foragers
Wild food collectors
Foragers are those who search for food in the wild—whether animals seeking sustenance or humans gathering edible plants, fungi, and other resources from nature.
The term applies to hunter-gatherer societies and to modern enthusiasts who collect wild foods: The foragers returned with baskets of mushrooms and berries.
In military contexts, foragers are soldiers sent to find provisions in the field.
Small fleshy fruits
- mushroomsSpore-bearing fruiting bodies
- edible plantsConsumable botanical matter
- nutsSeeds in shells
- rootsUnderground nutrient absorbers
seeds · wildcrafting · herbalism · gathering · harvesting · gleaning · collecting · basket
Subsistence through wild resources
- gatherersThose who amass
- nomadicWithout fixed residence
- bandsMusical performing groups
- tribesAncestral social groups
traditional knowledge · aboriginal · indigenous · ancestral · primitive skills · food security · self-reliance · sustainability
People preparing for catastrophes
- survivalistSelf-reliance extremist
- bushcraftWilderness survival skill set
- bugoutRapid emergency departure
- emergencySerious sudden danger
preparedness · self-sufficiency · resourcefulness · resilience · adaptability · rationing · scavenging · improvisation
Organisms transferring reproductive dust
- seed dispersalTransport of plant embryos
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
food web · keystone species · symbiosis · decomposition · flora · fauna · niche · endemic species
berries
Small fleshy fruits
- mushroomsSpore-bearing fruiting bodies
- edible plantsConsumable botanical matter
- nutsSeeds in shells
roots · seeds · wildcrafting · herbalism · gathering · harvesting · gleaning · collecting · basket · field guide
hunter-gatherers
Subsistence through wild resources
tribes · traditional knowledge · aboriginal · indigenous · ancestral · primitive skills · food security · self-reliance · sustainability · permaculture
preppers
People preparing for catastrophes
- survivalistSelf-reliance extremist
- bushcraftWilderness survival skill set
- bugoutRapid emergency departure
emergency · preparedness · self-sufficiency · resourcefulness · resilience · adaptability · rationing · scavenging · improvisation · backcountry
pollinators
Organisms transferring reproductive dust
- seed dispersalTransport of plant embryos
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
ecosystem · food web · keystone species · symbiosis · decomposition · flora · fauna · niche · endemic species · invasive species
forest floor
Ground beneath trees
- underbrushDense low forest vegetation
- canopyOverhead protective covering
- woodlandForested land area
meadow · hedgerow · wetland · thicket · clearing · trailside · riverbank · deciduous · coniferous · temperate
- prehistorystone tools, Neolithic, Stone Age, caveman, cavemen
- Stone Agecave painting, paleolithic, hand ax, handaxes, hand axe
- ant colonyqueen ant, worker ant, worker ants, workers, soldiers
- social insectsworkers, colony, queen, nest, brood
- raidersraiders, marauders, pillagers, plunderers, looters
- eco-activistseco-warriors, eco-warrior, eco warriors, climate activists, tree hugger
foragersfarmers
Land-cultivating occupation holders
cultivators · agriculturalists · growers · planters · ranchers
foragersagriculturalists
Cultivation practitioners
settlers · industrialists · factory workers · consumers · wage earners
- foraged food
- wild foraged
- wild forageGathering food from nature
- forage fishSmall prey species