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1 | Timestamp | How long have you been foraging? | What kinds of environments do you forage in? | Have you heard of Falling Fruit? | Have you used the Falling Fruit website or app? | How did you find out about Falling Fruit? | How long have you been using Falling Fruit? | What do you like about the website or app? | What do you dislike about the website or app? What features are hard to use? | What would you change about the website or app? | What are your goals when foraging? | How did you get into foraging? | Are you involved in a foraging community? We define "community" as a group of people living in the same place that gives a sense of fellowship or belonging that often share similar interests or goals. | If yes to the question above, how did you get involved with your community? | What do you like to do in your foraging community, or what things would you like to do with your community? | Besides Falling Fruit, what other resources do you use for foraging? | Additional Comments/Concerns | What are your overall thoughts about foraging on private property? | Have you ever harvested from trees inside private property? | If a fruit tree isn’t accessible from the street, how comfortable would you feel walking onto someone’s property to harvest assuming it is marked as okay to pick? | Please explain your choice. | What are some benefits or concerns about harvesting from private trees? | If there was a way to see information about fruit trees on private property (that are okay to forage from), what kind of details would you want to see? | Do you have fruit-bearing trees on your property? | Are your trees directly accessible from the street or sidewalk? | Would you be open to letting people pick from your trees if there are ways to set clear boundaries? | If you selected no, please briefly explain why. | Have you ever resorted to your own methods to encourage or discourage harvesting fruit from your trees? | Have you ever had foragers pick from your tree? | If you selected yes to the previous question, how did it go? | If there was a feature to share information about your fruit trees with potential harvesters, what kind of details would you want to include? | Age | Country | If you are located in the US, what state? | ||||||
2 | 6/17/2025 12:40:38 | 3-4 years | Urban, Suburban | Yes | Yes | Word of mouth (friends, family, etc) | 2 to 5 years | Harder even in the beta version to filter by certain things. | Filtering by variety AND (private but overhanging OR public) to exclude private. Filtering by 'i have reviewed this tree' and then maybe taste filtering from there | Documenting our fruit trees, eating yummy mangos | No | Family/friends | Adding trees to falling fruit with friends on bike rides | Growables.org | It's fine if they look like they're going to waste. I won't like walk up to someone's house but I'd go up someone's driveway if I could get a mango out of the deal | Yes | 4 | I'm not going to ever open a gate or anything, but I'll walk up a driveway if need be | I wouldn't ever harvest from a tree unless it was loaded with more than they could eat. | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | Yes | Yes | Yes | A little sign that says 'im ready to eat when yellow' etc | Yes | Loved seeing little munchkins walk away with purple faces from mullberries | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | 25-34 | United States | FL | ||||||||||
3 | 6/17/2025 12:42:08 | 1-2 years | Urban, Suburban | Yes | Yes | 6 months to 2 years | Occasionally being able to find some great fruit to pick! | Just wish there were more identified spots to forage. | Finding something cool to pick, eat, and/or preserve. | Moved to a place where the foraging is decent. | No | n/a | Have learning opportunities | I avoid it. Don't want to get into confrontations. | Yes, but they were overhanging | 5 | If it's marked OK to pick, I feel fine about it | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Contact information for questions, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | No | 45-54 | United States | NY | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | 6/17/2025 12:42:10 | 5+ years | Suburban, Rural | Yes | Yes | 2 to 5 years | Searchable maps with date-coded user-sourced data that can be updated with new notes and photos. | Enjoy time outdoors, identify plants, collect edible plants. | I liked identifying plants and gardening, and then became interested in collecting wild (or uncultivated) plants with culinary or medicinal value. | No | N/A | Hike and forage; forage and cook | Reddit, google | It can be permissible depending on the situation. | Yes | 3 | It depends on if the private property is residential or not. I feel less comfortable entering a residential property. | Concern is overstepping and infringing on someone's property rights. | When the fruit is ready to harvest, How much fruit people can take, Contact information for questions, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | No | 35-44 | United States | NC | |||||||||||||||||
5 | 6/17/2025 12:42:43 | 5+ years | Urban, Suburban, Rural, Wild | Yes | Yes | Word of mouth (friends, family, etc) | 5+ years | User generated content that is geolocated | Not enough UGC (user generated content) | Get more people to contribute! | Sustainable food | Just walking around and seeing fruits going to waste in my town. | No | Not involved | I'm fine with it | Yes | 5 | If it's going to waste it's a shame to not pick the fruit. | How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Great! | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Contact information for questions | 25-34 | United States | CA | ||||||||||||
6 | 6/17/2025 12:46:32 | 3-4 years | Urban | Yes | Yes | Google search and news articles about foraging | 6 months to 2 years | I like the ease of adding new locations, map/visual search works well | Hard to search for non-specific species (e.g. all rubus, vs a specific subspecies of rubus). Listings are not the most up-to-date | Remember by default if tree inventory is turned on or off. Allow inclusive search with decreasing sort based on relevancy (e.g. I can search for persimmon, and have all types of persimmons show up). | Explore nearby areas, get a small amount of fruit, share the joy of foraging with friends | Living in Berkeley, realizing the abundance of foraging opportunities in California | No | Family/friends | Very nervous, I do not do it. | Yes, but they were overhanging | 2 | Not sure if current residents are the same as the ones who allowed harvesting. | Safety concerns for trespassing | Contact information for questions | No | 25-34 | United States | CA | ||||||||||||||||
7 | 6/17/2025 12:47:28 | 3-4 years | Urban, Suburban | Yes | Yes | Word of mouth (friends, family, etc) | 2 to 5 years | I like how much information you're able to save about the location and status of a plant. I also like that you can (more or less) filter what's around you. | I don't like that I can't choose one of the spots from the list and have it show me the location on the map. Navigation is also tricky and unintuitive, with options that I'm unsure of their uses. | I'd love to see an easy way to filter locations. Ideally based on some kind of categorization, there are a lot of types of stone fruit. I'd also love to be able to continue to see the map when I select a location from it, rather than it taking over the whole screen to show a quarter screen worth of info. In general, some kind of persistence around the map throughout the app experience. | Finding snacks when I'm out walking | A friend turned me on to how many snacks are in the area, and I haven't stopped since. | No | Na | I have an app that helps to systematically ID seaweed "Seaweed Sorter" | Thank you so much for this! This is a wonderful app and it deserves a great interface | Don't get caught ;) | Yes | 4 | On a big enough property, I don't mind venturing a few meters in to grab some plums. But if it's all the way back or fenced in, I'll pass | It can be hard to know for certain if the property owner set the "ok to harvest" designation | How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not, Recipe ideas from the property owners | No | 25-34 | United States | OR | ||||||||||||||
8 | 6/17/2025 12:47:42 | 5+ years | Urban, Suburban, Rural, Wild | Yes | Yes | Word of mouth (friends, family, etc) | 2 to 5 years | Ease of use. Fun! | The app can be a bit clunky and slow at times | I just wish more people in my area participated. | Connection to nature, plus free food. | A friend took me mushroom hunting about 15 years ago and that was it lol | No | Family/friends | iNaturalist | Yes | 4 | If it's marked that it's okay to pick, then I'm going to take some with me. | Don't be a jerk and respect people's privacy. | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, Contact information for questions, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not | No | 45-54 | United States | CA | ||||||||||||||||
9 | 6/17/2025 12:48:45 | 3-4 years | Urban, Rural, Wild | Yes | Yes | 2 to 5 years | Sometimes I find new locations for foraging from other users, and i have the ability to mark my own foraging sites | Adding new forage sites can be a bit confusing | Updated layout with the ability to remove placeholders that are no longer available, more advertising to entice more users! | I'm looking for medicinal plants as well as wild foods | Personal interest | No | Na | Discuss monthly foraging options, etc | My own personal logs | None | Don't do it if you're not invited or allowed there | Yes, but they were overhanging | 1 | I would specifically ask permission before picking anything in anyone's yard. | Better care | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | No | 45-54 | United States | OK | ||||||||||||||
10 | 6/17/2025 12:50:21 | 3-4 years | Suburban, Wild | Yes | Yes | TikTok | 2 to 5 years | Incredible and very useful database | Website could be optimized better for mobile , it’s very hard to scroll through the genuses on the pull down menu | Just make it work more smoothly and more intuitively | Find food (fruit mostly) ,make jams and cook with new things, ease the grocery bill pain, try new and native foods | Used plant apps to ID plants (weeds) in my own yard and started to make tea blends, got curious what was in local parks and was surprised to find so many yummy berries, now if I see a plant I don’t recognize I must pull out my apps to ID it! It’s tons of fun and you get to take something home too | No | N/A | I don’t have a community but I’ve thought about teaching, I’d also love a group where we went out and removed invasives and planted natives | Plant ID apps, foragerchef.com | Thanks so much for working with falling fruit! | Generally unethical, I wouldn’t do it unless I asked first. I am shy though so I probably wouldn’t ask. | No | 2 | I’m shy and not very comfortable interacting with strangers | I think most homeowners would view that as theft unless they have permission | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | No | 25-34 | United States | MI | |||||||||||||
11 | 6/17/2025 12:50:38 | 3-4 years | Rural, Wild | Yes | Yes | I don't use Falling Fruit anymore | Accuracy of locations is excellent. Good options in app ie selecting different fruit etc | Decent app that isn't taken seriously. More about people getting crap from dustbins | Not sure. | Learning about what's edible seasonally. Foraging things I can brew with | I got into this by starting geocaching. It took my to places off the beaten track and finding edible plants in abundance | No | I put no | None | Fine with permission | No | 5 | With permission then its fine. Alot of people with apple trees wouldn't mind others taking some fruit. | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | Yes | No | No | Small hazelnut tree. Not worth letting people have access to it :) | Nope | No | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Whether foragers can enter the property or not, | 45-54 | Uk | ||||||||||||
