Foraging School with Robin Greenfield

Join my online Foraging School & Community!

Are you yearning to connect more deeply with Earth? To learn how to harvest the foods and medicines that are growing freely and abundantly all around you? To find your community of like-minded people and break free from consumerism?

Foraging School is an opportunity to learn how to identify, harvest and enjoy the abundance of food and medicine that is growing in your region while deepening your connection with Earth and growing your community.

Upcoming Foraging Schools

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Foraging School Content:

  • Identifying, Harvesting and Preparing Wild Food and Medicine
  • Foraging Walks and Plant Identification
    • Tips to become a successful forager from me, an experienced forager!
    • Including discussion of toxic plants
    • Identifying plants to avoid and “lookalikes”
    • Timing the harvest and identifying when plants are edible 
  • Food Processing and Preservation
    • Including discussing the basics of foraging equipment – drying, freezing, canning and cold storage
    • Including tips for efficiency so you can actually break free from the grocery store 
  • Sustainability and Ethics of Foraging
  • How and Where to Safely Forage
    • Including discussions on pesticides, industrial pollutants, car exhaust, urban foraging, etc.
  • Deepening your Connection with Earth and our Plant Relatives and Living in Reciprocity

For multi-day schools: We share communal meals that include some of the foods we forage and a focus on sourcing locally grown and foraged foods!

About Foraging School

Foraging School is an opportunity to immerse yourself in foraging and return home informed, inspired, motivated and with a sense of community to make foraging a foundational part of your life. I host Foraging School at a very simple, grassroots level so that we can focus on foraging, rather than logistics. Along with foraging, we design these schools to be a practice of connecting deeply with Earth, existing simply and in gratitude for the basics of life, and in breaking free from consumerism and the conveniences of our industrialized lives.

Accessibility for new foragers: I strive for my work to be accessible and open to all. Foraging School is accommodating even for those who have never foraged a bite of food in their life. In fact, those are the people who stand to gain the most!

Suggested Donation:
Weekend School: Sliding scale suggested donation of $100-$300 per adult and $50-$75 per child.
Day School: Sliding scale suggested donation of $75-$150 per adult
Scholarships are available.

To learn more about Weekend Schools, visit our Foraging School Welcome Letter and Community Guidelines which includes information on lodging, schedule, food, suggested donations, children, pets and more.

To learn more about Day Schools, visit this previous Foraging School registration page which includes information on schedule, food, suggested donations, children, pets and more.

A little about my relationship to foraging: In 2019, I completed a year of growing and foraging 100% of my food and medicine. In 2022, I completed a month of foraging 100% of my food – with no gardens – down to the salt, oil and spices. I began passionately leading plant walks in 2022 and I have a wealth of practical advice to share from experience of how you can truly break free from the global, industrial food system and live happily on the abundance of Earth. At the same time as being a highly experienced forager, I remember what it was like to feel confused and overwhelmed and I am able to meet every new or advanced forager where they are at to be of best service. On October 8th, 2026, I completed a year of foraging 100% of his food, based in my homeland of Northern Wisconsin while traveling the nation living by example and sharing my knowledge. I would absolutely LOVE to connect with you at Foraging School, sharing my deep experience and relationship with our plant relatives.

Apprenticeship/Volunteers

An apprenticeship with me is an opportunity for substantial hands-on foraging and food processing experience, personal time with me, and to help free up my time so I can be of service and do activism to reach millions with the message of being a steward to Earth and all life we share this home with. Interested? Learn more here.

Foraging Resources:

Online Foraging School and Community

My Foraging Guide for New Foragers!

Find a Forager near you! This is a database to find foraging instructors and classes in your area.

Go on a plant walk with me from your seat at home:

 

Past Foraging Schools