Foraging Academy
Foraging Academy
Foraging Academy






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.
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.
Become Certified in Foraging.
Invasive Plants of North America Foraging Certification
Invasive Plants of North America Foraging Certification












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.
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.
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.
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.”
“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
Founders Price (Limited time offer)
$533
Lifetime access
Certification review
Guides & recipes
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.
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.
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.
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.
This course was created and taught by Rachael West and Melissa Sisk. Expert foragers, educators, and co-founders of Foraging Academy.
This course was created and taught by Rachael West and Melissa Sisk. Expert foragers, educators, and co-founders of Foraging Academy.



Rachael West
Rachael West
Rachael West



Personal mentorship and community support.
Personal mentorship and community support.
Personal mentorship and community support.



Melissa Sisk