12 | 6/17/2025 12:52:08 | 5+ years | Urban, Suburban, Rural, Wild | Yes | Yes | Don't remember | 2 to 5 years | I like that you can filter by species/genus, and exclude tree inventories | I have no complaints! I wish more people in my area used it | Nothing, I think it's great | To have fun, to reduce grocery bills, promote resilience, to get creative, and to make cool spice blends | In high school through field guides, and through studying ethnobotany in college. Sam Thayer's books were a big gateway for me | Yes | Wildlife and fisheries graduate student community, lots of us like foraging and met through work/school | We share foraging locations and recipes, share finished foraged goods (big batches of syrup/apple butter), trade | inaturalist, word of mouth, foraging field guides | I've introduced people in my foraging community to Falling Fruit | I forage a small amount if it's overhanging/appears to not be used | Yes, but they were overhanging | 3 | I would probably find some way to verify that it was okay to pick, maybe leaving a note on the door with my contact info | I don't want to steal fruit from someone that was intending to use all of it, but if the fruit is clearly going to waste/not being used I'm more likely to harvest from private trees | Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Contact information for questions, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not | No | 25-34 | United States | WV | |||||||||||||
13 | 6/17/2025 12:53:11 | 1-2 years | Urban, Suburban | Yes | Yes | Google search | 6 months to 2 years | You can comment on a find with updates/yields etc to keep it updated | Hard to search by simple terms (apple, mushroom etc) need specific types or it won’t propagate them | Be able to change the map to what is currently harvestable | Free food! | Free food! Learning about edible weeds and common yard plants | No | None | Books about local edible plants | Fine as long as the owner is cool with it and people are respectful. Must have owner permission first. | Yes, but they were overhanging | 4 | If it’s clearly marked and easily accessible, not blocked by a fence or other obstruction | People being creepy | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit) | Yes | No | No | They are still relatively small and we have yet to harvest from them (damn squirrels) | Chase the squirrels as often as I see them! | No | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not | 35-44 | United States | NY | |||||||||
14 | 6/17/2025 12:53:27 | 5+ years | Urban, Suburban, Rural, Wild | Yes | Yes | 2 to 5 years | Easy to mark locations for future reference | Sometimes hard to find the exact fruit/plant I'm looking for. | Supplement my diet, save money, connect with nature | Finding out the mulberry tree in my yard had edible fruit, and then wondering what else was around. | Yes | I have built my own community | I like to introduce new people to foraging | Facebook community and PlantNet for ID | I think people should ask first, unless the tree heavily overhangs public property like a sidewalk | Yes | 4 | If the property owner has put up a sign indicating it's ok, or posted on Facebook inviting people, I'm comfortable partaking. Mahy of my neighbors have offered to share in this way and I've shared with my neighbors. | Benefits - build community by talking to neighbors, save money and resources by getting free local food. Concerns - misunderstanding and conflict if not properly communicated | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | It went just fine! | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Contact information for questions, Preference of contact first - some of my trees are a little dangerous to harvest from and I'd prefer to be able to look out for people in case they need help/guidance | 35-44 | United States | IA | |||||||||||
15 | 6/17/2025 12:54:36 | 5+ years | Urban, Suburban, Wild | Yes | Yes | i did an internet search years ago and got falling fruit as a result | 5+ years | photos, stages of ripeness | identify something new to me or find a crop that I am interested in | natural extension of nature walks and hiking | Yes | Social media | word of mouth | ask permission. usufruct. | Yes | 2 | if the falling fruit entry was made by the property owner I would feel OK. If it was made by someone else, I would need to see close relationship to feel OK. | benefits are getting to know people | How much fruit people can take, Contact information for questions, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | Yes | No | No | i rely on canning and foraging is my source for things i could not get at a store | my trees aren't big enough yet | No | Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | 45-54 | United States | IA | |||||||||||
16 | 6/17/2025 12:54:46 | 3-4 years | Urban, Suburban, Rural, Wild | Yes | Yes | 2 to 5 years | I love that you can sort by types of plants. | UI on mobile is definitely clunky. The worst part is the location starts in Colorado, and it’s very slow to pan over to Maryland. Also, the “locate me” crosshairs button does not seem to work. | Fix the “locate me” crosshairs button on iOS. Have the location it starts on be the same as the last location you left off on. | Explore new flavors not found in stores. | No | N/A | None. | If it’s accessible from a public walkway, it’s acceptable (eg an apple tree growing over a public sidewalk). Trespassing for foraging is not acceptable. | Yes, but they were overhanging | 5 | Depends how you define “Marked.” If there’s a sign from the owner welcoming others, I’d feel comfortable. | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Contact information for questions, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | No | 25-34 | United States | MD | ||||||||||||||||||
17 | 6/17/2025 12:55:31 | 5+ years | Urban, Suburban, Rural | Yes | Yes | 2 to 5 years | I like that it keeps track of precise geotagged locations and that other users can edit previous tags when things have changed. | It loads slowly, and in some areas theres mostlynjust dumpsters tagged as opposed to foragable edibles. | To find and track wild edible foods to expand beyond our global food system. | Just felt like it I guess | No | N/A | Several books | As long as you are access it from a public area or have permission to be on the property, fair game. | Yes, but they were overhanging | 3 | I dont know if people are treating their trees with pesticides | When the fruit is ready to harvest, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not | No | 25-34 | United States | DE | ||||||||||||||||||
18 | 6/17/2025 12:56:12 | 5+ years | Urban, Rural, Wild, Aquatic | Yes | Yes | 2 to 5 years | I like the app quite a bit, I like how the specimen details are designed and having plenty of room for written notes | The app can be clunky and slow | Having a satellite overlay option on the app would help drop pins | Above all else leave it better than I found it - foraging also includes trash collecting | My grandfather taught me it was important when I was a kid | Yes | Medieval Reenactment | We love our field trips | Handbooks and physical printed guides | Love the app, excited to see it get better | If the collectable items are outside the property line there's not an issue, to collect directly off private property you should be getting permission first | Yes, but they were overhanging | 1 | Without a note in the entry saying how to let the owners know i was there to collect i wouldn't feel safe showing up unannounced on private property | Owners with firearms | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not | No | 25-34 | United States | WA | ||||||||||||||
19 | 6/17/2025 12:57:51 | 5+ years | Urban, Wild | Yes | Yes | I’ve been using it for so many years that I don’t even remember how I first heard about it | 5+ years | iOS app doesn’t seem to Geo locate me right away. | Fun | Edible treasure hunt | No | None | Various online resources, especially for mushrooms. | Yes, but they were overhanging | 5 | Whether foragers can enter the property or not | Yes | No | Yes | No | Whether foragers can enter the property or not | 45-54 | United States | VA | ||||||||||||||||
20 | 6/17/2025 13:01:19 | 3-4 years | Suburban, Rural, Wild | Yes | Yes | 2 to 5 years | Being able to find things I can forage near me! | Not enough people use it. | Eat delicious food, reduce waste | Always foraged basic wild foods as a kid like berries | No | Social media | Not okay | No | 3 | I would want to make sure that the information is actually accurate | Concern that the property owners don't actually want others to take from their trees | Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Contact information for questions, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | No | 35-44 | United States | MA | ||||||||||||||||||
21 | 6/17/2025 13:01:28 | 5+ years | Urban, Suburban, Wild | Yes | Yes | Searching for a foraging tracking app | 5+ years | Maps! Lists! | I dislike how difficult it is to search a broader category. It's cool I can identify that the cherry tree is a Rainier cherry, but I'd love to that be a subset rather than a separate category from Cherries overall, for example. . | Data cleanup and organization would be so helpful! As said above, I'd love to be able to search broader categories with buckets of subcategories so that all I can search "cherries" or "apples" and get all logged cherries or apples, without having to separately select the individual varieties. Additionally, maybe a color coding or similar system to see if things have been updated within the last two seasons of produce, or if they are in, soon to be, or out of season. Doing this with a quick view of the map would be rad. | Goalposts for dog walks, free food, harvest and process, urban foraging walks with friends | I'm interested in environmental resiliency, decentering food systems, and free food. I started using fallen fruit in undergrad for an environmental studies degree many years ago. | Yes | Family/friends | Harvest Processing groups! Connections to tool libraries! | Tool libraries, word of mouth, | I am so excited this app is getting revamped! It has been too buggy/data filthy for me in recent years as the software degraded against updates. I love this app and I am eager to engage with it in a new way as the updates occur! | I don't do it, but I'd love to do it with permission and build community that way. | Yes, but they were overhanging | 1 | Oregon is open carry and I do not want to find out who is using their rights while I'm trespassing. I also don't want to discourage property owners and residents from having foragables over hanging. I also rank foraging-ability based on how tricky the plant is to grow- tomatoes, strawberries, squash, I am hesitant to pick, but apples, figs, mints, I enjoy. If it would rather be rotting on the ground in a week if I didn't pick it, it's gotta be picked! | Stewarded crops! Apple trees, for example, do better when taken care of. Less fruit rotting on the ground means less pests. Less concern of fruit rotting reduces botanical sexism in city tree planting decisionmaking. | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not | No | 25-34 | United States | OR | |||||||||||||
22 | 6/17/2025 13:01:48 | 3-4 years | Urban, Suburban | Yes | Yes | Google search | 2 to 5 years | Locational notes. Example: lemon tree at edge of yard, ask prior to pick. Dragon fruit hang over fence, toward back of yard. | Outdated information or people not knowing about it in area. Odd because Los Angeles has A LOT of fruit barring trees for public consumption | App would open to current area rather needing refresh to obtain current location. Dot marking location could be coded somehow to identify last update. Green under 1 year, yellow under three, red over three. A filter that could sort out different types of items, such as orange limes, lemons, figs. Or types like citrus vs tropical. | Fresh juice, save money at store, reduce carbon footprint and waste | Bored | No | N/a | N/a | None | None | Ask owner. Follow law. Anything in parkway or over fence is free game per law in CA. | Yes | 4 | Depends on location. If reachable without walking through gates or crossing a barrier like hopping a fence very comfortable. If sign up noting ok to forage on private land ok. Otherwise I ask first. | Being shot. | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not, Best way to contact. Some people are freaked out when they get a knock on door. | Yes | No | No | Safety issues. In gated area which is used for pets. Pets may get out of gate or bite people entering. Willing to pick and leave buckets for pickup. | No | No | N/a | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not | 45-54 | United States | CA | ||||||
