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Through this piece we will be taking a look at the key ways to help us in Identifying British Trees in Winter As the vibrant colours of autumn fade away, the British countryside can seem bleak and lifeless during the winter months. However, there is still much beauty to be…

Come the apocalypse, or more optimistically, a sustainable future, we may well all be looking for more of a taste of the Wild. Many people are surprised to learn that not all foraged food tastes like grass or has that ‘green flavour’ or is ‘a bit bitter’.  Admittedly a lot…

Through this piece we’ll be taking a deep dive into the Health benefits of Foraging. The recent increase in the popularity of alternative medicine and herbalism as an alternative to pharmaceutical medicine reflects the appreciation that wild plants can have excellent medicinal properties.  As a forager however, I’m not qualified…

Lichens are fascinating symbiotic associations between a fungus (mycobiont) and a green alga or cyanobacterium (photobiont). Through this blog post we’re going to be looking at lichens as food. This relationship can range from mutualism to controlled parasitism.  Although the Fungal element of the Lichen does no obvious harm to…