What is in an AI-generated foraging book?

[@FeralForaging]

Don't forget to leave a comment to enter the giveaway! (other than replying to this one) Patreon link and books that I DO recommend are in the description. We'll be hosting an exclusive *Common Wild Trees* on Patreon soon. I hope to see you there! 😄

[@FeralForaging]

@arteyemis Nope! Leave a comment outside of this thread and you'll be entered.

[@PhoenixTide69]

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[@AminJones]

Dangerous, the queen has hairy legs; nuance.

[@sethgreenwood6488]

This reminds me of the quote from T.S. Elliot: "Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?"

[@amymiah4527]

My brothers and I grew up on a farm in the late seventies and early eighties. My grandfather gave me a one hundred year old herb book with picture plates. We scoured the property to find plants we could eat. We didn’t have a lot of other ways to entertain ourselves. Thanks Grandpap.

[@MackenzieNerdyEMT]

We used to do the same stuff! My cousins and i would go around scouring the family property searching for plants and berries and eat. It was so fun!

[@southerngardenesse]

Buyer beware like never before. Thanks for enlightening us on this problem.

[@kyuutatsu]

Actually, here in Finland foraging is very common place from berries to mushrooms! In the forests of Finland we have chanterelle mushrooms, cloudberries, raspberries, forest berries (those small strawberry looking things), black currant, red currant, blackberries, bilberries, raspberries, birch water, new spruce tips, and much much more! My boyfriend often brings home berries to me because they’re in season. It’s just so easy to end up in a forest and find delicious things to eat!

[@dinkvjr]

I've recently learned all about cloudberries! They are amazing for skin and many other things! Cool you can just pick them!!

[@Dbibb1]

New forager here! Thank you for pointing out these fakes and also for providing some good references for us to check out.

[@donnapotee2419]

I grew up on a farm not realizing that I used to cut down and destroy so many wonderful plants, But for the last 5 years I have been studying from people such as you and bringing all these wonderful plants home to my yard.

[@SnailHatan]

Depending on where you live I would highly recommend Native Habitat Project on youtube. He works in preserving american prairie land, and some forests and such. He has some videos about collecting seeds from rare plants and wildflowers and how he grows them on his property.

[@nimue325]

I teach English and am always looking for non-preachy ways to get students to understand the flaws of AI and how to be critical thinkers of the media they consume. This video does an excellent job, including hinting that we will need to keep update our red flags as the industry changes. Thanks!

[@DanielBelliveau-y5x]

I really love Nicole Apelian's Lost Book of Herbal Remedies, and some of the most valuable thing I learned of were Usnea, Yarrow and plantain to treat wounds; and wild lettuce opium to treat pain and insomnia. I have some edible wild food guides but not Mr. Thayer's The Forager's Harvest., it sounds interesting to me after watching your video.

[@melodybricker4296]

I have been looking at her as a source for a book she actually has 3 different books I am considering including the foraging one..friend of mine ordered all 3 and said they all are really good with pictures descriptions look alike etc every aspect you need info on

[@cwomo9147]

I had no idea AI was writing books...and no pictures is a big red sign... awesome video

[@tamaraspillis612]

Thank you. I have Foragers Harvest. Another favorite of mine is Weeds of the Midwestern United States and Canada. Bryson and DeFelice. Partly sponsored by pesticide corporations but intricate in detailed all stages of plant cycle. Emphasis on toxicity. I lead and feed locals who want to learn from the bounty beneath their feet. Walk and gather foraging. Then food prep and good talk❤

[@countryboygsp1222]

I love foraging. Your videos ignited a fire in me, and this year, I've learned a lot. However, I'm still a complete novice.

[@mikegoin6023]

The first foraging book I ever read was "Stalking the wild asparagus" by Euell Gibbons. I was hooked.