23 | 6/17/2025 13:08:47 | 5+ years | Urban, Rural | Yes | Yes | probably a search engine but a long time ago | 5+ years | i love being able to find fruit and share the finds that i make | some of the app UI is a bit clunky but it gets the job done | Have some tasty treats while out and about | As a kid I ate wild blackberries in the southeast USA | No | n/a | In the southeast USA you don't go on private property. Everyone has guns. I will take one 'giant step' from the edge of a property onto private property but that's the limit. | Yes, but they were overhanging | 3 | Lotta guns here | How much fruit people can take, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | No | 35-44 | United States | VA | ||||||||||||||||||
24 | 6/17/2025 13:15:58 | 5+ years | Urban, Suburban, Rural, Wild | Yes | Yes | 2 to 5 years | Respects privacy if you don't want your profile to be public. | Everything needs an update. Project feels abandoned. Profiles should be more fleshed out. I would like more "social" features. Achievements would be cool. I think Strava would be a nice platform to replicate. | Lots of quality of life stuff. Ide like there to be a feature that would help organize local foraging groups or help foregers meet in real life. | Saving money. Having a connection with food. | Did it as a kid. Done it my whole life. | I used to be. Then I moved. | Family/friends | Picking together. Sharing tools. Having canning parties and cookouts featuring foraged foods. | Social media pages. | I love falling fruit. It has a lot of potential that needs to be harnessed and improved. | I do it a lot. I knock on the owners door and ask. Usually people are happy to have their fruit not fall on the ground and rot. | Yes | 5 | Some americans are retarded when it comes to their private property. Most are chill. | Liability. People get spooked that you'll hold them liable if you get hurt. | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not, Contact info of the property owner. Maybe a contact form. | No | 25-34 | United States | UT | ||||||||||||||
25 | 6/17/2025 13:18:02 | Urban, Suburban | Yes | Yes | I can't remember | I don't use Falling Fruit anymore | The concept is great, I'm glad it exists | The map is generally clunky (app) | It would be great if the database also included when something was in season | No | x | No | 1 | When the fruit is ready to harvest, How much fruit people can take, Contact information for questions, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | No | 25-34 | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | 6/17/2025 13:21:52 | 3-4 years | Urban, Suburban, Rural, Wild | Yes | Yes | 2 to 5 years | I like seeing reviews of foraging spots from other users, which helps me determine which locations are worth visiting. | The app's map is convinced that I'm in Boulder, CO. I am not in fact in Boulder, nor am I anywhere near there. I wish I didn't have to direct the map away from Boulder & that it would instead show my current location when I open the app. | I would like to see a function where users could mark favorite or previously visited locations, as well as an option to flag outdated/low quality reports. | I seek out specific types of plants or mushrooms for eating - mulberries, figs, blushers, oysters, etc. My partner and I like to make mead with foraged fruits, and we often cook & eat our foraged mushrooms on the same day. | As a child, I learned to forage wild muscadines & blackberries with my family on our rural property. | Yes | Social media | My local mushroom hunting group has occasional meetups to forage together. If Falling Fruit ever incorporated a social aspect, I would be interested in joining other local groups. | iNaturalist, mainly | Every time. Every time, it thinks I'm in Boulder and it drives me up the wall. I love Falling Fruit but I promise I have never even been to Boulder | Kind of weird at best, dangerous at worst. | Yes | 1 | I have harvested on private property that belongs to friends or family, but going to a stranger's house to pick from their tree(s) sounds like a recipe for disaster. I live in the US South, where setting foot on someone's property without express permission from both the property owner & the surrounding neighbors could result in getting shot. | Concerns: being ticketed/arrested by police; being harassed or harmed by the property owners and/or disapproving nearby residents | Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Contact information for questions, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | No | 25-34 | United States | VA | ||||||||||||||
27 | 6/17/2025 13:22:28 | 5+ years | Urban, Suburban, Wild | Yes | No | Food and enjoying nature | Always interested | No | Social media | I would like to have more of a local foraging community. I have learned much from social media, but it’s not the same | Fb groups | Get permission | Yes, but they were overhanging | 4 | If it’s marked allowed then I’m fine with that | I don’t want to be stealing, but if it’s marked allowed I’m ok w that | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Tools/techniques to harvest, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | Yes | Yes | No | I just have one baby cherry tree. Nothing on it to pick yet. Wish there was! | No | No | Whether foragers can enter the property or not | 55-64 | United States | MD | |||||||||||||
28 | 6/17/2025 13:26:37 | 5+ years | Urban, Suburban | Yes | Yes | I don't remember! | 5+ years | I like how easy it is to enter the information! I especially like the little button you can click so the map will jump to your current location. | It bothers me how, if you don't enter information for one of the categories (e.g. yield or quality) the slider automatically jumps to the middle value. No data should be treated as no data. It would also be nice if the categories of fruit trees were shown as taxonomy in the menu or something. Would also be nice to display the dots on the map in different colors by taxonomic group. | i wish i could upload photos and have them automatically locate on the map like inaturalist. i almost never add photos now because it's so many steps. | Free yummy fruit! | Started noticing mulberries around my parents' house. I like free fruit. | No | Family/friends | Pretty much just walking around and looking for fruit trees | Please please please don't raise the price or make it subscription-only. It's so depressing seeing so many apps go to a subscription model. | Only with permission! Or if overhanging. Or if it's corporate property. | Yes, but they were overhanging | 1 | I would need to know that the property owner marked it as okay to pick, and I would want a personal message from them giving details to ensure that it's not an old message and I'm not going to get in trouble. | Scared for safety or people getting mad. But benefit--I see tons of fruit that's going unpicked! Would love to collab with homeowners--pick for them and take a small proportion of the fruit | How much fruit people can take, Contact information for questions, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | No | 25-34 | United States | CA | ||||||||||||||
29 | 6/17/2025 13:29:21 | 5+ years | Urban, Suburban, Rural | Yes | Yes | 2 to 5 years | It's a great repository of knowledge, I use it to remember foraging spots and show them to others | In the app, being able to browse the full list of tree types nearby would be helpful. Also filtering them down to those that match my map view. | Private notes would be great, I often want to make notes about a site that are only relevant to me. Color coded locations would be great, with a key, so that I can quickly figure out what different locations are. | Finding interesting local plants that I can't find otherwise, to eat and share with friends | A natural interest in less common plants and how delicious they can be | No | n/a | It's hard to know what is public and what is private. Also I think as long as you're not stripping a tree bare, it's fairly harmless. Also also, I think it's pretty obvious when a tree is just growing wild and isn't cared for vs whether it is. | Yes, but they were overhanging | 4 | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | No | 25-34 | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||
30 | 6/17/2025 13:30:27 | 1-2 years | Suburban | Yes | Yes | Word of mouth (friends, family, etc) | 6 months to 2 years | Adding new trees on my phone is very easy | Providing info about the plant is challenging, trying to compare what i know about the plant with the app's existing dataset | Finding produce and learning where I can return for produce in the future | No | Erroneously required question | Do it unless the area is fenced in, the produce is for the owner's subsistence, or are told not to. | Yes | 4 | Marked as ok to pick bodes very well | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions | Yes | Yes | Yes | I intentionally grow fruiting shrubs on the fenceline of my sidewalk to share | Unsure | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Tools/techniques to harvest, Whether foragers can enter the property or not, Uses for the produce | 25-34 | United States | OH | ||||||||||||||
31 | 6/17/2025 13:32:10 | 3-4 years | Urban, Suburban | Yes | Yes | some sort of social media | 2 to 5 years | Ability to sort by fruit | Upload multiple pictures, include pics of each fruit and a little information | Learning about my surrounds and eating yummy berries | Raspberries in my backyard as a kid | No | do Not | Foraging/nature walks, IDing classes, recipe sharing | iNaturalist, blackforager, chaoticforager, various books | If they're not using it, why not? | Yes, but they were overhanging | 3 | Depends on if anyone's home | Lawn treatments | When the fruit is ready to harvest, How much fruit people can take, lawn treatment | No | 25-34 | United States | VA | |||||||||||||||
32 | 6/17/2025 13:33:38 | 1-2 years | Urban, Wild | Yes | Yes | 6 months to 2 years | I think the map layout works really well and its easy to see where things are. | I am not able to add photos for some reason on the app. | make it easier to upload pictures | to get food to eat and for fun | word of mouth from friends | No | Family/friends | I am opposed to someones private yard without permission, but not to offices and more open areas. | Yes | 3 | It is going to depend on a case by case basis and how hard it is to get to. | I would be concerned that a tree in someones garden would be damaged or they would miss their own fruit. | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | No | 25-34 | United States | MD | |||||||||||||||||
33 | 6/17/2025 13:37:37 | 3-4 years | Urban, Suburban | Yes | Yes | Word of mouth (friends, family, etc) | 6 months to 2 years | I like the GPS | It’s laggy | Ability to edit details versus entering a new sighting | Learn new things | Food insecurity, natural medicine | Yes | Family/friends | More group outings | Books | Only with permission | Yes | 1 | Would want permission | Permission, red state | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not | Yes | No | No | Dog | No | No | How much fruit people can take, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | 35-44 | United States | TN | ||||||||
34 | 6/17/2025 13:38:46 | 5+ years | Urban, Suburban, Rural, Wild | Yes | Yes | Internet | 5+ years | Pinpoint placement, easy filterability, user content | Many times have spent time and fuel to reach a location, but theres nothing. Things change, plants die. There is no feature to crowdsource delete or flag as questionable as a warning to other users. It is a must have because obsolete markers will discourage people from using falling fruit | Make a process for when users cannot find plants. Sometimes the plant may be there but the person cant find it. Other times the plant is actually dead and gone In my experience over 50% of markers are obsolete, it should be the other way around. | Locate useful plants | Love of food and nature | Yes | Family/friends | We want to reliably locate plants. That is the purpose of the app, not social networking. Don't let the scope creep! | Social media | Thank you and good luck! | Yes, but they were overhanging | 2 | What if ownership has changed? If the current occupant/owner is there or has placed a sign, then I would be very comfortable | Stealing is wrong unless its from corporations, and if I were falling fruit i would not want to be held responsible for an altercation. There are crazies and tons of guns in this country | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unsure | All the above. Authenticating ownership may be tricky... | 35-44 | United States | MD | ||||||||||
35 | 6/17/2025 13:39:43 | 1-2 years | Urban, Suburban, Rural | Yes | Yes | 6 months to 2 years | I like the app sure to how easy it is to find things around me | We also should have the ability to rate or flag entries. The initial data is crowd sourced, but there are several entries which are false that I would like to have a mechanism to resolve. | It would be nice to filter to things that are in season around you. It would also be cool to have a link to something to help positively ID things. I know we want limited liability, but many people I know that use the app use it to brush up on their identification. It would also be cool to have a personalized calendar based on what's around you. It would take into account the entries around and their fruiting time to give an approximate calendar. A poke Dex like thing that gamifies finding foragables near you would be awesome! I grew up collecting pokemon, now I hunt for plants to learn | Showing the diversity of the food around us, reconnecting people with the work that goes into food, having a scavenger hunt | Started gardening, then someone told me that foraging is like gardening but without all the work. | Yes | Family/friends | Group forages, foraged potluck, mapping an area for foragables with friends | https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/, https://pfaf.org/user/, I naturalist, Feral foraging, Books | We should have access to respectfully forage, as most times it means it comes under better care. I try to get permission and work with the owner to give something back to them and help them see the resources they have. | Yes | 4 | As long as it's not sketchy, I'd be fine. Things like beware of dogs, trash in the area, certain flags, would make me more likely to pass | Most plants benefit from the care that comes along with responsible foraging. Someone might get hurt is always a concern. Another is an inexperienced forager taking more than acceptable or harming the plant while doing it. | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not | Yes | No | Yes | I invite people to harvest some. I'll pick some of my own and bring them round to neighbors | No | When the fruit is ready to harvest, How much fruit people can take | 35-44 | United States | TN | ||||||||||
36 | 6/17/2025 13:40:22 | 5+ years | Urban, Suburban | Yes | Yes | Word of mouth (friends, family, etc) | 2 to 5 years | I like the concept in general, that you can find plant resources in an area. | Some of the information is wrong. for example, a lot of things labeled honey locust trees in my area are actually black locust trees. which is a dangerous mislabel, though I understand the error is based on city data of the trees, the city planted the wrong trees. i also think it's a little weird that dumpsters are sometimes listed. | It would be nice if information like names could be updated. | Sometimes it's too see a new kind of plant. sometimes it is to gather actual fruit. | My mother was an amateur botanist. i never really had to say in the matter then, and it's stuck. | No | I am not involved in the foraging community. | I don't know if there are any forging groups in the area. when I looked, they all seemed to be hiking in the sierras, or the bay Area. i am disabled and cannot go on hikes. | Field guides. | If it is over the fence, it is free for grabs. i'm pretty sure the law backs me on that. f*ck boomers and their notion that it is their right to watch fruit rot on the vine/tree. | Yes, but they were overhanging | 5 | If it is within the property, I will knock and ask, or look for signs for guidance. please do not put private property options in your app. it will be a liability legally and may result the app getting shut down. | Boomers will call the police if you look poor, or aren't white. | Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not | No | 45-54 | United States | CA | ||||||||||||||
37 | 6/17/2025 13:40:56 | 5+ years | Urban, Suburban, Rural | Yes | Yes | Google search for foraging apps | 2 to 5 years | GPS locations of trees, shrubs, etc. I like that I can add new plants to the app | I wish there was more information on how to forage certain plants. I.e. provide information about edible parts of trees (fruit, leaves, bark, etc.) | Less clunky to use. It would be great it if could import Research Grade information from iNaturalist, for example. | Collecting herbs for seasoning or making teas | Interest in plant biology and identification. I use iNaturalist a lot and I feel more confident being able to identify plants in the wild. | I recently moved from the city where I lived and volunteered. I'm in a more suburban/exurban area now so I am trying to explore my area a bit. | Volunteering in local Friends of East Rock Park to remove invasive species, trash, environmental outreach. | Help remove invasive species and plant / propagate / cultivate native species. | iNaturalist | I try to avoid it unless a tree overhangs. I've foraged Serviceberry trees on my workplace property multiple times. | Yes, but they were overhanging | 2 | I live in the US. People have guns. The. End. | Guns. Police. Karens. | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Contact information for questions, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | No | 35-44 | United States | CT | ||||||||||||||
38 | 6/17/2025 13:41:16 | 3-4 years | Urban, Wild | Yes | Yes | Word of mouth (friends, family, etc) | 5+ years | I really like the field that tells you when the plant is seasonally fruiting. | I click on a lot of dots that turn out to be trees I'm not interested in. But I also don't want to click through the checklist of all possible trees before using the app. It might be nice to use the dot color axis to help encode a bit more tree info on the map view. I think the simplest category split I'm interested in is "fruits that are easy to eat straight off the tree" vs. "fruits that require more processing". | Snack on seasonal fruits that are hard to find at a grocery store, have a snack with friends | not sure, it seemed like the obvious thing to do | Unsure | Family/friends | discuss safe ID, make things with the foraged food | word of mouth | I always ask permission unless a tree overhangs and is dropping fruit on public sidewalks | Yes, but they were overhanging | 4 | I would only do this if the resident has also put up a physical sign on the tree saying it is okay to harvest, not just if FallingFruit says it is ok. | Concerns: I would worry a little that people who haven't been educated in foraging ethics might try to take more than they could use, harvest to sell, not think to leave behind any fruit for the local animals to eat, or damage the tree. this could mostly be addressed by good physical signage with clear instructions (perhaps...sign templates provided by your organization??) Benefits: less work for the residents to clean up smashed fruit on the ground and figure out how to give away 500 lbs of fruit | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not, Concrete list of reasons to leave some fruit on the tree (like examples of local species who might rely on this tree for food) | Yes | No | No | The trees are deep in the backyard which has bikes, dogs, and access to the inside of the house. I know that most foragers would probably be respectful, but unfortunately we aren't in a neighborhood where we can leave our gate open or totally unlocked to strangers. | No | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | 35-44 | United States | CA | ||||||||||
39 | 6/17/2025 13:41:54 | 3-4 years | Urban, Suburban, Rural, Wild | Yes | Yes | I think Google, I searched for an interactive map | 2 to 5 years | I have used the app regularly for a few years now and I really love the marking feature and the search feature, I’ve found some fantastic spots! I try and mark it when I find a spot when I remember. | The app is pretty buggy and slow. I find logging a new location quite hard to do. It’s not clear how to do it and I think someone new using would struggle. It says there is a GPS error and it can’t find my location every time I use it as well but the map works anyway. The “locate me” doesn’t work but it does if I navigate to the search bar. | Just needs to be made easier and clearer to use. There’s too much friction at the moment. | Learning to identify plants and discovering new things! | Picking blackberries when I was a child :) | No | Falling Fruit | Food for Free books, the Foraging Almanac, plant identifying app | Absolutely love what you’re doing, truly! Just need to get more people onto it ❤️ | I do it if I definitely can’t be seen or the land is huge/there is an abundance of a particular thing. If not then I don’t. | Yes | 2 | If it is marked as okay/permission granted by the owner on the app then I would pick it. | I wouldn’t want to take too much. | When the fruit is ready to harvest, How much fruit people can take, Contact information for questions, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | No | 25-34 | UK | |||||||||||||||
40 | 6/17/2025 13:44:18 | 5+ years | Urban, Suburban, Rural, Wild | Yes | Yes | I forget honestly, but it was somewhere on the internet | 2 to 5 years | I like that you can add loci for a wide range of species and provide notes or sometimes corrections on other user's entries | Sometimes the GPS feature doesn't function but that's pretty rare | I'm not sure how possible it is to do this -- but giving possible ranges to look for things in or indicating what stage a plant would be in during the calendar year (flowering, fruiting etc) | I go with the goals of gathering enough for personal consumption (syrups or jams etc) and to maybe share some with friends/family | I grew up in rural northern Appalachia and it was very normal to go into the woods to forage for things like ramps or wild cherries etc my whole life. | Yes | Family/friends | I share ID and location knowledge with people identifying as "baby foragers" and I also run a tiktok that features safe ways to hot water bath can items for people that might not have had a family culture of preserving but want to get into it. | I actually use Pinterest a lot. | This app's greatest strength is in urban foraging, such as on my local college campuses. | You always ask. If it's State Land then it's okay. If it's someone's private land -- if you do not have permission, it is not yours to take. Always offer some of what you make and you'll often be invited back. | Yes | 4 | I am pretty comfortable knocking on doors to check that markings are correct and that the permission to harvest is there. I grew up in a culture where visiting neighbors asking for windfall apples during cider time or offering to help harvest a fallen fruit tree and trade things like preserves for lumber etc was common. | Benefits: unusual varieties or specialty fruits may be available. Concerns: you can knock and be told no, and you have to know how to accept that gracefully. | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Contact information for questions, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not | No | 35-44 | United States | NY | |||||||||||||
41 | 6/17/2025 13:47:46 | 3-4 years | Urban, Suburban, Rural, Wild | Yes | Yes | Word of mouth (friends, family, etc) | 6 months to 2 years | I like that you have a hyper local map and that users can add notes and details. | I wish you could edit your entries after you post them. | Maybe have a feature where you could hyperlink to more information about the plants or have pictures next to the names of plants. For example, if one doesn't know the name of a specific species of a fruiting tree - they could click on a hyperlink to double check that their submitting the current entry. | Learning more about the flora I come across, it's uses, and educating those around me. | I've always been interested, but honestly watching The Black Forager during the pandemic made me want to learn more. | No | Family/friends | No | 3 | It really depends on the area, what I'm wearing, etc. I'm an introvert and generally will not knock on doors for personal comfort and safety reasons. | I'm concerned about the safety - harmful chemicals, pets, unfamiliar surroundings. | Whether foragers can enter the property or not | No | 35-44 | United States | VA | |||||||||||||||||
42 | 6/17/2025 13:48:01 | 3-4 years | Urban, Suburban | Yes | Yes | 2 to 5 years | Historical data and map | Map is hard to use and features are small | Make it more user friendly. Show most recently updated. Make map more mobile friendly | Find stuff | Walking around | No | Family/friends | Na | None | Not great, but if it’s overflowing in the public space it’s fine. | Yes, but they were overhanging | 2 | Trespassing | Permission from homeowners | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | No | 25-34 | United States | CA | |||||||||||||||
43 | 6/17/2025 13:52:34 | 5+ years | Urban, Suburban, Rural, Wild | Yes | Yes | Word of mouth (friends, family, etc) | 2 to 5 years | Being able to plan ahead where I'm going is wonderful | Filtering by type is really awkward on the app. I dislike that "dumpster (edible)" is considered a foraging source. | on the app, it'd be great to be able to tap an entry on list view and have the app zoom to it on the map view | Free fruit! And sometimes, explore somewhere new. | I used to pick wild raspberries on day hikes with my dad in the 80s and 90s, and I now have a big garden. Wild plants are great | No | I answered no | Extra hands to pick a large orchards or berry patches and then process the fruit would be wonderful | Word of mouth | What's the status of the beta vs original web interface these days? | If it's overhanging, I just do it. if it's not, I'll knock on front doors and ask for permission. I've only once been told no. | Yes | 5 | I've done it before. Repeatedly. It's fine. | They're often slightly better maintained than wild trees | Contact information for questions, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | Yes | No | No | I planted it this year. There won't actually be cherries on it for another 3 years. | no | No | n/a | Whether foragers can enter the property or not | 45-54 | United States | CO | ||||||
44 | 6/17/2025 13:53:09 | 5+ years | Urban, Wild | Yes | Yes | Don't remember | 5+ years | It's the only one of its kind | Searching and filtering by genus doesn't really work | Find new and interesting ingredients, explore, get into nature, go somewhere new | A book, I think? | No | Na | Field guides, YouTube | Mmmmm, if no one cares, it's fine. Don't do it if they tell you not to | Yes | 3 | If it's near the road, it's less scary. Also if I get caught, I can blame the website, lol | The owners getting mad or violent. But many owners don't even want the fruit | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not | 35-44 | United States | AZ | |||||||||||
45 | 6/17/2025 13:58:17 | 3-4 years | Urban, Suburban, Rural, Wild | Yes | Yes | Word of mouth (friends, family, etc) | 2 to 5 years | It is so widespread I don’t think there’s any place I’ve been that I haven’t been able to find something that’s been reported on the app | There’s so many trees and shrubs that can be used, but are technically edible that are listed on the app so it can get jumbled also it would be helpful if common names were also used | I would add more filter options | My young children always wanted to eat berries flowers so I took it upon myself to teach them what was safe. | We moved from a rural area where we could grow all of our own food to a suburban area where the city planners had sustainability in mind so they planted a lot of trees and shrubs and herbs in the green spaces | No | Not involved in the community | Preservation classes | Mostly books | Thank you for your time and good luck with your survey | I try not to do it hangover I may sample if the fruit is close | Yes, but they were overhanging | 4 | If the website says you have permission, I feel fine about it. I probably still would knock and ask. | I like that it might be helpful for older people who can’t harvest their trees and don’t want the mess. I worry about disturbing people. | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not | Yes | Yes | No | Our trees are so small at this moment. When we have an abundance we share and offer extras. Perhaps in the future when here is more then we will use yes! | Unfortunately, the only harvesting we get in our neighborhood, our teenage boys who want to throw the fruit and wasted | Unsure | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | 45-54 | United States | CA | |||||||
46 | 6/17/2025 13:58:52 | 5+ years | Suburban, Rural, Wild | Yes | Yes | Word of mouth (friends, family, etc) | 5+ years | Simple and efficient | Nothing | Nothing | Enjoy fresh air | Curiosity | No | Non applicable | take a small amount and don't get caught or ask for permission and make a new friend. | Yes | 3 | often people don't pick everything over, sometimes even nothing at all | avoid waste. share the abundance. | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not | Yes | No | Yes | Unsure | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not | 35-44 | France | |||||||||||||
47 | 6/17/2025 14:01:46 | 3-4 years | Urban, Rural, Wild | Yes | Yes | Word of mouth (friends, family, etc) | 2 to 5 years | That it is powered by users inputting new finds and has a big dump of info from forstry records. | Not as much activity anymore. Not many features bother me in the app itself | Some sort of marketing push? Influencer campaigns? There are a lot of influencers related to foraging now on tiktok | To learn about my local area as well as become more future resilient and less reliant on grocery stores | My grandma taught me a lot about edible fruits in my neighborhood when I was a kid, then a few years ago I moved to a new neighborhood and was curious what there was around me. | No | Na | Plantnet, inaturalist, tiktok | Love what the app does!! | ;) i would never!!! ;) | Yes | 5 | I am someone who sees a lot of rotten fruit on the ground on private trees, if I was given permission I would feel an obligation to harvest so that I can make use of what other wise would go to waste. | Benefits is if it was logged by the property owner I feel as if there is a communal love being expressed, someone using property generously can uplift me. Concerns would be them not knowing how pesticides or other things could affect the consumers of the fruit. I doubt many falling fruit loggers fall into that category tho | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | Yes | No | No | I live down in the georgetown neighborhood, and I dont trust the fruit myself to eat. There are long standing surveys done showing there are heavy metals in the soul and pollution particulates covering the fruit itself from the nearby airport and glass recycling plant. I wish I could share the bounty with fallingfruit ppl!!! | No | Unsure | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | 25-34 | United States | WA | ||||||||
48 | 6/17/2025 14:05:40 | 5+ years | Urban, Suburban, Rural, Wild | Yes | Yes | Cannot remember | 2 to 5 years | Easy to enter sightings | Cannot filter the map by fruit type | No | Family/friends | I do not do it unless the property is owned by the government | Yes, but they were overhanging | 1 | I do not want to bother people | Whether foragers can enter the property or not | Yes | No | No | Trees are not visible from the street | No | Whether foragers can enter the property or not | 25-34 | United States | CA | |||||||||||||||
49 | 6/17/2025 14:05:58 | 3-4 years | Urban, Suburban, Rural, Wild | Yes | Yes | I think I did a google search | 2 to 5 years | I love that it shows me exactly where to find the trees, bushes, mushrooms. | It's not often updated or verified. | Finding tasty food. | No | I am not involved | One should always ask permission. | No | 1 | It's trespassing! | You should never do it without permission. | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Contact information for questions, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not | No | 45-54 | United States | MD | ||||||||||||||||||
50 | 6/17/2025 14:20:34 | 3-4 years | Urban, Suburban | Yes | Yes | internet | 2 to 5 years | Fruit | No way to filter out certain kinds of food (lots of dumpsters) | Add filtering, allow you to uncheck certain trees that are no longer producing. | Tasty food | I liked it | No | N/A | Yes, but they were overhanging | 3 | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | 25-34 | United States | CA | |||||||||||||||
51 | 6/17/2025 14:24:24 | 5+ years | Suburban, Rural, Wild | Yes | Yes | 5+ years | Easy to use | Not much engagement. Slow to load. Nobody uses it in my area. | Promote it? | Finding food | Interest in nature, reading Sam thayers books | Yes | Found group on their website | Go on hunts together | Many many books, Facebook, Reddit | If they allow | No | 1 | I don’t know if they have grown it intentionally for themselves or not | I would want to ask first and therefore educate the owners if they did not already have the knowledge | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Unsure | When the fruit is ready to harvest, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | 35-44 | United States | MI | ||||||||||
52 | 6/17/2025 14:25:00 | 1-2 years | Suburban | Yes | Yes | 6 months to 2 years | Ability to post comments on posts! And the dates of peoples' posts helps a lot with deciding whether to visit or not. | I haven't used the app, but the new website update really improves a lot of UX issues from the previous. | I'd love to be able to add certain locations to a "log book" and mark them as Visited or Want To Visit. Helpful to keep track! | Collecting for baking and cooking | My dad grew up eating mulberries off of local trees for lunch, and it made me curious if there were any growing around where we live. | No | N/A | Books from the library, Reddit forums | I tell everybody I meet about your site! | As long as it overhangs public land, I see no harm. But I mostly forage for fruits and berries, which often are in extreme excess in private yards, so I see my collections of those in particular as a service. | Yes, but they were overhanging | 4 | Consent is key! If it's marked as such, I feel just fine. Maybe a little awkward. | Getting chased off the property; I don't want to anger anybody. I think harvesting from private trees is perfectly okay with permission. Most of the time people do not use all of the produce from their private trees. | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Contact information for questions, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not, Maybe a way for the owners to indicate their tree is okay to harvest from- like a sign in the yard or on the tree. | No | 18-24 | United States | IL | |||||||||||||||
53 | 6/17/2025 14:29:24 | 5+ years | Urban, Suburban, Rural, Wild | Yes | Yes | Word of mouth (friends, family, etc) | 2 to 5 years | How broad coverage it has. | How it’s not modern | Modern aka more user friendly | Knowing where everything is and how and when to find it | Dad taught me | Kind of | Friend making apps | Learn, and be better at identifying | Books, identification apps | Not without approval unless overhanging | Yes, but they were overhanging | 5 | If they give approval I feel that it’s fine otherwise it’ll be wasted | No permission | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not | No | 25-34 | Canada | |||||||||||||||
