Foraging

Learn how to forage for food from foraging expert Miles Irving, the author of ‘The Forager Handbook’ - hailed by many as ‘the forager’s bible’. Miles foraging foods with some of the world’s best chefs and restaurants (Heston Blumenthal’s Fat Duck, Rene Redzepi, Magnus Nilsson and the Hix restaurants). He has been a pioneer in the Wild Food Renaissance and has extensive knowledge of the unique flavours and stories of wild foods. Miles’ celebrates new and ancient flavours, rediscovering the nutritional properties of wild plants and reconnecting with the land. This vital link means we thrive, eat well and work with the wild ecology of places. Whilst examples used in this course are in Miles’s own area, the principles of this course apply to foraging all over the world. You are encouraged to share your own environments and discuss wild foods throughout the course, wherever you’re located. You'll learn: how to forage for food that grow near you preparing wild food to eat and wild food recipes wild foods for health and wellbeing identifying plant characteristics for safe foraging The course includes: 5 on-demand video lessons - presented by Miles Irving lifetime access to the videos, notes and interactive class flexible classes - join and learn when and where you like downloadable lesson notes practical foraging assignments (with tutor feedback available) access on your mobile, PC, Mac or laptop small interactive online classroom - chat online to students from around the world and share your creative ideas Time to complete the foraging course: Every student is different but in general we think the whole course will take around 16 hours to complete including: Video lessons: 2 hours in total Course notes: 30 minutes per lesson Your foraging assignments: at least 2 hours per lesson Interactive classroom time: 15 minutes per lesson Tutor feedback review (Expert level): 15 minutes per lesson You'll need: Your foraging assignments will include plant identification, so a good plant ID or foraging book will be helpful - try Miles' book 'The Forager Handbook'. You'll be preparing the foods you find, so you'll need basic kitchen equipment.