Ethical food production cannot exist in the absence of sustainable practices. Foraged is committed to support small-scale producers that harvest their foods via the most environmentally friendly methods – this means always fostering the long term health of food systems and the planet.

We encourage foragers, farmers, and craft food makers to grow their knowledge, product offerings, and businesses. We want our community to have the opportunity to purchase foods they may have never heard of before or don’t have access to at their local grocery store. We want to see best practices work in tandem with food exploration to create the most interesting and diverse food offerings we can.

Farming has been, and will continue to be, a large part of humanity. We understand the complexity farmers and growers face, and make sure to take the time to highlight the incredible beauty and accomplishments farmers can bring to customers, their communities, and the greater environment. We continually strive to be an avenue of support for farmers and growers, allowing their operations to thrive.

We believe the mental and physical health and well-being of our community of people is important, but so is the health and well-being of our environments. Because of this, we require that foragers are considerate of ecological implications of foraging and will work proactively to practice techniques that allow future foragers equal opportunity to participate, and not cause permanent damage to their area of operation. We encourage foragers to only take 25% of finds, continually look for new spots, and not over harvest at one or multiple locations to preserve the impact had on mycelial networks and surrounding areas.

We aim to promote everything we do on this platform (foraging, buying, selling, farming, etc.) as inclusive activities in opposition to discrimination and prejudice across age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, gender and foraging/farming experience. There is zero tolerance for those who violate this standard.

At Foraged we are aware that both foods and farms have unique growing and harvesting practices along with connections to the environment and community in which they are found. Maintaining a successful relationship with farmers and food producers means ongoing communication and information sharing to ensure proper growing practices and positive fiscal outcomes. If you succeed, we succeed.