Summer Trial Foraging Permit
Help the Ecoculture Project LLC test trial our permitting system, for a 50% Discount!
The Summer season lasts from June 1st - August 31st. Seasonal permits grant you access to forage sustainably according to the limitations and guidelines below. Prior to any harvest you must complete our waiver, which states that you are responsible for your own safe conduct and plant identification skills, when harvesting on our preserves.
Full season permit - 2 foraging outings per week - $185 - (26 total at roughly $7/outing)
Half season permit - 1 foraging outing per week - $100 - (13 total at roughly $7.5/outing)
Quarter season permit - 1 foraging outing every other week - $60 - (7 total at roughly $8.5/outing)
Beginner Permit - 4 total foraging outings - $30 - (at $7.5/outing) - A Beginners Permit grants you the opportunity to join a foraging mentor on an outing.
Species with limitations
Limitations can’t be set without understanding foraging demand, which this trial will help with determining!
Any species not listed here have no specific limitations → Utilize Honorable Harvest:
Know the ways of the ones who take care of you, so that you may take care of them.
Introduce yourself. Be accountable as the one who comes asking for life.
Ask permission before taking. Abide by the answer.
Never take the first. Never take the last.
Take only what you need.
Take only that which is given.
Never take more than half. Leave some for others.
Harvest in a way that minimizes harm.
Use it respectfully. Never waste what you have taken.
Share.
Give thanks for what you have been given.
Give a gift, in reciprocity for what you have taken.
Sustain the ones who sustain you and the earth will last forever.
(Kimmerer, 2013)
Help the Ecoculture Project LLC test trial our permitting system, for a 50% Discount!
The Summer season lasts from June 1st - August 31st. Seasonal permits grant you access to forage sustainably according to the limitations and guidelines below. Prior to any harvest you must complete our waiver, which states that you are responsible for your own safe conduct and plant identification skills, when harvesting on our preserves.
Full season permit - 2 foraging outings per week - $185 - (26 total at roughly $7/outing)
Half season permit - 1 foraging outing per week - $100 - (13 total at roughly $7.5/outing)
Quarter season permit - 1 foraging outing every other week - $60 - (7 total at roughly $8.5/outing)
Beginner Permit - 4 total foraging outings - $30 - (at $7.5/outing) - A Beginners Permit grants you the opportunity to join a foraging mentor on an outing.
Species with limitations
Limitations can’t be set without understanding foraging demand, which this trial will help with determining!
Any species not listed here have no specific limitations → Utilize Honorable Harvest:
Know the ways of the ones who take care of you, so that you may take care of them.
Introduce yourself. Be accountable as the one who comes asking for life.
Ask permission before taking. Abide by the answer.
Never take the first. Never take the last.
Take only what you need.
Take only that which is given.
Never take more than half. Leave some for others.
Harvest in a way that minimizes harm.
Use it respectfully. Never waste what you have taken.
Share.
Give thanks for what you have been given.
Give a gift, in reciprocity for what you have taken.
Sustain the ones who sustain you and the earth will last forever.
(Kimmerer, 2013)