5-part online learning program for everyone interested in deepening their knowledge and skills on wild herbs and edible plants. Learn Why, How, and When to forage, and improve your nature connection, cooking skills, and nutrition.

Welcome to nature's free supermarket, where wild edible plants are all around us. Many of these free culinary herbs are classified as notorious weeds but a closer look at these vigorous plants proves that they are some of the most nutritious plants on the planet. 

These plants are not just free and health-promoting, but culinary speaking some of the tastiest things you can ever have on your plate, surpassing anything you can find from your local supermarket. These versatile and wild-grown ingredients will reward your palate, gut, mind, and spirit like nothing else.

This course will inspire you and teach the fundamentals of foraging, and invigorate you with über delicious and health-promoting recipes you haven’t experienced before.

Reward yourself with the skills to forage and eat ultra-seasonal, nutrient-dense, and healthy wild foods. Give a man a plant and he will live one day. Teach a man to forage, and he will live for the rest of his life. Now it's your turn to learn with the guidance of the award-winning wild chef, Sami Tallberg.

Chef Sami Tallberg, the wild herb maestro behind this course, has been walking the talk for 15+ years of foraging and 20+ years of cooking in top restaurants, executing wild food events in 20 countries around the globe (including the Upgraded Dinner series). He is one of the most well-known Nordic foragers, wild cookbook authors, and awarded chefs that will take you on the wild side. Enjoy the ride — the ride that will change the rest of Your life.

Who is this program for?

Whether you are just entering the world of wild herbs or already have some previous experience, this course will help you to:

• Understand the amazing potential of wild herbs
• Learn how to find edible wild plants near your surroundings (suitable to all regions
• Learn everyman's rights and their possibilities
• Know where to forage and how to collect plants
• Know how to make most of the edible plants and cook amazing dishes
• Understand seasonality and turn yourself into a wild herb aficionado

What parts of the world does this guide work, you may ask? Anywhere in the world where you find common dandelions and stinging nettles, which are basically anywhere above and below the equator. The footage is filmed in Finland but is applicable anywhere from Europe to America. The wild foods we cover are some of the most commonly available in the wild anywhere in the world. For the plants that are not available in your country, you can easily find substitutes to work with.

Learn how to make a delicious & nutrient-dense wild herb salads

For example, which plant species can be used as salad leaves?

• Dandelion (leaves and flowers)
• Stinging nettle (leaves and flowers)
• Blueberry/bilberry (leaves and flowers)
• Fireweed (leaves and flowers)
• Nipplewort
• Orpine
• Sheep's sorrel
• Wood sorrel (leaves and flowers)

Learning foraging and wild herbs opens an immediate door to a pure nature connection – It will improve the quality of your life, and upgrade your health and well-being.

You just need to know where to start – And we got you covered. This course is your systematic guide to wild herbs (how to forage, where, and how to use the herbs in cooking). This practical course will not just inspire you but teach the fundamentals of foraging and invigorate you with extremely delicious recipes that you just haven’t experienced before.

Buy fewer groceries & vegetables from the supermarket

Find the right herbs and avoid aimless wandering

Get access to the latest knowledge and traditional recipes

The history of us humans reveals that we are foragers (the hunter-gatherer type). Therefore, eating the wild is part of human design. Less than a hundred years ago it was crucial for human survival to have the knowledge and the manual skills to store summer harvest to keep it edible throughout harsh Nordic winters. 

Our ancestors foraged and used at least 100 plants depending on habitat. How many do you know and use? Substituting ‘conventional’ herbs or vegetables with their wild counterparts will turn your old favorites into something new, upgrading your sense of taste. Learning to use wild herbs in cooking will also introduce completely new flavor combinations. You are walking in the footsteps of your ancestors.

“Many people blow their dandelions in the air, but I love them! I believe they are pure, strong medicine from flower to root.”

– Chef Sami

Learn where to forage and how to use nature's free supermarket throughout the seasons. Learn everything from roots to seeds, and extend your foraging season to cover half of the year.

• Where to start & go, countryside & city, Sami's season rituals, wild is strong information, and pass on the information.
• Urban & countryside foraging
• Everyman's right & its potential
• Foraging as a sustainable, seasonal act
• Protected species and areas
• Wild seeds, roots, tubers, seedlings

SECTION 2: WHERE & HOW

Wild plants: what are they and where to find them? The lost connection. An incredible Wild & Green Supermarket is, in many cases, right on your doorstep. It’s open to everyone.

• Free superfoods with a stress-reduction effect
• Why forage and eat wild?
• What can you learn from Nordic heritage?
• Becoming one with nature
• Grand season opening: birch sap ceremony

SECTION 1: WHY

Find out the key plants & herbs that everyone should know about and use in their diet. Sami goes urban foraging and shows you exactly how to collect and identify herbs

• Introduction to urban foraging
• Salad leaves: which plants, how to use & recipes (7 different plants to use regularly)
• Dandelion 101 [the most important wild herb]
• Herbs & spices: how to use & collect (6 different plants to use regularly)

SECTION 3: WHAT - PART 1

Find out the key plants & herbs that everyone should know about and use in their diet. Sami goes urban foraging and shows you exactly how to collect and identify herbs

• Aromatics: hot to use & collect (8 different aromatic plants that you can use regularly)
• Substantial wild vegetables (the 4 most important wild vegetables for "bulk" use) 
• Medicinals
• Toxic lookalikes: avoid these

SECTION 4: WHAT - PART 2

How to turn wild foods into culinary delicacies and make the best food possible. In this section, Sami shows you how to make amazing wild food dishes and shares his secret recipes.

• Wild  herb salads

• Wild pesto

• Gremolata

• Salsa verde

• Fulfilling wild meals & oyster mushrooms

• Vinaigrette & wild herb salt

• Herbal teas

SECTION 5: RECIPES

Joining this course will pay you back in just the free delicious food you will gather and enjoy!

CHEF SAMI TALLBERG

Sami Tallberg is an internationally recognized wild food chef with 20+ years of experience in top restaurants and a remarkable amount of published cookbooks. Sami has been in charge of every Upgraded Dinner held for Biohacker Summits from 2015 to 2022.

Tallberg has also been awarded Finland Prize, a cultural acknowledgment for exceptional artistic achievement by putting Nordic nature in the spotlight and the unique culinary possibilities it has to offer. Sami is the only Finnish chef to achieve this precious award that highlights his depth of knowledge and passion to share his skills and wisdom with others.

He is one of the most well-known Nordic foragers, awarded and celebrated chefs that will take you on the wild side. Enjoy the ride — the ride that will change the rest of your life.

Highlights of the course:

• Leading award-winning wild herb chef guiding you on a culinary foraging journey
• 20+ years of foraging and cooking experience condensed into an understandable and hands-on guide
• Exclusive and specific videos about different wild herbs, cooking methods, recipes, identification, live foraging, and much more
• Comprehensive supportive text material in every section and module
• Begin the online course whenever you want – access to all materials also after the course is completed
• Immediate access to whole course

We accept the most common online payment methods and credit cards. VAT tax will be added in the price if you live in the EU.

If you have any questions, you can always contact our customer support on the right side (see the talking bubble).

Follow Sami on Instagram @samitallberg for more tips about foraging, wild herbs & cooking.

Disclaimer: The content of the course is primarily intended as self-study material and is not designed to treat any medication condition. Talk to your doctor before using any of the herbs mentioned on this course.