[@Almosthomeforever]

This information is absolutely incredible… what in the world! Can’t thank you enough for all this you did to help everyone. People are confused enough, to say the least. How horrible these books are. Being taught the joy of foraging should not be destroyed like these people who made those books. I have a GREAT love of foraging EVERYTHING edible I learned many years ago. And good books are a MUST! Thank you again! Excellent information! 🍄

[@FeralForaging]

I'm happy to help! I would hate for someone to have a bad first experience with foraging due to these awful books...

[@conroyburke4225]

Brilliantly done! Thank you for this content. My favorite thing to forage now is lambsquarters. I dug some up and put them in my garden so I don’t have to go far to enjoy them. They are so delicious. When I was a little kid hanging out at my grandma’s house in West Virginia we would forage milkweed greens and teaberry.

[@FeralForaging]

All delicious! Glad you liked the video.

[@LahiriTube]

Thank you for standing up to real foraging information, it is so so important. Keep on shining bro

[@bobbidwell6195]

Thank you for pointing out these frauds, and saving us money

[@redennis3]

Thank you for your hard work. I love foraging wild edible plants, and putting some back for winter.

[@sigrid2402]

I really need a good foraging book with clear pictures as well as when to harvest since not all plants have the necessary ingredients in all life stages.

[@jenifermorgan7328]

Bo Brown has two nice books for foraging in the Ozarks and central grasslands. He references Sam Thayer in his books as well. I'd love to have his book❤

[@BNM-b7t]

Bo is usually a guest speaker at the Ozark Homesteaders expo every year. He is rather knowledgeable and funny too!

[@jacklynesteves9222]

Wow! Thank you so much for sharing this because I have (soon to be HAD) that exact book in my cart🤦🏻‍♀️ Starting now is so scary but Im too hopeful to give up! Have a Great Weekend all💪🏽😎

[@strngrthnfiction]

It's so annoying how Amazon search works! Fake and similar titles are ruining search results! Thanks for clearing up the difference.

[@aliannarodriguez1581]

It seems to have gotten worse lately. So much irrelevant stuff coming up while the thing I searched for by exact title may be 5 to 10 pages into the Amazon results.

[@OrionAon]

Awesome video, friend! Thanks for taking one for the team and reading through that garbage. Yew instead of chokecherry... 😳 Glad the chokecherry footage worked out for you!

[@FeralForaging]

Worked perfect for the video. Thank you again! For anyone who is reading this, Orion made cookies with the chokecherry flour and they were 🔥

[@OrionAon]

@@FeralForaging you're welcome! I'll have to make a long video for those chokecherry cookies! They are delicious.

[@Sonicboomer56]

Thorough and unbiased reporting. And a scary glimpse into the future of knowledge dissemination. You have performed a huge public service

[@zackk2640]

Looks I need to check out Sam's foragers harvest.

[@FeralForaging]

You really do!

[@waynewall298]

This is my first year at foraging. In your video, I have already learnt a lot about what to look for. Though my family trys to discourage me, I enjoy new tastes out there that we can't get at any store. I appreciate the work that you do. Thanks for showing us the truth about "forages harvest bible" I was just about to purchase in one. I'm glad that you have exposed the truth. Thank you!

[@JoanyOrsi]

Thanks for the heads up. I bought one of those 10 in 1 bibles for herbs a few months ago and I couldn't wait to return it. Love your videos

[@Marcel_Audubon]

Even *more satisfying* than I had hoped for!!

[@FeralForaging]

Glad to hear that! :D

[@brandystrauss2943]

I just shared this to my Facebook friends. Thank you for providing this information! As a first year forager, I appreciate the awareness that fake information is being put out about returning to Earth based practices. At a time when so many humans are being called back to our nature, I look forward to learning more from experienced herbalists and foragers so that I may play my part in keeping this knowledge alive.

[@TheDustinleeclark]

My wife asked me what I wanted for our anniversary. I told her books on foraging edibles, medicinal or fungus. She got me a guide to mushroom foraging, I was so excited we went foraging immediately, in the rain lol. I will definitely look I to getting this book!