54 | 6/17/2025 14:47:11 | 5+ years | Urban, Suburban, Rural, Wild | Yes | Yes | 2 to 5 years | The whole point is to find and share good foraging spots - for people who forage, that's a really awesome tool, and to my knowledge no one else is doing it! | I don't use the website much, mostly because I'm usually in the field when I use Falling Fruit. I find the app to be pretty buggy - specifically, it doesn't seem to let me attach photos to my posts (I'm using an iPhone FWIW). And I don't think the filtering function is very useful - it could be better-designed (currently the app isn't working for me, so I can't refresh my memory about exactly what I didn't like about it... sorry...). And it always defaults to Boulder, CO - and while Boulder is a great town, it's across the country from where I live, so it's a pain to have to scroll across the entire midwest every time I open it. | -Let each user set a default 'home' location -Filter by one or several species -Make it less buggy to post new things or add info to existing posts -Keep an option to be anonymous (I realize that might interfere with #1, but I hate having accounts in every single app, store, and service I interact with... don't make me do that with Falling Fruit too!) | Enjoy being outside; pay attention to nature; find food | When I realized there was stuff out there I could eat, I just thought that was super cool and fun. | Yes | Family/friends | Forage | Sam Thayer's books; the internet; each other | Despite it being buggy and not perfect, this is still my favorite app ever - I'm really excited that someone might be investing in it again! | In the US it would be illegal without permission... personally I'd prefer a different legal structure but I don't want anyone getting shot so it's hard to argue with the law. | Yes, but they were overhanging | 2 | I guess I'd be worried that someone else marked it 'OK to pick' (like a previous tenant, or the spouse of the person who spots me harvesting), or that the person had changed their mind since posting and forgot to update the post. Falling Fruit isn't the kind of app where people make an effort to keep their posts up to date. And regardless of permission, I'm usually pretty introverted and would rather not get in a conversation with a random homeowner/tenant. | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | Yes | No | No | I tend to use it all myself, and it's a fair bit into my yard so it would seem a bit invasive. | No | No | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | 35-44 | United States | WI | |||||||||
55 | 6/17/2025 14:49:44 | 5+ years | Urban, Suburban, Rural, Wild | Yes | Yes | I don't remember! | 5+ years | Finding fun forage-able stuff when I'm traveling or getting to know a place, contributing to it, filtering by plants | Unclear what features are in the app without clicking or filtering. Also, dislike "Gulf of America"! | Option to label features in the app & make OSM/Stamen basemaps the default | Getting to know a place, finding things to snack on or cook with, identifying plants | For a while chose one new plant or mushroom per year, and then got way more into it when the pandemic pandemicked | Yes | Family/friends | Forage, hike, identify things (usually mushrooms) | Books, iNaturalist, friends | My only concern is when I posted about raspberries in a suburban park, and a few days later someone had not only taken all the berries but also trampled the patch to get at presumably harder to reach ones. I know it wasn't the fault of the app and might've just been coincidence, but I wonder if a notice about foraging responsibly would be helpful (or, dunno, maybe most people already do and bad actors would ignore it) | Private property is silly, but also, cultural norms. | Yes | 3 | Depends on the situation -- I've walked into driveways when it seems like there's a lot of surplus unappreciated fruit (say, mulberries), but wouldn't go into someone's yard. I don't know why driveways are different. | Concerns: being a jerk (hence only going for stuff that seems unappreciated), safety (maybe that's why driveways seem more OK) | Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | No | 35-44 | United States | MA | |||||||||||||
56 | 6/17/2025 14:53:04 | 5+ years | Urban, Suburban, Rural, Wild | Yes | Yes | 5+ years | The new website is more user-friendly | From the new mobile website, when I click to add a new pin, I then have to go back a step to access the map to make sure the pin is in the right location. | Find enough food to store and pin spots for myself and others to benefit from in the future. | Slowly, through books and Facebook groups | Yes | Social media | Guide books, foraging walks led by experts | Important to ask for permission first! | No | 1 | I would only if I had permission | Damaging the tree/plant | Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | No | 25-34 | United States | MI | |||||||||||||||||
57 | 6/17/2025 15:00:14 | 1-2 years | Suburban, Rural, Wild | Yes | Yes | Word of mouth (friends, family, etc) | 6 months to 2 years | It's an awesome service for the community to make foraging easier to start. | It'd be great to get more exposure so there is a larger user base | I'd like to be able to add more photos easily | Find local fruit to eat | Being curious about wild food | No | NA | Google mostly, some YouTube channels | It makes me uncomfortable | Yes, but they were overhanging | 1 | It's unclear if the post was made by the property owner | Unclear consent | I'd like a posted sign on the property in real life so I know it's for sure ok | No | 25-34 | United States | CO | |||||||||||||||
58 | 6/17/2025 15:10:24 | 3-4 years | Urban, Suburban, Rural, Wild | Yes | Yes | Don't remember | 2 to 5 years | Overall it's good, nothing comes to mind. | It's a bit harder in the new app/website adding entries it asks for a lot, some of which the average person might not know. Also it'd be good to be able to take photos with the app, instead of having to do it before/externally. | Perhaps a step by step journey for adding a new entry. I forget what it's called the design feature,but checkout snap send solves way of doing it. | Resource gathering, engagement with the land around me. | Grew out of dumpster diving and an interest in edible plants. | No, none around me I'm aware of. | Family/friends | It'd be nice to go with other's "hunting" as I call it. | Google maps, my bicycles. | I'm usually inclined to give it a go, had some strange encounters including someone been unhappy at me foraging on the nature strip outside their place (100% on public land). I also like to challenge the fear mentality that exists in Australia. People are generally distrusting of people walking the street. I got maybe 10kg of fallen apple's this autumn climbing a bank to someone's fence. They were on public land (rolled under fell over fence) but I still expect an adverse response if I was caught there. luckily no one saw me. | Yes | 3 | I don't know, not encountered it, but I'd still be wary as I said people here are distrusting. If I knew the place was vacant/abandoned I'd not care so much. | Being shouted at | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not, All that's good :-) | Yes | No | Yes | I'd put the fruit outside our property if there was enough good surplus. | No | They're inaccessible and not visible from the road. | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Contact information for questions | 35-44 | Australia | |||||||||
59 | 6/17/2025 15:23:16 | 1-2 years | Urban | Yes | Yes | Word of mouth (friends, family, etc) | 6 months to 2 years | easy to use | Sometimes I just want something like 'lemon tree' but there's sub varieities listed, so it returns incomplete results. Sometimes lags. | More icons so you can see approximately what is growing in an area at a glance. Like maybe a green leaf for herbs, an apple emoji for apples, etc. | Usually to improve food resiliance, like if a drought killed all the lemons in Australia and i need a lemon! Sometimes curiosity. Sometimes access to free seasonal local sustainable food. I also like to tag things when i find them for others to use. | Someone recommended the app and it opened up my mind to foraging! I also plant foods in my city for others to forage. | No | none | I'd love to swap notes and tips with other foragers around the world. | I think it's acceptable especially if you have permission - a great opportunity to ask and then meet people. Or if the products are available without stepping onto another's property, or if the fruit is at the end of it's life and clearly ignored (like a tree in a front yard full of overripe oranges). | Yes, but they were overhanging | 5 | If it's marked, it's encouraged! It would be great if Falling Fruit could provide an easy sign people could use. A lot of fruit owners like to share. | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, I put up signs encouraging pickers | Yes | great | How much fruit people can take, Anything cool about the fruit, like if it's native | 35-44 | Austraila | |||||||||||
60 | 6/17/2025 15:26:00 | 5+ years | Urban, Suburban, Rural, Wild | Yes | Yes | Word of mouth (friends, family, etc) | 5+ years | I like that it allows users to view and add forage sites | Filtering is rough. Once you filter for what you want you can click to see where it's available on the map. Also it would be nice to filter by ripen season. | Make it more user friendly and get more people using it. | Find free food | That's a long answer that I don't feel like writing right now | No | Na | Id apps | Only if permission is allowed | Yes, but they were overhanging | 1 | If they give permission then great | Pesticides, not actually getting consent | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not | No | 35-44 | United States | ||||||||||||||||
61 | 6/17/2025 15:42:48 | 5+ years | Suburban, Rural, Wild | Yes | Yes | 6 months to 2 years | Sharing information when I discover foraging spots, being able to find info about places I visit. | It was hard to make an entry last week when I wanted to add two different species in one spot. | It's great, please encourage more use of it! | To reduce waste, to eat local foods seasonally, to share info and enjoy the landscape, enjoying the process, celebrating abundance - spiritual connections | Taught by mum and gran | Yes | Family/friends | Look after the environment, litter pick, woodwork, swimming, yoga, gardening, running and walking, photography, community cultural activities | Guide book | Thank you for the amazing resource | I would be cautious, but may do it in certain situations | Yes, but they were overhanging | 4 | It would depend on how clear the permission was. I would be happy to do in Wales, less so in England! | Confrontation | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not | No | 45-54 | Uk | |||||||||||||||
62 | 6/17/2025 16:03:27 | 1-2 years | Urban, Suburban | Yes | Yes | I was searching for an app that would do exactly as i was looking for to look for inventory of free fruits and vegetables around the area | 6 months to 2 years | A way to look for free food | It's kinda hard to do a search. Maybe it needs more info about the vegetables and videos | Make it more easier to navigate | Free food | Food is expensive especially vegetables | No | Family/friends | Add a community section in the app. Or a market system so we can all trade fruits or give out free food | Is there anything else besides falling fruit | Add a community and a live chat system for communicating about the free fruit | A little iffy but if it's outside the wall then I'm okay. Don't wanna get shot. | Yes, but they were overhanging | 2 | Kinda scary. Needs to be confirmed to be okay. | Getting shot | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not | 35-44 | United States | CA | ||||||||
63 | 6/17/2025 16:06:05 | 1-2 years | Urban, Wild | Yes | Yes | 6 months to 2 years | It is easy to add new trees and bushes to the map, and the updates for your foraging area are very useful. | Removing dead trees and locked/changed dumpsters is slow and often doesn't change anything. | The ability to contact certain users through optional attached emails. There are some users who have listed plants that can't be found, so being able to reach out and get a better description of where would be helpful. Could also be good for letting a user know if they are foraging in a disallowed area. Don't want them to get in trouble from not knowing! | Reduce my food budget and to explore the city. | Finding an apple tree while walking one day, and wondering if there were more out there. | No | N/A | I use municipal tree inventories. | For houses and backyards I will always ask permission (unless overhanging), but I feel apartment complexes, business lots, and unmaintained lands are fine. Just don't pick too much in case a resident/owner wants fruit of their own. | Yes | 3 | I would feel comfortable with a recent point labelled as okay to pick, but over time homeowners could change. I do not want to enter someone's property if they were not the original person that gave permission. | Private trees are often less picked, but some owners can get very upset and would prefer for all the fruit to mold. Gotta be careful to make sure it is okay. | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not | Yes | No | Yes | No | Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Contact information for questions, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | 18-24 | Canada | |||||||||||||
