Food is growing freely and abundantly all around us in Florida, but many of us walk past this food every day without ever noticing.
In this video I share 17 easy plants to help you begin foraging in Florida.
Of the hundreds of edible and medicinal plants that grow here, I have chosen the easiest plants to identify, that are widespread and common throughout much of the state. I have also focused on plants that can be harvested in large quantities. Each of these are plants that can change your life!
Plus, I have shared my suggestions on how to prepare these wild foods.
Join the foraging revolution!
Florida Foraging: https://www.robingreenfield.org/floridaforaging/
My beginner’s guide to foraging: https://www.robingreenfield.org/foraging
Find a forager to learn from in your region: https://www.robingreenfield.org/findaforager
See my Florida resource guide: https://www.robingreenfield.org/grow
Read my book, Food Freedom: https://www.robingreenfield.org/foodfreedom
The 1 Million Community Fruit Trees Initiative: https://www.robingreenfield.org/communityfruittrees
Video Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:37 Loquat
1:17 Banana
2:52 Coconut
5:48 Cucumber weed
7:16 Spanish needles
9:18 Peppergrass
10:36 Wood sorrel
12:18 Brazilian pepper
13:49 Smilax
15:03 Dollarweed
16:32 Citrus
17:58 Mulberry
19:39 Mango
21:03 Yaupon holly
22:34 Wild yam
24:47 Elderberry
27:17 Surinam cherry
28:27 Conclusion
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44 Comments
😂 Surinam cherry giving flashbacks to childhood olfactory trauma
I’ve been finding wild blackberry a lot recently on trails , something I hadn’t seen in a long time, childhood memories of picking them along chain link fences as a kid.
Thanks for this incredibly thorough video
I can’t get past the fact that you’re eating from natures toilet…. All Gods creatures “go” randomly there 😵💫
Coco plums
Great video 👍
Loquats are not Japanese Plum. Common misconception. Also it’s not necessary to cut the whole banana tree down. Don’t know where or why this recent internet misinformation came from but it’s absolutely not true. They will grow stalks of fruit more than once!
Join the foraging revolution!
Florida Foraging: https://www.robingreenfield.org/floridaforaging/
My beginner’s guide to foraging: https://www.robingreenfield.org/foraging
Find a forager to learn from in your region: https://www.robingreenfield.org/findaforager
See my Florida resource guide: https://www.robingreenfield.org/grow
Read my book, Food Freedom: https://www.robingreenfield.org/foodfreedom
The 1 Million Community Fruit Trees Initiative: https://www.robingreenfield.org/communityfruittrees
People who has grass kept lawns in Florida are 100% part of the problem
That yam bread looks diabolical
I live in Central Florida on a Space Coast and have never seen coconuts anywhere lol we’re in the world. Did you find coconuts in Florida?
Great video, thank you! A couple of questions: Why is Yaupon's scientific name Ilex Vomitoria? That species name is concerning, in terms of ingestibility. Secondly, it is my understanding that Elderberries are toxic to some unless cooked. Please comment on that.
Thank you dude, great job…From Sumter county.
Why do you think the oaks are keeping the citrus alive? Mycelium nutrient sharing?
My dad spit out a Surinam cherry pit when I was a baby in the driveway. He loved the red fruit and I like them because to me they taste like a sweet pimento pepper. But I'm 45 and that tree puts off thousands of fruit every year. Every time I look at it I have memories of my dad standing by it and eating the fruit. I seem to be the only one I know that likes it but it's probably because I grew up eating it. I happen to love pimento peppers as well so maybe that helps.
😂😂😂❤❤❤Clay County Florida here❤❤❤
I live in North Florida and unfortunately we don't have as many feral (truly tropical) fruit trees here (they can't withstand hard freezes). We have hella loquats though great video brother!
The algorithm brought me here. Who else looked at some of the plants in his video and was like: "Ooooooo so that's what those things are called! They're growing in my yard! I seen them before. I'd love to try them now!". Love it. Subscribed!
Great list
Hello 👋 I met you in Orlando a few times. You inspired me to pay attention to plants 🪴 that can feed and help myself and family
Foraging from roadsides isn’t always a good idea due to possible toxins. Also be careful about foraging where pesticides might have been sprayed. I didn’t hear you talk about Beauty berry?
17:58 heh i have a mulberry tree in my back yard
Thank you for sharing. We love your videos and insight.
Love Yuopon Bros.
As a fellow Florida survivalist, I can say you know your stuff. This is a lot of the stuff have foraged for.
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Hens love the new growth of Bidens alba
I grew up in S Florida and there was always star fruit, oranges, grapefruit, finger bananas, to pick on the way home from school. Im in N Florida now and we have blackberries. 😂 I do love blackberries tho. Im sure theres more. I just have to discover it.
Dollar weed….😂 Are you kidding me?😂
I don't know what part of Florida he is in but coconuts do not grow in northern Florida and my banana trees are not producing. Florida is a very strange place when it comes to climate. Florida is also a very dangerous place when it comes to the people that live here
didnt know those pepper tree berries were edible for humans, thanks!
Great video!
Biden Alba is our Native Florida Edible and Medicinal plant. The flower, if you eat yellow part taste like carrots. Leave are The Best remedy for cought and even Asthma.not toxic, so you csn eat as much as you want. Raw, tea, dry and tea. Thank you for all your work. Best Fan!
Pepper plant taste more like horseradish..well…thats what they make wasabi from:) just sharing. I dry the leaves and use all year around if I dont have fresh.
Oxalis is the best like a lemonade or iced tea:)
Brazilian pepper is very toxic..btw
Hey Rob! Great to see you back in Orlando! You know, a collaboration with Green Dean would be great!
Hi from Boca! Finally I’ve always have been wanting to learn how to correctly identify them, thank for this!
TY great info
Chickens love many of these too… especially Spanish needles
If you are in an urban area, podocarpus berries are plentiful to eat.
Great job the land of flowers is full of vegetation Gbwu
We ate a lot of mulberries growing up.
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South Florida is very different from central or north Florida. It would help to know what area of Florida you foraged these plants please. 😊
Loquat are so delicious!!
I ALWAY EAT MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF WEEDS GROWING WILD IN MY YARD OR ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD OR GIVEN ITS TO MY ANIMALS. WEEDS IS MUCH MORE USEFUL THAN GRASS❤🕊️