[@walter8037]

I foraged as a kid and didn't even know that is what I was doing. Parents taught me a lot. Most of the foraging I do now is for my chickens and guineas. But it is good to "know" things and knowing more is even better!

[@ashdrinksdripforbreakfast398]

My favorite thing to forage is Passiflora Lutea, just kidding it’s Maypop.😂

[@FeralForaging]

Iykyk 😅

[@miracletaproot]

I recommend Sam Thayer's books to anyone who will listen. His field guide is one of the best and most important books on wild edibles ever written.

[@FeralForaging]

Couldn't agree more!

[@Amlyv]

Thank you for this review. I like to forage berries.

[@thel1355]

I like to forage farkleberries (Vaccinium arboreum). They're kind of dry, but the trick is to forage them after a rain. A droplet of water will cling to outside of fruit, and it helps hydrate it.

[@FeralForaging]

I like those too!

[@novashowalter]

I love mushrooms hunting, but want to learn so much more

[@bec0181mine]

Thanks for this giveaway! I would love to know how you harvest and process black walnuts. I've seen several videos on EdibleAcres, but I'd like to see your suggestions. Thank you!

[@FeralForaging]

I hope to make some videos on that this year!

[@HSR-bk5qb]

This is very helpful information for those of us who are new to foraging and attempting to safely identify wild medicinals and edibles. I'm looking to distinguish the fine points of leaf identification as well as companion plants that tend to grow together.

[@kimmiemamatomany6226]

I enjoy foraging many things. I started as a child, and it continues to bring me joy now in my 50s. Mushrooms are probably my favorite forage. I think we have safely eaten over 40 different mushroom varieties.

[@christymartin3846]

My guy, seriously!! I was looking for a good foraging book, at the local “supply” place! I was like, what the world, I need 1 book not 20 in 1!! So glad I decided not to buy! Thank you for sharing ❤ now I gotta go find your video on wild grapes 😂

[@kathleenfindlay2361]

Your commentary on this book is probably saving lives.

[@NM-tm4dz]

Thanks for helping to raise the profile on the fake books and especially on Thayer's books at the same time, enough people are already scared to forage or are getting misinformation from google searches without knowing how to find or discern reliable info, it's always helpful to get more information like this out there

[@rebeccaparker4932]

I would love to have one of the books. I'm a mother to 2 young kids. My oldest would point at flowers in books, asking what they are. After saying generically, "flower" I realized I know nothing about plants and want to do better. I've been obsessed with your videos ever since we went mushroom hunting. Never bold enough to touch a mushroom in the wild, but we take many photos!

[@prosperingplantings]

I recently learned I live at the edge of the natural range of the Shagbark hickory. Through some research I learned it used to be very common where I am but through a hundred years or so of habitat destruction and logging only 2 or 3 known stands still exist. Through INaturalist I have found one of the stands and am gathering a few of the nuts that fall in the hopes of growing a few out to plant on my land so that maybe 30 or 40 years from now I can use my squirrel army to restore the populations. Love the vids

[@nolancampbell4451]

Wherever you plant them should be their only location they have crazy long taproots and should get put in their forever spot straight away after germinating in the first year it’s common for hickories to only grow around 6 inches above ground and more than 12 feet below ground hope this helps

[@prosperingplantings]

Appreciate it. we are going to try several straight in ground and some in air-prune beds, which are deep planters with an air gap at the bottom to grow seedlings out for a year. The air gap forces more lateral root growth and has been very effective with other deeply taprooting species.@@nolancampbell4451

[@earlenematthews8920]

Thank you for helping people like me. I am new to foraging and eager to learn more. I was just about to buy one of these books. Thank you for all your information. I watch your videos all the time and have learned so much . I am 66 but I feel it’s never to late to start learning .

[@laelmom]

Thank you for sharing. I am still trying to add editable, medical plants to what I have learned as a child also teaching my 4 1/2 yr. grand daughter for their future generations. Hope for her to love foraging and share with others.

