Foraging is a practical, important survival skill.
The corporate state is organised so you get everything from its centralised systems, yet know almost nothing about providing for yourself from the decentralised, living world.
That is not a natural order. It’s a recent construct, and it benefits those who profit from your not knowing how to look after yourself.
Seen through this lens, plant knowledge is no longer a hobby. It’s a form of resilience, one that compounds as the systems you depend on grow less reliable.
What practical skills could you develop that require no one’s permission? Skills the system cannot take away from you.
These used to be called life skills.