64 | 6/17/2025 16:32:04 | 5+ years | Suburban, Rural, Wild | Yes | Yes | 2 to 5 years | I love the crowsourced nature and how the location services are typically super accurate. I like the variety of options to find and report. Easiest decision ever to pay for the app. | The filters on the app are difficult to use. I want to see ALL varieties of cherry and not just one at a time. color coding of the icons would be great based on what the item is, or how recent. If I were to add filters here, I would suggest filtering items by date of last review or update. I don't think fully private is a great option to report unless it hangs over a street or is on public land. | I think everyone should have to log in and you can look at number of updates and quality of reported items by person. I would love to select groups of items and see what is available by season (ex: available may - June) | To teach my daughter about food and respect the land. Eat cool and interesting things. It's kind of an act of self-sufficiency and connection to where food comes from. | I've always foraged. We picked and ate wild blackberries and salmonberries in Oregon. I lived in Hawaii off and on and would eat guava (so wormy ugh), passionfruit, and starfruit. I drove down the road one day and saw a fully perfect mango in the road. I picked it up, took it home, ate it, and realized I could do that all the time and I've never looked back. There are cool gleaning organizations out there that connect excess fruit with people who need to eat (look up Kokua Harvest on the Big Island) and I think it would be so cool to see that utilized on public lands. | I went looking for pawpaws with mu daughter and a guy helped us figure out what to look for and then gave us a few to try. I teach people about mulberries and blackberries when I see them in public spaces who have never eaten "wild" food. Does that count? | The gleaning community and working for a produce company of people who also loved foraging. | I would LOVE to go mushroom hunting and learn from someone who can teach me what to look for. Classes would be a great addition (ex: eating wild food, gardening, cultivating open spaces, native species, how to vermicompost) | Reddit communities are pretty good. Facebook is weak. | I LOVE LOVE LOVE that it's worldwide. Ex: I am going to Prague and I can see examples in the city. So cool! I do want to be able to filter out dumpsters though - that's adjacent and there is a place for it if I can remove it from the map and lists. | I don't love it - I'll pick if it's hanging next to the street or ask an owner if I see them out, but typically I respect people's property. I have been known to pick asparagus, grapes, and a couple other things after first pick and second pick have happened on the field but going into someone's yard, fenced or no, feels invasive. I've done it but it feels bad, and it has only been one or two items to give an example of how to eat, what to look for. Essentially, if it's private property it's educational. | Yes | 3 | If it was marked as OK to harvest, I'd like to see a detailed note on the terms (ex: Owner self reporting would be color coded?). I would NOT be ok with someone being able to self-report and eat all my apples in my yard because it said "Owner said it was OK" in the app. | Someone spends time tending them and nurturing them. How do I know they don't sell those items or need them for sustenance? Or, more likely, what if it makes them uncomfortable? | When the fruit is ready to harvest, How much fruit people can take, Contact information for questions, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | Yes | No | No | We don't get enough, but I would be open to putting up a sign once they have a bumper crop. I would be much more likely to just put out a box or share directly with people for free through a request feature though. | In Hawaii, we actually had to remove a tree because people were constantly entering a gate without permission and it made the residents feel unsafe. | Yes | When people ask about it, great - it's good to know people are around and I like to share abundance. I do not like unexpected guests, conflict, or going out with the intent to harvest my items just to find out someone beat me to it on my own property. Again, it just feels invasive. | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Whether foragers can enter the property or not, I think a better way to address this would be to allow a temporary post that gives all those details OR allows people who have trees to hide it when it's not an option. | 35-44 | United States | MD | |||||||
65 | 6/17/2025 16:49:53 | 5+ years | Urban, Suburban | Yes | Yes | 2 to 5 years | Shows me where fruit and herbs are and helps me remember where I see my trees | The app should open at my location. I want to able to the markers I have submitted. | The app should open at my location. I want to able to the markers I have submitted. | Find a herb for my cooking, mulberries or figs to eat or olives to preserve | As a kid | No | No answer | Indigenous foraging book | If it’s falling off the tree and spoiling it’s a public service. Knock and ask if it’s not unless a cheeky mulberry snack | Yes, but they were overhanging | 1 | Dogs, maybe previous house owners said it was ok | I don't care to see any information | No | 25-34 | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||
66 | 6/17/2025 17:26:12 | 1-2 years | Suburban | Yes | Yes | 6 months to 2 years | I like the crowd-sourcing and the depth of details you can provide when logging a plant | I couldn't find anything I wanted changed except having more people log plants in my area. | preventing waste > saving money > eating local > eating with the seasons | Finding fruit and trees around me that had fallen fruit rotting and going to waste | No | NA | I have mixed feelings. Here are a couple thoughts - I forage from private property without asking the owner if there is substantial fallen fruit and I have passed the property multiple times and seen no attempt at upkeep. Typically, if I can forage from the ground, I do that first, and occasionally pick directly from plants. - Sometimes, if a plant looks like it is being upkept, but maybe there is too much demand for the owner or if the item is something that I would really like, I will approach the owner and ask their permission. - A story: One time I knocked on a door and asked if I could pick some persimmons off a tree that was clearly not being upkept (lots on the ground rotting/squished, lots on the tree about to fall). They said "Yes! Yes! We do not want them please pick them", so I did. On another day a week+ later, I came at night with a stepladder to pick some more and the owner came outside by chance, running in to me. They were upset even after understanding that they had given me permission before and restating that they absolutely do not want the fruit. They said I could still take it, but that they were upset. I understand their side of this and that it is better practice to ask each time, but I just feel upset that people are so protective of private property even when they don't want it, etc. | Yes | 4 | I am comfortable walking on someone's property, especially when it is somewhat guarded view or the plant is very obviously not upkept for an extended period of time | Harvesting from private trees can reduce waste, save money for the harvester, and save labor time for the owner who would otherwise have to pick up fallen items. The downside is that in America people are very protective of their property and it can make people upset if you didn't get permission (in the proper way) and occasionally I am sure can lead to violent confrontations. | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Contact information for questions, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | 18-24 | United States | CA | |||||||||||||
67 | 6/17/2025 17:59:08 | Urban | Yes | Yes | 5+ years | It exists | Not enough people use falling fruit | Make IDs less specific. I don't know what kind of orange or olive tree it is, just that it has oranges or olives. | Have fun | There are lots of fruit trees around my area | No | If the fruit can be reached from public property then its fine to take, but don't take a lot. | Yes, but they were overhanging | 3 | If the homeowner had an actual sign that said it was okay to pick, then I'd be comfortable. I wouldn't trust the app if it said the owner was cool. | Crazy homeowners with guns | Contact information for questions | No | 35-44 | United States | AZ | |||||||||||||||||||
68 | 6/17/2025 18:01:06 | 3-4 years | Urban | Yes | Yes | Internet search | 2 to 5 years | Geolocations of species. | Not enough people use it in my area! | Not a change but I thought the addition of links to various outside information like Facebook groups, University information, etc.. | Gathering, processing, and sharing black walnuts. | There's a black walnut tree in my front yard. | No | Not involved | Word of mouth. | Must always have permission. | No | 5 | This is stated intent. | That's more or less the only kind of black walnut tree here in the Pacific Northwest. | Contact information for questions, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | Yes | No | No | Not all people are respectful. | No | No | How much fruit people can take, Contact information for questions, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not | 65+ | United States | WA | |||||||||
69 | 6/17/2025 18:13:20 | 5+ years | Suburban, Rural, Wild | Yes | Yes | 6 months to 2 years | No subscription, its a one time fee. | Hard to see locations on maps... maybe maybe bubbles of pictures? | No comment | Find locations and know where I can get free food in a pinch | Berry picking in the woods at grandma's house | I want to, but am scared to get into a group. | Falling Fruit | Idk | Inatrualist | It's ok if you get permission from the owner, are truthful about what you find, and dont damage the property. | Yes, but they were overhanging | 1 | I dont want to to get in trouble | There is really no benefit to stealing. Ask first. | Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not | No | 25-34 | United States | NJ | |||||||||||||||
70 | 6/17/2025 18:37:26 | 1-2 years | Urban | Yes | Yes | Word of mouth (friends, family, etc) | 2 to 5 years | What species of edible plants are available in my city. | The app takes too long to center on my location, and both methods aren’t often updated. | Usability | Finding methods to use after, like cooking. | Started when I was a kid. Always liked plants. | No | Social media | Weather apps | It’s too risky, and often overpoliced. | Yes, but they were overhanging | 1 | Brown or Black people are at risk of being arrested. | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | No | 35-44 | United States | IL | ||||||||||||||||
71 | 6/17/2025 18:57:42 | 3-4 years | Urban | Yes | Yes | Word of mouth (friends, family, etc) | 2 to 5 years | Thorough and simple | Mobile experience on website and app feels glitchy and outdated. | More consistency in reporting: tree size/height, height/accessibility of lowest branches. Merging of reviews and info, highlighting photographs better. | Connect with the land | Loquat jam | No | N/A | Yes, but they were overhanging | 3 | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Contact information for questions, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | Yes | No | No | Tree is inside a private area that is shared with other renters. | No | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Contact information for questions, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | 35-44 | United States | CA | ||||||||||||||
