foraging

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This would be followed by a “substitution” phase where farming develops alongside foraging in the hunter-gatherer area, and eventually a “consolidation” phase, when farming predominates.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

California officials warn Northern and Central Coast residents against foraging for mushrooms amid poisoning outbreak.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

We are told more than a dozen times, in nearly identical language, that the transitions from foraging to farming, and from farming to civilization, were “not inevitable.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

It also recorded bumblebee visits to investigate the impacts of heatwaves on foraging behaviour.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

“Orange season, oranges, persimmons, olives, and olive oil. “I have the passions of foraging, passion of hunting, opera, my work,” he told the reporter.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan