My expanded list of practices for respecting the planet while gathering food (and having fun while you do)
Foraging is an expansive practice: One that asks us to take the techniques and ingredients we’re familiar with, and reimagine them to incorporate place and time in a way our ancestors would have done, but which is unfamiliar to many of us.
Here are my best practices, expanded from my list in Our Fermented Lives, and these guide my relationship with foraging and plants every time I go out.
Many of these are common sense things you probably already do, but if you’re new to foraging, they can help you form a relationship with the practice and the earth that’s rooted in process, joy, and stewardship. Ultimately, foraging is about enjoyment and relationship: With the Earth, with ourselves as critters wandering around on the Earth, and with the plants that nourish us.
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