r/foraging
784k members
r/foraging is a subreddit with 784k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses foraging, mushrooms, identification, id, and plants, and they frequently recommend/review plant app, shoes, and book recommendation.
Info on finding, identifying, harvesting, and cooking wild edible food.
Popular Themes in r/foraging
#1
Advice Requests
: "Wild blackberries? And are they safe to consume. We are in Middle Georgia, US"
19 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Service berry jam!"
2 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Officials Beg Californians to Stop Picking Wild Mushrooms Amid Record Number of Poisonings"
1 post
#4
Ideas
: "Service Berry Pie"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/foraging
#1
Foraging
: "Foraging kids"
153 posts
#2
Mushrooms
: "Chicken of the woods?"
63 posts
#3
Identification
: "What is this plant that's growing alongside my blackberries?"
60 posts
#4
Id
: "mulberries Id??"
55 posts
#5
Plants
: "Went to look for some salad greens but instead got lost in the beauty of it all!"
52 posts
#6
Wild
: "Wild strawberries"
52 posts
#7
Struggling
31 posts
#8
Looking
30 posts
#9
Berries
: "Pick some salmon Berries today on a dog walk"
29 posts
#10
Edible
: "Who is this in Minnesota and is it Edible?"
27 posts
Products Discussed in r/foraging
Plant App
7 reviews
#1
INaturalist
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
Seek
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
Plantify
3.0★ from 1 review
Shoes
2 reviews
#1
Salomon
5.0★ from 1 review
#2
Asolo
5.0★ from 1 review
Book Recommendation
2 reviews
#1
Sam Thayer
5.0★ from 2 reviews
Flair Used in r/foraging
#1
Plants
: "Need some help IDing this"
42 posts
#2
ID Request (country/state in post)
: "Found a freshwater clam? Didn’t know it was a thing tbh"
23 posts
#3
Mushrooms
: "chicken haul!!!"
21 posts
#4
Hunting
: "We eating good tonight"
2 posts
Member Growth in r/foraging
Yearly
+49k members(6.7%)
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Last updated: June 22, 2026