Foraging Tours, Walks, Classes, and Groups (Updated for 2025)
The list below has been curated to include only those groups and foragers that schedule regular events and are currently active. Please email us about any broken links or incorrect links so we can keep the list updated. If you offer classes or scheduled foraging events feel free to contact us about being added to the list.- eattheplanet.org@gmail.com
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1. Tim Hammer (Homegrown Native Foods)
With a Horticulture degree, experience as a Farm and Forage to Table restaurant owner, and 3 years experience teahcing foraging I can show you the Ozarks from a food systems perspective and how you can get all the delicious bounty of nature on your plate by using conservation and land management practices. In the Ozarks as in any other region we have 20+ native fruits, 9 native nuts, vegetables, Syrup and even spiced to delight.
- More information: https://www.homegrownnativefoods.com/home
- Contact: homegrownnativefoods@gmail.com
- Events Schedule: https://www.homegrownnativefoods.com/
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It’s a shame that Arkansas (The NATURAL State) has no Wild Edibles Foraging Tours. Not to be a “Sour Stephen” but Arkansas really is one of the lamest states to live in. The state government should put some money into programs like that and make Arkansas better.
I am in Arkansas and was looking for foregers to come and collect some of my over abundance of wild lettuce and plaintain. I thought surely we would have one! Wow!
Where are you? I’ll come!
I’m also interested in learning about foraging. I’m in the River Valley area.
Maybe we need to start a program ourselves?!! I REALLY want to learn. We need someone who is willing to share their knowledge
I’m in Arkansas Benton area I would love to go with y’all!
I would love to participate in a foraging workshop.
I’m in Hot Springs and very interested!
I’m new to Arkansas (moved here from the Washington coast a year ago), and have a dozen acres, mostly wooded. I’m pretty well versed in what’s edible and not on the West Coast, but out here, I am utterly clueless and what appears to be edible is often not. While Plant ID apps are great, they aren’t reliable, and I don’t want to feed my family or my future livestock something that will kill them.
Obviously, I’m not qualified to lead any kind of educational excursions, but if there’s interest in creating a group, I’d be willing to put time into helping organize and run it.
Please let me know if anyone gets a group together! I just moved to Conway from Hawaii and have been looking for a way to learn about the local wild food – And also to have a fun reason to get together with some likeminded people 🙂 Cheers!
Did a forage group materialize?
Yes Homegrown Native Foods has been operating In NW Arkansas for 3 years. We owned a Farm and Forage to Table restaurant for a time amd now focus on education. Find us at homegrownnativefoods.com. 2025 schedule coming soon!
I’m near Hot Springs and would love to participate!
Arkansas is wayyyy past due for this! I’m starting to wonder if stores are selling legit safe food anymore……
Does anyone know what “poke salad” is? Is there a homeschooling course out there? Something?? Anything?!
I am searching for ideas for our Garden Club starting back September 2024
If we could gather a group interested & knowledgeable ,….. I would like to set a date to go
Thats if theres anything to forage in Sept, Oct
Sandy