Foraging for food is searching through environments for foods such as berrys or nettles to seaweed and mushrooms. A way of gathering natural foods without buying them from the supermarket. You can use these as ingredients for cooking.
Places for foraging
Hedgerows
Here you can find items such as elderberries, Blackberries, wild horseradish, wild garlic, mushrooms, chive and many more. Many hedgerows are near roads or industrial sites, you need to be careful not to harvest these products as they can be harmful if eaten, so only forage in clean, safe places.
Forests
Here you can find foods such as apples, blackthorn, nuts and garlic etc. You need to have a knowledge of what items could be dangerous or harmful. Don't pick a poisonous berries or plants and be sure to research whats what before you go.
Beaches
When foraging on beaches you can expect to find things such as molluscs, winkles, whelks, shellfish and seaweed as well as many other things. When foraging in beaches you need to be aware of the tied, what times it comes in and goes out again. You need to be careful not to get stranded or drown. You also have to be considerate of other foragers and not to take too many items, this could also decrease the amount available on later seasons especially with shellfish etc.
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