do something similar, through your connection with the outdoors. I have brought together all of my extremely talented mentors, to help you  learn from the most credible teachers I know. The chefs who cook our meals are my personal friends, and when you support us it directly impacts our lives. When you come to the Lucky Ranch, I hope you feel all the love we have put into the experience and get to discover all the magic that the ranch holds. 

Mushrooms of all kinds have radically changed my life and so has the mycology community I have become a part of. All mushrooms are magic and I am here to be their biggest hype man! I started a year round classroom in Evergreen called Lucky Ranch Learning Lab, to make my classes even more accessible to the community. If you’re looking for an indoor or more convenient location to learn about the outdoors, I’d love if you check out my sister site www.luckyranchlab.com