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Urban Hiker SF’s Urban Foraging Field Guide

Urban Hiker SF has been around for a few months now, and since I started my company, I ’ve become much more connected with the city . I now notice minute architectural details, hidden alleyways...and, for the first time in my life, plants. I had never been a plant person, but, one day as I walked around the city with my father, a lifetime plant lover, he pointed out a nasturtium plant and told me that it was edible. Now he had my attention: as a foodie, I find plants infinitely more interesting when I also see them as food. Now that I know what to look for, I see numerous edible plants on a daily basis on my hikes. While the summer’s blackberries and plums have disappeared until next spring, there are a number of other edible plants around the Bay Area that you can enjoy year-round. Here’s a mini field guide to help you on your urban foraging expeditions. 1. Nasturtium You can identify nasturtiums by their jewel-toned yellow, orange, and red flowers as well by th