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"If it looks like a stick it tastes like a stick: Meaning that you have eyes, use them," Bonetto continued. "If a plant looks sad and half dead, that is what you will be eating. If the plant looks juicy and happy, that is because the plant is juicy and happy. You use these skills every time you go to the greengrocer to select some vegetables. You would select the best-looking ones, same skills apply to foraging."

And lastly, be conscious of your environment and look after resources. "Foraging knowledge is NOT your license to exploit resources, but the trigger point to turn you into a stakeholder and caretaker of your local resources."

The best thing you can do to access wild food sources is to join your local bush regeneration group, the expert forager added. "They are all over the world. They would meet in your local park or wild area and remove bags of introduced species, oftentimes edible."

"You would get help with identification, they have public liability and most probably free coffee and biscuits for you to have while you fill up your bag. Most importantly you would only engage with invasive plants, removing them from native ecologies. You would look after your local native species while filling up your fridge," Bonetto concluded.