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Find some amazing resources to help you get outside — and feel more comfortable doing so! What, did you think we only helped with food?

Backpacking 101.

Mesa Foods: Founder File: Tony & the Colorado Trail Vol 1
REI: Backpacking for Beginners
REI: How to Plan a Backpacking Trip

Backpacking Food 101.

REI: Meal Planning for Backpacking
The Hiking Adventure: Insider Secrets of Backpacking Meal Planning

Vegan Backpackers.

Fresh Off the Grid: The Ultimate Guide to Vegan Backpacking Food
Veggie Vagabonds
Clever Hiker: Best Freeze-Dried Meals: Vegan & Vegetarian

Inclusive Outdoors.

Barefoot Theory: 15 Organizations Advancing Diversity Outdoors
Diversify Outdoors: Resources
Unlikely Hikers: Podcast
The Atlantic: Five Ways to Make the Outdoors More Inclusive

Nature Education.

Cornell: Merlin Bird App
Cornell: Online Bird Guide
iNaturalist (Learn what's in your area!)
AWayToGarden: Favorite Field Guides

Green Habits.

Leave No Trace
Lindsay Wildlife Experience: Living with Wildlife

For Kids.

NEEF: Group Games and Activities
CSERC: Kids' Games/Activities
Audubon Society: 6 Kid-Friendly Bird Guides
NFW: Connecting Kids and Nature

Note that Mesa doesn't explicitly endorse any of these organizations. We simply aim to provide you with resources to learn, as we start to compile our own knowledge to share with you.