State foraging calendar

Minnesota Foraging Calendar

Minnesota combines two of the best foraging ecosystems in the Midwest: the boreal-influenced lake country of the north, with some of the best chanterelle and wild berry habitat in the eastern US, and the rich oak-basswood hardwood forests of the south that produce impressive morel flushes and abundant pawpaws. The state's foraging community is unusually active and well-organized, with deep Scandinavian, Finnish, and Ojibwe foraging traditions shaping what people look for and how they use it. Wild rice remains a culturally and legally significant food, regulated by the state and with reserved harvest rights for tribal nations in treaty ceded territories. Summer is the long productive season, from June strawberries through October cranberries.

4 bioregions across Minnesota