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FORAGE (verb) = to search madly for; to collect for nutrition; to take to use
FORAGE (noun) = land of plants that animals feed upon

Hunting and Gathering Culture = Foraging Culture

Fauna Wants to Eat your Weeds
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Artist - Sarianna Pauliina

What is a squirrel on an acorn foray?  Scroll down for answer!

           Foraging offers the most beneficial nutrition and freshness food can muster. There is food everywhere - if you know when, where, and how to look.  Being educated in what is edible and what is not is key.  To know how to forage is a skill that is beneficial, particularly for as population rises, and climate change drives web of life disruptions and destructions, there is less and less food to be found.  Please replenish what you forage by replanting and catching from waterways and fields - and a little extra....  
         

U.S. Aid from the American People

          There are a large number of foraging books.  Please research as to the authentication of the author/s expertise and There are many plants that other animals eat, while for humans are poisonous.  Please use caution, as there are many look-alike plants that are poisonous, and many are immediate "eat and kill."  Do not especially pick mushrooms unless you are with a trained expert, such as a Mycologist.  Serenade and www.goserenade.org does not endorse nor is responsible for any links below and clearly states here that you forage completely at your personal risk. 
          While in the United States of America, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Acupuncture, and Naturopathic Medicine are licensed fields (Naturopaths - N.D., Acupuncturist - LAc, and Doctors of Oriental Medicine - D.O.M.,), there is no such thing as a "master," "certified," "licensed," or "registered" herbalist.
 
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A squirrel on an acorn foray is an oak-raider!

                                                                                                                                                                    

"In the Minds of Plants" - BBC

FORAGE STUDY

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Foraging Information Website
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Purdue University, Indiana

Mycology
The study of fungi

Midwest American Mycological Information (MAMI)

The Mycological Association of Washington, DC (MAW)

"The Magic of Mushrooms" - BBC

"Natures Great Decomposers" | Molds and Fungus Documentary - National Geographic

Behavioral Ecology
Behave: Middle French (h)avoir Latin habēre to have); replacing late Middle English behavoure, behaver.  + -ior condition + -al pertaining to.  To be acting in a manner of.
Ecology: Greek: οἶκος, "house" or "living relations"; -λογία, "study of"  The study of animal (which of course includes humans) ways of being; mannerisms in relation to each other and their physical surroundings.  The evolutionary basis of ecological pressure.  Foraging is one of the necessities of survival. 

Webster's Dictionary Definitions

International Society for Behavioral Ecology (ISBE)

"Behavioral Ecology" - Oxford University

Forage Land Organizations
Among sponsors are genetic engineering companies, including Dow and Dupont.

Indiana Forage Council

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HOW TO FORAGE

"How To Forage For Edible Plants" - Film Short - How Stuff Works

E - Foraging Channel - Eat The Weeds

Foraging at Eattheweeds.com
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Artist - Leslie Brack

A Guide to Foraging Wild Edibles - Wild Edible

"Foraged and for Sale: What to Know About Selling Wild Mushrooms and Other Edibles" - Michigan State University

                                                                                                                       

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

THE FOOD HUNT

Eyeguy wants to be friends

Grasses and Legumes

Identify adult and seeds.  Learn what grasses and legumes are invasive and experimental for good uses in various climates.

Identify Midwest Grasses and Legumes
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Identify Midwest Grasses and Legumes - Purdue University

Forage Grasses and Legumes
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Forage Grasses and Legumes - Purdue University

FRUIT

Paw Paws (Asimina Triloba)

How to forage Paw Paws - video(wild pathway Florida via Kentucky and Ohio to Michigan)

North Carolina Foraging

Rasberry
Raspberry
Rasberry

FUNGI

Fungus, Moss, and Lichen Page

                                                                                                                     

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