Food & Foraging

Reports on wild food, foraging practice, food safety, and the people finding edible plants and fungi in their landscapes.

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as of 2026-09-27

09:002026-09-10

Urban Foraging Gains Ground as Food Prices and Safety Concerns Grow

Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com csmonitor.com
Rising food costs, supply concerns, and a wish to connect with the land are drawing more people toward urban foraging. Experts welcome the interest but warn of real risks for the unprepared.
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02:382026-07-31

Ozarks Foraging Guides and Private Chefs Offering Unique Edible Plant Experiences

417 Magazine 417mag.com
From guided foraging hikes to multicourse cave dinners and private chef services, several Ozarks-based food and nature experts are bringing edible plant experiences and custom menus directly to guests.
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22:222026-09-22

Vermont Program Shows Residents How to Forage and Cook Wild Foods

WCAX wcax.com
Vermont Wild Kitchen, a joint project of Rural Vermont and the Vermont Department of Fish & Wildlife, runs free workshops on foraging and cooking wild foods, with growing demand since launching nearly a decade ago.
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07:002026-09-02

Social Media and Local Clubs Are Bringing Foraging to New Audiences

Appalachian Voices appvoices.org
From TikTok influencers with millions of followers to long-established regional mushroom clubs, foraging is reaching new people while raising important questions about sustainable harvesting and community knowledge-sharing.
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07:002026-08-03

Durango Chef and Forager Finds Edible Plants Growing Along Local Trails

Rocky Mountain PBS rmpbs.org
Along the Animas River Trail and in Durango's organic parks, forager Catherine Grillos spots ingredients where most people see weeds — and she says the food is free for those who know where to look.
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07:002026-08-06

Robin Greenfield Shares Foraging Safety Tips Ten Months Into Year-Long Food Challenge

WJLA wjla.com
Ten months into a year-long self-sufficiency food challenge, Robin Greenfield spoke about safe and sustainable foraging, the motivations behind the project, and advice for beginners.
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07:002026-08-29

Harvesting Purple Sea Urchins on the Sonoma Coast for Uni

The San Francisco Standard sfstandard.com
A guided ocean-to-table outing on the Sonoma Coast offered participants the chance to collect purple sea urchins and extract their uni, while also helping curb a species whose population explosion has been damaging California's kelp forests.
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07:002026-08-28

Wild Mushroom Foraging Trend Linked to Deaths and Illnesses Across Multiple States

New York Post nypost.com
From Ohio to California, dozens of people have fallen ill — and some have died — after eating toxic wild mushrooms, as foraging's post-COVID popularity boom exposes amateurs to serious dangers.
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