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Foraging is really important for peoples well being and mental health.Foraging is a wholesome activity, it exercises both your body and mind, while hopefully providing you with a vitamin rich meal at the end.

Foraging is also really important for connecting humans to nature. I started for foraging for the free food aspect, it was like a treasure hunt and a puzzle to identify species all in one fun activity. The more I've learnt along the way the more I've come to respect our green spaces and I want to help protect them, and maintain their natural beauty and the balance between all living things. I always take an extra bag out foraging and use it to collect litter. 

When I harvest I only ever take from places where there is abundance of the particular species I'm after. No food is impact free and foraging is not an exception. The amount I collect is alway respectful of the other living beings that rely on the species I collect. With mushrooms there is no harm to the mycelium when you harvest them but insects rely on them as a habitat, other animals rely on them as a food source and other foragers are out there too. Plants I am respectful of the plant if I take all the leaves it can't photosynthesise and make sugars to grow, if I take all the flowers, insects will have less food and the plant will produce less seeds. If i take all the seeds and fruit the plant won't be as productive at reproduction and other animals who realy on the fruit for food will have to work even harder to get a meal. Being aware of where our food comes from and the hard work finding, identifying and collecting really makes you apprecate where food comes from and the amount of effort needed to feed ourselves.