[@gracefulkimberella]

thank you! This is extremely valuable information!!! I truly appreciate it!

[@FeralForaging]

You are so welcome! I’m happy to provide it.

[@nitsguy]

I've been afraid to try foraging myself, but maybe if I win the giveaway it might lead me down this path... Lots of good mushroom hunting in British Columbia!

[@FeralForaging]

I hope you win!

[@sunnyday3506]

Thanks for the information, the bumpy road is easier to travel with companions like you.

[@FeralForaging]

Glad to hear that. :)

[@happyoutside2558]

This video has been very helpful! The more I watch you the more I see you really know what you’re talking about. I remember my grandmother once went looking for milkweed to put the white sap on her skin. My mother was embarrassed by this- she only trusted pharmaceuticals. Here I am 60 years later learning how to locate milkweed and wild lettuce, and plantain- the weed. 😂

[@mommashiner]

Education is the key but the information has to be correct to be useful. There are dangerous plants out there and for folks really wanting to learn to forage for themselves then having clear, color pictures will help to properly identify a plant. Then having correct harvesting practices and how to process and use. You have possibly saved someone's life by bringing this to our attention. Thank you kindly. I was excited to find you because I also live in North Alabama so what you forage is also available to me. ✌🌿🌱🌾

[@lauranajerasanchez4007]

I would love to start foraging, thank you for teaching us.

[@naturewithgabe]

I want to learn more about foraging in general but really pay attention to how wildlife uses natural resources to see what we can learn from them. Great work with your content, I’m a big fan.

[@gusper314]

*I made field research and gathered lots of pictures on PANCs (as we call edible plants in Brazil) since 2020...I was able to finish my own booklet a year ago...now I know about 200 species and I started using some of those "weeds" on a daily basis...*

[@armandobarojos9427]

That's actually really cool that you can just go outside and eat stuff

[@BosomBuddyCreations]

I LOVE your videos! I just harvested my first batch of wild Autumn Olives and made jam. Sooooo good! have the first three books shown and love them. I do not have the "Field Guide" one shown, which would be nice as I assume its sized better for taking out in the field. The other three are a bit big to take on hikes but sometimes I do anyway. Wish there was some way to put all that info into my phone!

[@ChelseyFerrigno]

My husband and I are just beginning our journey foraging. It’s really peaked our interest and we’re looking forward to learning more!! We saw the acorn video you posted and now we’re excited to get into more information to help us find edibles in nature and live off the land a bit more. Thanks for the informative content you posted to keep us safe 🙌🌳🍄 Just collected some acorns and black walnuts today, whoop whoop 🙌

[@sandimatthews5703]

I sincerely appreciate this review. It is quite eye opening. Oddly, I do not have any actual foraging books. Except mushroom books. I have taken some classes as well as done a couple medicinal plant walks. I do forage and do research. I am 71 and am familiar with Sam Thayer and would love his book. Again, thank you for this information. God bless

[@FeralForaging]

Very welcome! His books are always the first I recommend.

[@elDruido]

Helpful video! My favourite thing to harvest is elder flowers to make syrup 🤠

[@FeralForaging]

Hello friend, you are a WINNER! Please let me know your email so we can coordinate sending you your book. :D

[@elDruido]

​@@FeralForagingwow thank you! I sent you an email

[@michellehannah153]

The Forager's Harvest sounds like it's right up my alley. Foraging is in my blood, I guess. Even as a toddler, I would smell and taste different plants on the lawn and in the fields. I recall one plant I found really tasty that had tiny triangular leaves and found out n my 20s when I got my first guide book that it was shepherd's purse. The smell of ground ivy brings me back, lying on the ground drinking in the aroma of it. Now in my 60s, I have gained some knowledge and I'm able to go out my front door and find on the lawn such abundance. The references I use a lot are "The Herb Book" by John Lust and some Audubon guides to mushrooms and trees. Thanks for the heads up re the fake AI guide books and providing a link to the real thing.

