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Welcome to Prepper Foraging

Welcome to Prepper Foraging! This is your jump-off point for learning how to gather wild food, create your own custom emergency binder, and build field-ready knowledge you can use when things go sideways. If you’re new here, this page will guide you through everything you need to get started.

Prepper Foraging is your hub for practical wilderness survival, emergency planning, and field-ready foraging knowledge. Whether you’re preparing for collapse, lost in the woods, or just building a bug-out binder, this site delivers field-tested tools and training to help you stay alive and stay sharp.

And this is just one part of a much bigger system. Prepper Foraging is part of a growing network of focused websites—each dedicated to a specific topic covered in the preparedness binder series. Think of this as your plant and wild food HQ. Other sites cover shelter, water, comms, threat awareness, movement, health, and more. Each one connects to the full binder system you can carry, customize, and rely on.

Who Runs This Site?

I have over 20 years experience, off and on, working in emergency response, hazmat, and chemical defense—both boots-on-the-ground and in command centers. I’ve trained to survive, detect, and decontaminate hazardous environments, and I’ve taken both military and civilian related classes. I’ve been surviving adversity since growing up in NJ in the 80s and 90s, poor, and being raised by a single mother. So, I’ve always been a “prepper” of sorts for as long as I can remember.

I’ve built this site to pass some of that knowledge on to people who actually want to be ready. I’m not here to sell hype—just tools that work, pages you can use, and knowledge that holds up when things get real.

Why care about foraging?

I’m not a nature guy. I don’t go on foraging trips every weekend to commune with the wilderness. In fact, I hope I never have to eat a dandelion. But I also know things don’t always go my way. If I ever find myself in a survival situation—lost, out of food, or living through a long-term crisis—I want to have the ability to find food and medicine. Foraging is a practical fallback skill, and I see it as a likely necessity in two main scenarios: first, being stranded away from civilization without supplies, and second, living off long-term food storage in a collapse situation. In both cases, foraging becomes a tool to stretch your food, add nutrients, and even find healing plants. I don’t need to be an expert. I just need to understand it well enough to recognize what’s around me and put it into use. That’s why I keep this knowledge sharp, practice it once or twice a year, and organize everything in a preparedness binder and field manual I can turn to when it matters. When it counts, I don’t want to guess—I want to flip to the page I need and act fast. If you feel the same, then you’re in the right place. Start learning the basics today, print out a few of the core binder sheets, and give yourself the kind of backup plan that fits in your pocket.

What Makes Prepper Foraging Different?

Plain-English guides—no fluff, no fantasy.
Everything’s printable and field-usable.
Designed for real-world emergencies, not weekend warriors.
Built by someone who’s trained for hazmat, WMD, and real-world disaster zones.
Part of a complete, modular preparedness system—one topic per site.

Step 1: Learn to Identify Wild Plants (Safely and Reliably)

Visit our [Foraging Guide] to start identifying wild food, medicine, and useful plants.
You can sort plant data by:

Region (e.g. Eastern Woodlands, Pacific Northwest)
Season (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter)
Use (Edible, Medicinal, Poisonous Lookalikes)

✅ Start with Local Foraging Skills

☐ Pick your region and season
☐ Print 3–5 matching plant pages
☐ Review safety tips for toxic lookalikes
☐ Add a quick-reference ID sheet to your binder

Step 2: Build Your Survival Binder (Customizable Pages)

Grab pages from the [Binder Pages] section to create your own cargo-pocket emergency reference. We have insert pages for:

Edible plants and local foraging logs
Medicinal plants and dosage trackers
Navigation, comms, and field journaling
Threat awareness, first aid, and planning logs

Use waterproof paper or laminate your sheets. They’re all sized for 8.5 x 11, A5 or 7 x 4.625 field guides.

Step 3: Learn Tactical Survival Skills in the Field

Our [Field Manual] section gives you short, punchy, real-world instructions. Think of these as tactical flashcards for survival:

Build a fire in wet weather
Use shadow sticks for navigation
Spot edible plants from a distance
Respond to medical emergencies with limited supplies

These pages are designed to be printed or bookmarked on your phone.

Want Free Pages?

Still Not Sure Where to Go?

Check out our [Blog] for the latest foraging tutorials, gear reviews, and how-to prep guides.

We’re glad you’re here. Print a few pages, try a field drill, and come back when you’re ready to go deeper. The binder is built one page at a time—start yours today.

Stay sharp,
Dr. TARFU

Disclaimer: This site is for informational purposes only. The author is not a licensed expert. Use at your own risk. Always verify foraged plants and consult professionals when needed.
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