Foraging Academy

Start your foraging journey for free!

Would you like to know more about the land you live on?

Do you want to recognize the wild foods growing around you,
in your yard, forest or pasture?

Are you a hunter who wants to gather too?

Explore our growing library of free plant ID pages and mini courses- short, seasonal lessons designed to help you recognize, harvest, and enjoy wild foods safely. When you’re ready to go deeper, certification is waiting.

Explore our growing library of free plant ID pages and mini courses-
short, seasonal lessons designed to help you recognize, harvest, and enjoy
wild foods safely. When you’re ready to go deeper, certification is waiting.

Become Certified in Foraging.

Invasive Plants of North America Foraging Certification

Students identifying and sorting edible wild plants as part of a foraging certification course.

Fresh wild greens and berries in a wooden bowl, representing the hands-on results of Foraging Academy’s certification classes.

Group of students processing acorns together during a foraging class, representing shared learning and scholarship.

18th century woodcut print about dandelion

In-depth

certification.

In-depth

certification.

In-depth

certification.

Guided visual ID.

Photo-based

assessments.

Guided visual ID.

Scholarship for

every course.

Scholarship for

every course.

Scholarship for

every course.

Comprehensive modules and real skills.

Comprehensive

modules and

real skills.

See each plant in every season, with lookalike notes to build confidence.

Prove your skills

visually,

not just on paper.

One-for-one: enroll and gift a course.

One-for-one:

enroll

and gift a course.

What you’ll learn:

Master plant identification, safe harvesting, culinary use, and history across designed to help you identify 20 invasive plants found across all 48 contiguous states. Learn hands-on skills and practical ecology.

Dive deep into real-world knowledge from expert instructors.

Foraging Academy Promise Statement:

“The one-for-one scholarship model means every enrollment is a gift to someone else- just as foraging should be.”

Tuition & Enrollment

Founders Price $533

Gifted Student

One-for-one access

Certification available

All course materials

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Full Price

$800

Standard tuition

Future price

Same benefits

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Certification comes with lifetime access, downloadable guides that are

constantly expanding, and recipe cards.

Certification comes with lifetime access, downloadable guides that are constantly expanding, and recipe cards.

Do I need prior experience?

No, we start with the basics and progress to advanced modules.

How does certification work?

This course is all you'll need to identify, harvest and utilize the wild food that surrounds us using real-world knowledge from expert instructors.

What if I don’t have a second student?

Your gifted course will go to someone on our scholarship waitlist.

This course was created and taught by Rachael West and Melissa Sisk. Expert foragers, educators, and co-founders of Foraging Academy.

Rachael West

Personal mentorship and community support.

Melissa Sisk

Ready to Begin?

Enroll Now

Start your foraging journey for free!

Start your foraging journey for free!

Would you like to know more about the land you live on? Do you want to recognize the wild foods growing around you, in your yard, forest or pasture?Are you a hunter who wants to gather too?

Would you like to know more about the land you live on? Do you want to recognize the wild foods growing around you, in your yard, forest or pasture?Are you a hunter who wants to gather too?

Explore our growing library of free plant ID pages and mini courses- short, seasonal lessons designed to help you recognize, harvest, and enjoy wild foods safely. When you’re ready to go deeper, certification is waiting.

Become Certified in Foraging.

Become Certified in Foraging.

Invasive Plants of North America Foraging Certification

Invasive Plants of North America Foraging Certification

What you’ll learn:

“The one-for-one scholarship model means every enrollment is a gift to someone else- just as foraging should be.”

“The one-for-one scholarship model means every enrollment is a gift to someone else- just as foraging should be.”

Tuition & Enrollment

Tuition & Enrollment

Founders Price $533

Founders Price $533

Ready to Begin?

Ready to Begin?

Would you like to know more about the land you live on?

Do you want to recognize the wild foods growing around you,
in your yard, forest or pasture?

Are you a hunter who wants to gather too?

Would you like to know more about the land you live on?

Do you want to recognize the wild foods growing around you,
in your yard, forest or pasture?

Are you a hunter who wants to gather too?

Explore our growing library of free plant ID pages and mini courses-
short, seasonal lessons designed to help you recognize, harvest, and enjoy
wild foods safely. When you’re ready to go deeper, certification is waiting.