[@cheriebowers7683]

Appreciate your time and investment on this issue. I will only purchase books recommended by several of my favorite foragers.

[@kristenkrueger5527]

Thank you for this information. I found your channel and I’m now subscribing. The information you just presented can save lives and money. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. 💕

[@melissadiegan5442]

I am so thankful for this video. I was just looking on amazon for a foraging book. You just saved me from buying crap.

[@FeralForaging]

I’m so glad that the video helped you avoid one of these!

[@taylorkirkham6227]

I absolutely love foraging! I’ve always wanted to be able to forage some pawpaws, but I never can seem to catch them at the right time. They’re either not ripe or the deer have gotten every last one.

[@darrenwang1765]

Would love a video on black walnut processing and tips on cracking them!

[@cathywco]

Oh wow! So glad you did this video. I wouldn’t have even thought about books already being written by AI. I’m a beginner forager so wouldn’t have known that they were incorrect.

[@FeralForaging]

Glad to help and make sure people know about this!

[@lapiccolanonnina9801]

Well, so far I’m happy that I found your channel! Awesome production with valuable information! My husband got me Mountain States Foraging and Southwest Foraging, the best about those is that they talk about the plants that are in my area, how to find them, and what time of the year.

[@bear.with.me.]

I just recently foraged prickly pear cactus! The juice was very interesting-tasting

[@kalirussell5982]

Wow, thank you for the warning! I'll be sharing this info with anyone I know who is trying to learn foraging.

[@cindyjackson108]

Thank you for being on top of these issues and for sharing with us. 😊

[@kirstenfalcone5856]

You are talented and easy to watch. Your videos are thorough and accurate. I have Thayer's newest book, but none of his others.

[@TotaltheOwl]

Just made some elderberry jam today. Thanks for thy foraging advice!

[@IVtecDOHC07]

I would love to learn how to foreat everything in Indiana, pawpaws especially. I just can never find them. But I love finding wild berries in the forests and show my husband what he can eat if we're ever in the woods and forget food and water.

[@MongoTheMad]

Thank you for sharing this information.

[@ksenijashka]

Ah! To add! Is there any way I can say a favorite to forage? I really don't think so...though I have an absolute mass to learn still.. Spring is such a wonderful special time for me though...all the new growth, juicy cleavers and nutrient dense chickweeds after a long brutish winter in whatever sticks I find myself trudging through for the season, it's always such a rejuvenating welcome into the next annual cycle. I will say I do especially enjoy foraging for utility-sake! And just learning all the different ways to use a plant to its fullest! // Beyond common food or medicine. Like dogbane for cordage, hickory strips for strong lacing ties, all the different plants for dyes and preservative alternatives, etc Ahhhh I would love to find a book that speaks more to utility uses! Thank you for your knowledge sharing here, I so much appreciate those who still choose to not withhold what should be common knowledge, for profit

[@2207nw18]

I’m just trying to get started and appreciate you sharing your feedback on books like this. It helps me in my search of books to collect and learn.

[@FeralForaging]

Can't recommend anything better than Sam's books for a beginner!

[@FeralForaging]

Hello friend, you are a WINNER! Please let me know your email so we can coordinate sending you your book. :D

[@FeralForaging]

Or contact us via our email/IG/etc. It looks like YT doesn't let you comment emails.

[@cathy_p637]

When I lived in Maine I used to forage for fiddle heads. I love them, but cleaning them can be difficult 😋

[@NecromancerSloth]

My favourite thing to forage so far has been elderberry. It's spectacular medicine. I'd love a copy of the book!

[@AFlavourforLife]

Very educational video in many ways! It is extremely important that this kind of book/books are shown to be what they are, misleading, incorrect and possibly dangerous to those beginner foragers and those of us further along that path. Absolute paramount that we know good books from bad books. Thank you and great video!

[@kc195556]

Thanks for keeping us informed!

[@FeralForaging]

Very welcome!

