wild forage

Gathered wild edibles

Wild forage refers to edible plants, fungi, and other food gathered from uncultivated land rather than grown or purchased.

The term covers both the activity and the harvest itself: We brought back some wild forage from the woods.

As a verb, to wild forage is to seek and collect such food: She spent the morning wild foraging for mushrooms and berries.

Related

roots · nettles · woodland · hedgerow · harvest · edible · plants · plant identification · field guide · acorns · meadow · nature walk · survival · hunt · scavenge · hunter gatherer · ramps · free food

Opposites
cultivation status

wild foragecash crops

Plants grown for profit

farm produce · agricultural products · commercial agriculture · field crops

food production system

wild forageindustrial agriculture

Large-scale mechanized farming

processed food · commercial farming · packaged goods · canned food · meal replacement

domestication

wild foragecultivars

Human-developed plant varieties

hybrid crops · heirloom varieties

Family

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Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G