1.Foraging increases awareness of the plant world.

2.The food you find is free for the picking, thereby reducing your food costs.

3.Foraging provides outdoor exercise.

4.It is a source of food in survival situations.

5.Foraging can be a means of weed control in yards and gardens.

6.The food you forage is free of pesticides, herbicides, and genetic modification.

7.A foraged diet provides flavors found nowhere else.

8.Foraged food is highly concentrated in vitamins and minerals.

9.The food you forage promotes health and well-being.

10.Foraging lightens the load of hikers, backpackers, and campers.