Top 40 Foraging Influencers in 2026

1. Alessandro Vitale

Bio 👨🏻‍🌾Growing food, Low Waste Cooking, Natural Remedies
*****@juggernautmp.com
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2. Fern Freud

Bio 🌱 Foraging | Wild Food | Forest School 🌱
🍄 Helping You Connect With Nature 🍄
Join A Guided Walk With Me In Sussex 👇 *****@foragedbyfern.com Instagram Handle @foraged.by.fern Instagram Followers 579K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

3. Jordan Tony & Silvan Goddin

Bio Living with the Land 🌿🌾🥕🌽🦌 Sign up for future retreats!👇 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @homegrown_handgathered Instagram Followers 497.8K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Get Email Contact

4. John Shahabeddin

Bio Your daily dose of peace and tranquility as Arthur & Sybbie show you the beauty of nature through the art of foraging!
🧒🏼🍄‍🟫🌿🫐🍄👧🏼
Buy Daddy’s Book! 📖 *****@thegrizzlyforager.co.uk Instagram Handle @thegrizzlyforager Instagram Followers 375.5K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

5. Gabrielle Cerberville

Bio Forager 🌱 🍄 🧺
Author of “Gathered: On Foraging, Feasting, and the Seasonal Life” 📚
PhD @ UVA 2028
*****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @chaoticforager Instagram Followers 375.3K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

6. Colleen Codekas

Bio 🌲forager 🌿herbalist 🍻fermenter
🌸☀️ seasonally inspired 🍁❄️
---> connecting people to nature <---
❄️🌲exploring VT : Abenaki land🌲❄️
👇🏼Blog Links👇🏼 *****@growforagecookferment.com Instagram Handle @growforagecookferment Instagram Followers 147.6K Type Macro Gender Female growforagecookferment.com/fo.. + Follow Get Email Contact

7. Jesse Akozbek

Bio Foraging education for all 🌱
Download my foraging app 👇 *****@feralforaging.com Instagram Handle @feralforaging Instagram Followers 143K Follower Growth (3mo) +23% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

8. Jason Michael Thomas

Bio Growing food, not lawns
Self-sufficiency + sustainability
From Indy Get CSA Deliveries ⬇️ *****@jasonmichaelthomas.com Instagram Handle @jasonmichaelthomas Instagram Followers 138.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +8% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

9. Savanna Schwartz

Bio Foraging in Kentucky Instagram Handle @foraging_ky Instagram Followers 133K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

10. Danielle Gallacher

Bio Naturalist, forest gardener, & wild food educator 🍄‍🟫
Guided walks, workshops & seasonal retreats
Author of The Forager’s Almanac 🌀 *****@live.com Instagram Handle @danniinthewild Instagram Followers 126K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

11. Alan Bergo

Bio FORAGER | CHEF®
🍄🌱🍖
James Beard Award
Author: The Forager Chef’s Book Of Flora
New📕Coming ‘2026
Chefs vs Wild (EP2) @hulu
✍️ @ foragerchef.com
🏡 MN *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @foragerchef Instagram Followers 122K Follower Growth (3mo) +5% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

12. Indy Srinath

Bio Host of ✨Farm Dreams✨ @natgeo
•Forager• Farmer •
@wilhelminamodels @willy.social *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @indyofficinalis Instagram Followers 117.8K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

13. Jack Ball

Bio 🌱The best things in life are free!
🍄Book your next foraging experience with
Forage For Knowledge via the website, link below… *****@yahoo.com Instagram Handle @_forageforknowledge_ Instagram Followers 115.6K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

14. James Aloysius Mahan

Bio Foraging and Bushcraft in Maine. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @sonofa_bear Instagram Followers 111.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

15. James Mann

Bio 🐐 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @spicebushwoodcraft Instagram Followers 94.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +8% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

16. Orion Aon

Bio Orion Aon
Content Creator | Wild Food Educator
Links below! 👇 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @foragecolorado Instagram Followers 80.9K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

17. Max Martin

Bio Nurturing Belonging
🌿Foraging, Folklore & Nature Experiences *****@mindinnature.com Instagram Handle @mindinnature Instagram Followers 73.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +5% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

18. Johanna Koen

Bio (find me on substack!)
❋ Herbology student ✥ Wildcrafter & Community gardener & based in Edinburgh, Scotland
*****@outlook.com Instagram Handle @foraging.gardener Instagram Followers 68.5K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

19. Tim Clemens

Bio 🌾🌼🍐Foraging Education
💡-Founder of @ironwoodforaging
📍-Minneapolis, MN *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @mnforager Instagram Followers 51.1K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

