r/foraging
788k members
r/foraging is a subreddit with 788k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses struggling, looking, foraging, identification, and mushrooms, 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
Solution Requests
: "Help finding stinging nettle"
1 post
#2
Advice Requests
: "Magazine recommendations"
1 post
#3
Self-Promotion
: "I made a free map app for foraging spots (+ local produce from neighbors) — looking for people to break it"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/foraging
#1
Struggling
31 posts
#2
Looking
30 posts
#3
Foraging
: "How do you answer people who ask for your Foraging spots?"
29 posts
#4
Identification
27 posts
#5
Mushrooms
9 posts
#6
Mushroom
: "New Item Unlocked: Giant Puffball Mushroom [Ontario, Canada]"
8 posts
#7
Book
7 posts
#8
Books
7 posts
#9
Berries
: "Trailing blackBerries!"
6 posts
#10
Tired
5 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
Mushrooms
: "Winter chanterelles in July? SW Washington, 2000'"
20 posts
#2
Plants
: "July Wineberry Harvest"
15 posts
#3
ID Request (country/state in post)
: "Hogweed, Parsnip, or something else..?"
8 posts
#4
Hunting
: "Wanted to find just one passion fruit, found 100 pawpaw trees instead"
1 post
Member Growth in r/foraging
Yearly
+49k members(6.6%)
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Last updated: July 8, 2026