Foraging shouldn’t be forbidden – it’s healthy, sustainable and local | Sara Brouillette

Bristol city council is shortsighted in its plans to ban this growing pursuit. It is a hands-on way of reconnecting with our food and should be encouraged

It's February and the "hungry gap" is officially settling in. This is the period between the last harvest and the bounty of fresh spring produce. Yet if you take a bag or basket with you on a foraging walk, you will still find plenty of edible plants.

So it's disappointing to hear that Bristol city council has proposed 34 new bylaws, which include a ban on foraging. The proposed bylaws state: "No person shall without reasonable excuse remove from or displace within the ground any stone, soil or turf or the whole or any part of any plant, shrub or tree."

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