[@NicolesNaturals]

I live in Illinois and would love a book for what's around me. I can't really forage for things if they aren't growing here. There's a lot of wild elderberries and grapes around here. Already made elderberry syrup, jelly and grape jelly too! We also have an abundance of Juneberries. Would love to find even more!

[@kristierichard7488]

Thank you for this! Feeling very grateful that I purchased my foraging book before the AI craze took hold 😅

[@BruckeOutdoors]

I really need to work more on my foraging skills and read the books i have. I have all but one of Thayer's books.

[@seriousprepper9506]

I love learning tge plants and their values around me. Still learning

[@sandraboyd7468]

Shared with my fledgling foraging friends. Thank you

[@kitz6661]

my favortite thing to forage are blackberrys. its just so simple, tasty, healthy and abundant

[@Roobah]

I want to forage with clear photos AND sketch drawings. I need a good foraging book for my area of the country, midwest and southern Appalachia. Thank you for bringing this information to our attention.

[@mysticthecatninja]

This is actually so sad. Thank you for making this video. ❤

[@pjkentucky]

This time of year I enjoy paw paws to forage.

[@MtnWanderer-TieDye-]

Wow! I'm so glad you pointed this out. I've been looking for a good foraging book but haven't settled on one yet. Thank you so much for showing all of this so I don't make a bad purchase.

[@sairisonat7267]

I have not been foraging for long jet and have not tried some special things jet as I am still a bit scared to pick the wrong things, but the rosehip marmelade I made just yesterday is delicious.

[@GameBuddies1]

Dr. Merriweather of Texas Foraging was one of my first intros to wild edibles. I'd love the opportunity to further expand my knowledge. Thanks for always being an inspiration :D

[@Dragoncastings]

Thank you for this and all of the effort you’ve put forth!

[@ethanowings]

You're channel is the most informative foraging that I've ever seen!

[@misjudg6969]

I like to make my own oils and savs and I only do it by forging my local indigenous plants and I love to learn more and more about them so this book sounds so wonderful I think it's really important that people educate themselves on forging and the do's and don'ts I keep telling everyone when the ship goes down you're all going to come to me but you know how that goes. I doubt there's any left but I would love a copy of this book and thank you so much for your videos I've learned so much from you but continue to follow you and I'm going to check out your patreon

[@Lori-uh1jf]

Thank you so much for putting this out there. I think this is going to be a problem across the board in so many different areas. This is very important information to get out there to people. I love your videos keep up the Fantastic work

[@alexp.s.4419]

Thank you for the dedication both to the plant world and to the sharing of knowledge. It is inspiring and motivational. I have very little experience with foraging, mostly because of a lack of guidance and socio-cultural incentive. I've always had my eyes on plants though, as these distant incredible angelic agents who feed, clothe and shelter us with great abundance and willingness, but that I could not really engage or address properly for lack of good instruction. Biology classes in high school were all in labs with dead specimens and boring textbooks. I often visited a nearby forest with my parents growing up, but it was like wandering in an unreal dream, the living beings there made completely apart from the routine and obligations of "everyday life" . In my early twenties, as I was having severe psychological breakdowns, and living in the middle of a big city, I found my way to community gardens, and still do a lot of work in regards to urban agriculture. But deep inside, agriculture does not feel as fulfilling and authentic as foraging. Of all the wonderful vegetables I've picked from carefully cultivated plants, nothing has beaten the joy of picking some "weeds" from the yard and making a fresh salad. I actually found your channel when I discovered that there was wild lettuce along other wild edibles in the yard here after a long season of some good rain (I live in LA currently). Anyway, I'm hoping to continue my journey in learning about foraging, and that I find myself again at opportune places and times to practice it!

[@beccamahoney3990]

Thank you so much much for sharing. I'm sharing it too.

[@mekomamizuko]

I have foragers harvest. I don't forage at all but I LOVE learning about it!

[@pattysplace0153]

I just started Forging would love to have this book