This is a badge bit (
BB) that is part of the
PEP curriculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the
wood badge in
Foraging.
For this BB, you will forage 200,000 calories from at least 10 different species!
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To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
- Forage 200,000 calories from at least 10 sources
- 6 species of at least 10,000 calories each
o No more than 4 of the 6 can be animal species
o For reference, the following have approximately 10,000 calories:
o 14 lbs of venison
o 17 lbs of duck
o 15 lbs of trout
o 42 lbs of apples
o 100 lbs of
morels
o 30 lbs of sunchokes
o 3 quarts of maple syrup
- at least half of the calories need to be dried for storage that could last more than a year at room temp - possible twofer with Food Prep and Preservation
o can include
o charcuterie
o smoking
- at least 10% is canned - possible twofer with Food Prep and Preservation
To document your completion of the BB, provide proof of the following as pictures or
video (<2 mins):
- foraging each type of food
- show the weight of each food (on a scale) and describe the number of calories it represents
- preparing the food to be dried or canned
- dried or canned food in storage (in the pantry, on a shelf, etc.)
Clarifications:
- Apples from a neighbor don’t count here.
- Apples from a homestead that has been abandoned for at least five years does count.
- Apples oddly growing in a place where there has never been any cultivation counts too (probably a discarded
apple core
led to the tree).
- Apples that are the result of guerilla
gardening do count.