Technically my first foraging walk

[Brewforagegrow]

So the godless corporationwork for have been doing a 12 week "step up" challenge where you (sign up to) wear a pedometer, and the more steps everyone takes the more money they donate to charity. As part if it they asked the green team which I'm a member of to lead a couple of walks, so they got our resident wildlife expert to do one and they asked me to do a foraging one.
It was only an hour, and we still had to cover a decent distance for the step count, but it as amazing being able to show people what was about. Given the short space of time I had I stuck to the more recognisable foragables and tried to teach people how to use things they could already ID, but it was a great feeling.
I know I've still got a couple of years until my repertoire is big enough to make it worthwhile taking people out properly, but anyone running walks, you guys are living the dream!

Walk was around a golf course, top of my head we found/looked at cherry plum, oregon grape, rose hips, an edible brittle gill (God knows which one, I struggle to narrow them down other than taste test), false chanterelle, pine, field mushroom, bay bolete, oak, Hazel, rowan, pineappleweed, blackberries, crab apple, sweet chestnut and beech. Not bad for a lunch hour and 5000 steps.

[foragingmouse]

Nice one buddy it's a good feeling isn't it . Well done

[edenwildfood]

thats why im trying to build my business, ill still be taking on a part time job, but hope to build it up to a decent level over next couple of years, as its what im passionate about.

[herbwise]

Hahaha the corp. my hubby works for makes them do the pedometer shit too...they have regional competitions, etc ("who's got the most steps!!?!"). He "lost" his pedometer and thus can't contribute any further to the b.s. whoopsie daisy. I love giving herb walks, they are basically foraging walks just a bit more "medicinally minded." It's harder to do that where we are now (Ohio) as ppl are skeptical and weird about it all plus spray everything and grow all GMOs and I feel like I'm fighting against the North Wind in naught but knickers here. If that's a thought that translates... Anyhow I'm with you all, we want to live the dream, must work for the big man in the mean time to make it happen. Hoping to get a piece of land to start slowly building our dreams/wildcrafting/etc and eventually turn it into a learning center...if the corporate world makes it happen than the means to an end will have been a good one. Must never give up!! Must keep going...believing... The Earth loves people like us we have to remember that! And slow and steady wins the race. Always true. F**kers always trying to hop skip and jump all flashy but in the end the turtle walks right on by quite stealth and sly.

[foragingmouse]

I held my first wild food talk yesterday since I had my breakdown I'm not going to say it was easy as it was a massive step for me even just being around people , I forgot how good it feels to have a crowd of people really focused on your knowledge it's quite a buzz , I had seven chefs with me and they were really great company and really open to the new flavours that wild food offers i take my hat off to you guys that have the knowledge and confidence to teach .