20. James Hill

Bio I teach foraging to connect you to nature and improve physical and mental health in the process. Public and private courses available. *****@theforagerwithin.co.uk Instagram Handle @theforagerwithin Instagram Followers 47.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

21. Laura Nicole Monnett

Bio 210,000 followers on TikTok 🌹
Forager 🌿 Herbalism ❤️ Author 📖 KY
My art: 🎨 @flowers_wings_treasured_things
My poetry: 📖 @laura_monnett_poetry *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @rose_under_cypresses Instagram Followers 27.8K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

22. Lisa Cutcliffe

Bio Wild food foraging in the UK. Courses on identifying, using, fermenting, preserving & cooking edible wild fungi, seaweeds, plants, meats & seafood ♡ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @eduliswildfood Instagram Followers 23.7K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

23. Dr. Mark Vorderbruggen

Bio Dr. Mark "Merriwether" Vorderbruggen
🍀Foraging Instructor +20y
💥Ph.D. Chemist
💻Author - books, magazines, blogs *****@foragingtexas.com Instagram Handle @merriwetherforager Instagram Followers 19.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

24. Liz Knight

Bio Foraging courses in the Black Mountains & beyond. My Books: Forage / Buds and Blossoms / Wild Drinks. Botanical Ambassador @blueskybotanics *****@foragefinefoods.com Instagram Handle @foragefinefoods Instagram Followers 16.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

25. Ellen Zachos

Bio I’m a gardener by profession, a forager by nature, and a cook by necessity. Why necessity Because I love to eat. *****@backyardforager.com Instagram Handle @thebackyardforager Instagram Followers 11.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

26. Matthew Nevitt

Bio Wild Foraging Guide & Supplier in Washington, Oregon & California. Forager for the best Chefs in the PNW and beyond.
Forager @nomacph (2026) *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @wild.foragers Instagram Followers 8.5K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

27. Andrea Burnand

Bio 🍄 Foraging Wanders & Workshops
✨Wild Food Alchemist
👥 Private Bookings, Events & Festivals
🧡 DM to collaborate 🧡
👇 Join a wild adventure *****@icloud.com Instagram Handle @pickleandbrew Instagram Followers 3.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +5% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

28. Tracey Christie

Bio Tee, forager chef
🌱Always in the woods..
🌱Catering your wild food event
🌱Foraging for mental health
🌱’Wild Food Wisdom’
🌱DM to collab
🌱Link 👇🌱☺️🍄 *****@yahoo.co.uk Instagram Handle @carawayandsorrel Instagram Followers 2.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

29. Liza Stirling

Bio Wild Food and nature enthusiast, sharing my journey of discovery.
All my own photos. #nofilters
#forager #mycophile #plantlover
Author of *****@theforagingfoodie.co.uk Instagram Handle @the_foragingfoodie Instagram Followers 2.2K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

30. George Barnett

Bio I teach classes that help people build better connections to the natural world. Author of FORAGING KENTUCKY (2024). *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @thehungryforager Instagram Followers 1.4K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

31. Alexis Nikole Nelson

Bio 🌱 forager and outdoor educator
living in scenic ✨ OHIO ✨
*****@unitedtalent.com
BOOK TOOOOOUR ⬇️ Instagram Handle @blackforager Instagram Followers 2.9M Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Mega Gender Female Get Email Contact

32. Mark Williams

Bio Foraging guide/author/mentor/consultant
Guided walks,Adventures,Webinars featuring
🌿Plants 🍄Fungi 🪸Seaweed
🍸Wild Cocktails
⬇️Book events/buy the book *****@gallowaywildfoods.com Instagram Handle @markwildfood Instagram Followers 16.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Male gallowaywildfoods.com/foragi.. + Follow Get Email Contact

33. Lorelle Morel

Bio Forest Ecologist and Forager in Oregon🌲 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @lorellemorel Instagram Followers 12K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

34. Gavin Ireland

Bio 🍒 Learn 2 identify edible plants & mushrooms
🥗 Learn 2 forage wild food safely
👇 Learn 2 make great food & drink
Follow me & join the mailing list *****@foundfood.co.uk Instagram Handle @foundfooduk Instagram Followers 8.3K Follower Growth (3mo) -3% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

35. Rob Gould

Bio I see foraging as a way of getting people to think about and develop a greater love, appreciation and understanding of the natural world around them *****@cotswoldforager.co.uk Instagram Handle @cotswoldforager Instagram Followers 4.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

36. Megan Howlett

Bio *****@hotmail.com Instagram Handle @the_gardencottage Instagram Followers 4 Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact