Foraging; middle-class pastime or a cost-of-living godsend? In recent years, in an effort to get out of the house and back to nature many people have taken up foraging - the practice of looking for edible items in the wild. It can make a fun day out and even be a good way of decorating your home . However, over foraging can also be a concern with recent pleas from wildlife organisations in the UK for the public not to pick nature clean. But what if foraging could actually benefit biodiversity?