Foraging is the act of searching for wild resources such as plants,
fungi, fruit, roots, barks and nuts to use as food or medicine. It
is a great way to spend time outdoors, interact with nature, and
even teach your children that food is not grown in the supermarket
and that not all medicine comes from a pharmacy.
All over the island there is food that is being grown by nature, and
a lot of it is not harvested. This site will function as a treasure
map for Pico Island in the Azores Archipelago, displaying
information about the localization of trees, shrubs and herbaceous
plants suitable for foraging.
Here are some tips for ethical foraging: