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Foraging for wild food can be a very rewarding experience.\u00a0 As well as finding nutritious food for free you also have a great day out, exercising, walking with friends or just enjoying the scenery.<\/p>\n

Finding and identifying wild berries, plants and fungi can be a daunting task, so a number of people around the UK have arranged foraging weekends and courses, so that you can learn how to find, identify, pick and cook with wild food.<\/p>\n

We have put together a list of some of the course providers but if you know of any more then please let us know using the comments section at the end of this article.<\/p>\n

Foraging courses in the UK<\/strong><\/p>\n

Selfsufficientish.com<\/strong><\/a> – Wild food foraging courses for spring 2010 calendar.<\/p>\n

Fat Hen<\/strong><\/a> – Wild food foraging, cooking & feasting courses & events set in West Cornwall.<\/p>\n

Tudor Farnhouse<\/strong><\/a> – Foraging and Tutored Walks in the Forest of Dean and Wye Valley.<\/p>\n

Hedgerow Harvest<\/strong><\/a> – Foraging and willd food courses. Scheduled courses are based near Marlborough in Wiltshire and near Dorchester in Dorset.<\/p>\n

Taste the Wild <\/strong><\/a>– Fun and informative courses based in North Yorkshire.<\/p>\n

Wild Food School <\/strong><\/a>– Wild Food School courses are essentually ‘fluid’ offering introductory half-day, day, 2-day and week-long sessions where students can gain hands-on experience in identifying and using Britain’s edible wild plants, and do so in an informal learning environment. A Distance Learning programme is also available which may be of more benefit to folks who don’t have the time to visit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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