edible plants training
Edible Plants Training equips agriculture professionals with essential field skills to safely identify, test, and harvest common wild edibles in temperate North America. Participants learn to recognize key species, avoid toxic look-alikes, apply testing workflows, and use ethical harvesting methods. This boosts food security, promotes sustainability, and supports better land management practices through hands-on botany and toxicology knowledge.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This course teaches practical skills for identifying, testing, and safely using common wild edible plants in temperate North America. It covers basic field botany, toxicology basics, step-by-step plant testing methods, and profiles of key plants like dandelion, plantain, nettle, and wild garlic. You will also learn a one-day field plan, ethical harvesting, and how to use reliable reference tools to build confidence.
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Develop skills
- Quick field identification: Use key plant traits to safely confirm edible species.
- Pocket testing workflow: Follow a simple sequence to test wild plants before eating.
- Toxic plant awareness: Quickly spot poisonous plant families and contamination risks.
- Edible plant profiles: Identify 5-7 key wild foods, their parts, seasons, and look-alikes.
- Field documentation: Record, label, and preserve plant samples for verification.
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