The Scouting Guide to Foraging: an Official Boy Scouts of America Handbook ― An Official Boy Scouts of America Handbook: Essential Skills for Finding Food in the Wild

In Scouting's Guide to Foraging, current Scouts, Scout alumni, and readers interested in the outdoors are provided with time-tested advice on how to safely identify, harvest, and use edible wild plants. Some practical tips include:

How to identify different parts of plant stems, leaves, flowers, and fruit

Where to locate and forage edible plants

Which plants are valuable sources of nutrition and which should be avoided

How to harvest, store, and prepare plants for eating

Ways to cook your finds

How to use plants for tinder, natural dyes, and insect repellants

And so much more!

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