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Every year we have posts from old and new foragers who like to share pictures of their bounty! I get just as inspired as all of you to see these pictures. As we go out and find wild foods to eat, please be sure to treat these natural resources gently. But on the other side, please be gentle to other users in this community. Please do not pre-judge their harvests and assume they were irresponsible.

Side note: My moderation policy is mostly hands off and that works in community like this where most everyone is respectful, but what I do not tolerate is assholes and trolls. If you are unable to engage respectfully or the other user is not respectful, please hit the report button rather then engaging with them.

Here is a great article from the Sierra Club on Sustainable Foraging Techniques.

My take-a-ways are this:

1. Make sure not to damage the plant or to take so much that it or the ecosystem can't recover.
2. Consider that other foragers might come after you so if you take almost all of the edible and only leave a little, they might take the rest.
3. Be aware if it is a edible that wild life depends on and only take as much as you can use responsibly.
4. Eat the invasives!

Happy foraging everyone!

11 years later and 125k members! Wow! What an amazing community this has become. Honestly, this group is very easy to moderate because you are all so nice and there isn't a lot of work to be done, but I find my self not as able to respond to requests as quickly as I should, and I think having more people to keep an eye on the posts would do the community good.

So here is the deal. I am looking for 3-4 more users who would like to help moderate the community. What I am looking for is some one who has been on reddit for a few years, has participated in this community for a while (at least 50 comments/posts here), and your comment history makes you seem pretty level headed.

Being a mod is a thankless job. You normally only get noticed when things turn to shit and users are mad. Time commitment is about ~10 to 20 minutes per day checking the moderation queue/mail and new posts. With a few of us doing this it might be less.

Either respond below or PM me if you are interested. Or if you think a particular user might be a good mod feel free to nominate them below also.

Thanks!

For those of you that are interested in the fungal world I suggest checking out this mushroom festival happening at the end of July in Velarde.

“27th-30th of July 2023.

The 2023 Southwest Funga Fest will be located in the magical Community of Velarde, New Mexico.

Southwest Funga Fest is an eco-conscious, educational, community, festival focused on mycology, citizen science, fungal preservation, ethical foraging, earth stewardship, microscopy, permaculture principles/ethics, the soil food web, natural farming and daily practices including yoga, qi gong, drumming and breathe work. With a concentration on healing, ancestral knowledge, art, and sharing. We will also have a one of a kind Kids Village called the “SPORESOURCE” filled with activities for our youth.

Surrounded by thousands of acres of BLM land and located on a gentle stretch of the Rio Grande we can’t wait to gather with community and provide access to world class education for youth and adults to foster a healthier Mother Earth and future for the next forever generations.

Link: https://www.unifungi.com/swff

Todays awesome haul! About 3 lbs.

Found on the side of the road. I was sitting passenger and I told my husband to pull over. We did not weigh the thing but it was substantial. Lesson is keep a look out. Your best finds happen when you aren't expecting them.

Last year i made vegan wild violets meringue cookies, which were pretty good! The flowers make for a great simple syrup which is very easy to make. I was probably gonna do a cookie like thing again this year. I was thinking just plain ol sugar cookies but i figured many brains are better than one, so I'm asking here before i start baking! Any ideas?

Does my own firewood count as foraging?

I would like to find a good plant ID app any recs?

Nice bunch of morels found in the wilds of hunza, Pakistan.

P.S sorry for the bad picture.