Wild Foods

BSY

Course

In Dunsland Cross

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    Dunsland cross

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Wild Foods - a distance learning course by BSY Learn how to get more in touch with nature and conservation by developing an interest in our ancestors' gatherer lifestyle.  Foraging is environmentally friendly and has the large added benefit of being a free source of organic foods that are in season and replete with vital nutrients. This course will equip you to harvest and eat wild foods with information on safe and lawful gathering This encompasses plant identification, harvesting, storage, preparation and recipes.

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Location

Start date

Dunsland Cross (Devon)
EX22 7YT

Start date

Different dates availableEnrolment now open

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Course programme

Training Course Content

The course syllabus is structured as follows:

  • Lesson One
    • Introduction
      • Why Forage?
    • Safety
      • Wild Foods and Survival
    • The Law and Wild Food Gathering
    • Getting Started
      • Equipment
      • Mapping and Recording Finds
      • Rules for Picking
      • Wild Food Groups
      • Storage
  • Lesson Two
    • Commonly Found Wild Foods
      • Dandelion
      • Nettle
      • Oak
      • Good King Henry
      • Common Poppy
      • Heather
      • Reedmace
      • Fat Hen
      • Blackcurrant
    • Two Plants to Avoid
      • Bracken
      • Comfrey
  • Lesson Three
    • Commonly Found Wild Foods (Continued)
      • Hawthorn
      • Hazel
      • Goosegrass or Cleavers
      • Ground Elder
      • Sweet Cicely
      • Yarrow
      • Chickweed
      • Sweet Chestnut
      • Burdock
      • Bilberry
      • Pig Nut
      • Rosebay Willowherb
      • Walnut
  • Lesson Four
    • Commonly Found Wild Foods (Continued)
      • Wild Strawberry
      • Rowan
      • Fennel
      • Black Mustard
      • Turnip
      • Wild Cherry
      • Wild Service Tree
      • Ramsons
      • Wild Foods in the Arctic
    • Foraging on the Seashore
      • Shellfish
      • Seaweed
      • Plant Life

Additional information

Expenses

There are two ways you can enrol on this course. You can:

  • Pay with a deposit of £70 £50, followed by 4 monthly instalments of £25
  • OR
  • Pay the total course fee in one sum of £170 £150 and also receive a one year NUS Extra discount card1  – free

Wild Foods

Price on request