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Foraging: Add Some Wildness to Your Diet

I’ve heard it is common in your 30s to take up a nerdy vocation, bird watching, for example. I do love to try to identify any birds that I see, but instead of becoming an amateur ornithologist in my burgeoning middle age, I have taken up gardening and plant identification! Now that I can tell some of the plants that are growing all around me apart, I can’t stop reverse Google Image searching plants! Finding edible plants, AKA free food, growing in your neighborhood or backyard is known as foraging. Some of the positive things about foraging, besides that it’s free food, is that it helps reduce your carbon footprint by circumventing the production, packaging and supply chains of traditional food buying methods. Very important disclaimer: You must be very careful when trying to identify any edible plants and mushrooms and you should never eat anything that you are not sure about, or if you are unsure if it comes from a clean environment. If you want to learn more about foraging, check out these books!

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  • Foraging

    An Illustrated Guide to Edible Wild Plants

    Carlson, Kit (Botany professor)
    Book, 2023Nashville, TN : Cider Mill Press, [2023] — 581.632 Car
  • Backyard Foraging

    65 Familiar Plants You Didn't Know You Could Eat

    Zachos, Ellen
    eBook, Storey Publishing, LLC
  • Foraging

    [Explore Nature's Bounty and Turn Your Foraged Finds Into Flavorful Feasts]

    Vorderbruggen, Mark,
    Book, 2022Indianapolis, IN : DK Publishing, 2022. — 581.632 Vor
  • How to Forage for Wild Foods Without Dying

    An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Identifying 40 Edible Wild Plants

    Zachos, Ellen,
    Book, 2023North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, [2023] — 581.632 Zac
  • Foraged & Grown

    Healing, Magical Recipes for Every Season

    Lanich-LaBrie, Tara,
    Book, 2024New York : Countryman Press, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company, 2024. — 641.657 Lan
  • The Forager's Pantry

    Cooking With Wild Edibles

    Zachos, Ellen,
    Book, 2021Layton, Utah : Gibbs Smith, [2021] — 641.6 Zac
  • Foraging to Supermarkets

    a Timeline of Food

    Book, 2016Chicago, IL : World Books, Inc, a Scott Fetzer company, [2016] — 630.9 For
  • Foraging Texas

    Finding, Identifying, and Preparing Edible Wild Foods in Texas

    Knight, Eric M.,
    Book, 2021Guilford, Connecticut : FalconGuides, [2021] — 581.632 Kni
  • How to Forage for Mushrooms Without Dying

    An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Identifying 29 Wild, Edible Mushrooms

    Hyman, Frank,
    Book, 2021North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, [2021] — 579.6 Hym
  • The Skillful Forager

    Essential Techniques for Responsible Foraging and Making the Most of Your Wild Edibles

    Meredith, Leda
    eBook, 2019Shambhala, 2019
  • Forage & Feast

    Recipes for Bringing Mushrooms & Wild Plants to Your Table: A Cookbook

    Tracey, Chrissy
    eBook, 2024Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed, 2024
  • The Complete Mushroom Hunter

    An Illustrated Guide to Foraging, Harvesting and Enjoying Wild Mushrooms : Including New Sections on Growing Your Own Edibles and Off-season Collecting

    Lincoff, Gary,
    Book, 2017Beverly, Massachusetts : Quarry Books, 2017. — 579.616 Lin
  • The Field to Table Cookbook

    Gardening, Foraging, Fishing & Hunting

    Ebert, Susan L.,
    Book, 2016New York, NY : Welcome Books, [2016] — 641.691 Ebe
  • Fieldwork

    A Forager's Memoir

    Regan, Iliana
    eBook, 2023Agate Publishing, 2023
  • Mushroom Wanderland

    a Forager's Guide to Finding, Identifying, and Using More Than 25 Wild Fungi

    Starwood, Jess,
    Book, 2021New York, NY : The Countryman Press, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2021] — 579.6 Sta
  • Fat of the Land

    Adventures of a 21st Century Forager

    Cook, Langdon
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2020Tantor Media, Inc, 2020
  • The Wildcrafted Cocktail

    Make Your Own Foraged Syrups, Bitters, Infusions, and Garnishes

    Zachos, Ellen,
    Book, 2017North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, [2017] — 641.874 Zac
  • The Wild Table

    Seasonal Foraged Food and Recipes

    Green, Connie
    Book, 2010New York : Viking Studio, 2010. — 641.6 Gre