72 | 6/17/2025 19:08:17 | 1-2 years | Urban, Suburban | Yes | Yes | 6 months to 2 years | The app is by far the most convenient location to log gps coordinates of fruit trees and available vegetables that I know of. I like the simple system for logging a new find. | I don't like that the app asks me the variety of the fruit/vegetable. 99% of the time I am logging a find, I don't actually know. 99% of the time I am trying to find all the figs in my area, I do not care about the variety. I think logging the variety is important, but makes it much harder to log basic information, especially when I am not knowledgeable on the varieties of figs available. I tried logging a cactus fruit the other day, I fully just gave up. | Easier search functionality. Ability to toggle to a satellite view of the area (I just found it!). No real way to remove someone else's entry. No community aspect, Id love to see an ability to communicate or ask for help IDing. Custom lists would be nice. Private lists could be a hit, pls limit the radius and number a single account can have to maintain the open-sourceness. Adding multiple listing in a row is time consuming and annoying if they are the same. Reviews are hidden behind a button, I would just surface them. Id like an educational aspect as well, learning about what is available and native and how to identify, could even be community driven. | Cheaper source of fruits for fermenting into alcohol. General enjoyment of independence. | Boyscouts. Loved eating wild berries during long hikes. Would make desserts using forged fruit while camping. | No | NA | Share products I make from the foraged fruits. Go on group hunts to characterize new areas. | Various books, chatGPT, some trusted websites | Love the app! | I will not cross a fence, open a gate, etc. But stepping a few feet into someone property, I don't really care about that. I try to respect if the trees look like the owner is harvesting from it, then that is their tree and I'll leave it alone. Other obvious stuff, don't take from gardens, etc. I wish the app designated between "private property" meaning "this is behind a fence private property" and "someone's front lawn 2 feet from the side walk with trees that overhang above the side walk private property" | Yes | 4 | Not my favorite thing to do, to enter someone's property. The app saying its "ok to pick" doesn't give me a ton of confidence because I don't know who this person giving permission is, but it is a good sign to me. I am generally comfortable going into someone's property to briefly harvest from a neglected tree. | The home owner coming out or generally freaking the home owner out, Americans are scared people. One benefit is the produce might be better quality because it might be fertilized and watered also usually bug free because of the over use of pesticides in yards. | Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | No | 25-34 | United States | NC | ||||||||||||||
73 | 6/17/2025 19:12:47 | 5+ years | Urban, Suburban, Rural, Wild | Yes | Yes | Word of mouth (friends, family, etc) | 5+ years | The information it asks when posting or reviewing is a nice, concise summation of what you want to know when foraging, and I like how it links to the wikipedia article and USDA entry for the plant. I like the color scheme (both the older orange and the new blue). I like that it lets you set a foraging radius around you home to keep track of local changes, and I like the "activity" feed. I also like the download function that lets you get CSV files of the area show on the map. | The mobile app's tendency to freeze when you try to post with it is troublesome, particularly when it will not react for several clicks then create multiple duplicate posts. I also wish the dropdown list for fruit went from general to specific and then sorted alphabetical instead of just purely alphabetical by variety; it can be frustrating to have to scroll and scroll past dozens of specific varietals when you just want to say that something is an "apple" or "plum". I also wish you could post photo reviews without having to add text. | Other than fixing the freezing while posting and dropdown list specificity issues, I think it would be neat if you could filter posts by user. I've often been curious who else is out there adding stuff and how much, and to what degree different locations with lots of posts are the products of either many users or a handful of extremely diligent individuals. | Mostly snacks; fruit just tastes better when you find it yourself. I also enjoy raising native fruit trees from seed, so foraging is a good way to get diverse genetic material. And building the dataset itself is also rewarding; it is interesting to see what trends in species distribution are revealed over time. | I grew up looking forward to american persimmon season every year, and then after college got into wildcrafting meads with them. Once I started looking for wild and feral fruit I realized how much of it there was, and my interest just sort of grew from there. | I was when I lived on the east coast. I moved to the west a few years back and haven't found any other enthusiasts yet. | Family/friends | swap tips about spots, swap seeds, go on long hikes and bike rides with routes centered on what is in season, and make sweets, booze, and other treats together. | iNaturalist a bit; it has a larger user base, but isn't focused on fruit so it can lead to a lot of false positives when you seek out a pawpaw grove or something and find that the tree is there but it doesn't produce anything. | Thank you for keeping this project rolling! | I'd say there are layers of acceptability on foraging on private property. Branches that are overhanging public property are fine in my opinion, and private property that aren't fenced, demarcated, or cared for sometimes seems okay to forage on as well. But its important not to take more than a small sample, and not to linger in a way that might creep an anxious person out. | Yes | 2 | I know that anyone can mark a tree as okay to pick from, so without some assurance that the property owner assented to it being marked as okay I would be unlikely to risk imposing. | I think that in a lot of cases fruit on private trees is just going to splatter and rot, especially when It is overhanging public land. So foraging from those sources is good for everyone. But I worry about either my presence scaring property owners or overharvesting. | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Contact information for questions, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | No | 25-34 | United States | CA | |||||||||||||
74 | 6/17/2025 19:21:18 | 5+ years | Urban | Yes | Yes | online, don't remember exactly | 6 months to 2 years | it's simple and easy to use and see. I enjoy that city data has been uploaded | I wouldn't change much, maybe add a column to sort by vaguely when fruit/ plant is in season. | getting enough for jam | I've been into it since I was a kid. knowing what is nearby me and edible has reinvigorated me. | No | Family/friends | just don't take it too far and be friendly and explain what you are doing. but im very into it | Yes | 3 | I try to not go crazy. I am more into doing it on businesses or campuses than individuals homes. but yards are small in cities so it feels weird getting to up in ppls stuff. | pissing the home owner off | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | No | 35-44 | United States | PA | |||||||||||||||||
75 | 6/17/2025 20:28:36 | 5+ years | Urban, Suburban | Yes | Yes | App Store | 5+ years | The ability to add and save foraged food to the database | Does not auto populate in my city (use my GPS) once I open the app | Finding fruit and vegetables for my family and to donate to food pantries | As a leisure activity, calming in the mornings | No | Answered No above | Only if I have expressed permission by owner | Yes | 1 | I have a Nonprofit that donates fruit to food pantries. I advertise for the community to contact me to pick up homeowners donations. For some we even offer to pick from their trees, | It is illegal without permission. | Contact information for questions, I don't care to see any information | No | 35-44 | United States | CA | |||||||||||||||||
76 | 6/17/2025 20:37:57 | 5+ years | Urban | Yes | Yes | I don't remember, I've had the app a long time | 5+ years | I like being able to pinpoint for future reference as well as identify other foraging opportunities | Nothing | I would love for the app to identify prime harvest season for the items that are pinned. | Find unique ingredients, reduce food waste | Yes | Family/friends | Collect and distribute to food banks | None | Always ask permission first | Yes | 2 | Need to ask permission first | Benefit - Reduce food waste | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not | No | 45-54 | United States | OK | |||||||||||||||
77 | 6/17/2025 20:48:18 | 3-4 years | Suburban, Rural, Wild | Yes | Yes | 2 to 5 years | Being able to share high yield or invasive species to forage is a great way to introduce people to foraging and also combat invasive species such as rubus phoenicolasius (Japanese raspberry) whole being able to get a delicious treat from it. The filtering function works great and is a great way to only see species you want to see. | For what it is, the app is wonderful. I have no issues on the interface as it is. The only thing that could be an improvement is possibly using different color dots for different classifications of plant life. This could allow a better general overview before filtering so foragers can get a general idea of what each spot may contain. | Growth for the platform could be awesome as it could draw more attention to foraging and plant identification, but people should be encouraged to harvest ethically and avoid over harvesting on species where that can become an issue. Potentially having warnings for some species and spots could be beneficial for newcomers. It could also be a good idea to potentially create a community where trusted members or those with certain qualifications could verify the accuracy of identifications provided by the general community via a verified or unverified status. The number one rule of foraging is the never consume anything that you can't 100% ID yourself, however some newcomers can ignore this personal responsibility under the initial excitement of learning to forage. While it should still be absolutely stressed how important that rule is, having the ability for experienced foragers to verify identifications could help improve accuracy while also avoiding potentially dangerous misidentifications that can be prevented with inexperienced foragers or those using generic plant identification applications. Lastly, potentially creating a platform where foragers could interact more could be a potentially beneficial addition, as it would help stimulate growth and really retain users through a personal sense of community. Being able to organize foraging outages/events could be huge for the platform despite bringing about its own challenges along the way. Increasing engagement is one of the most important methods to grow a platform. | To learn more about the environment and region I live in/am visiting, and to enjoy nature in an enriching a responsible way. | I used to pick blackberries when visiting my grandfather's farm growing up and then largely forgot about the joy of foraging my own berries/food until recently when I discovered how diverse the plant life is around me. I started to recognize that there were differences between the blackberries where I live now and the blackberries I ate as a kid which taught me how varied plant life can be. I became enamored with truly learning about the biome that I live in and it never cease to amaze me how incredibly complex our ecosystems and plant flora are. | No | I have not engaged in any communities | Going on outings would be fun | Personal gps mapping, plant identification apps with personal research to verify results | Love the platform and am excited to see what new direction it may head in. Just be wary that with growth comes added responsibility to ensure the community treats their natural surroundings with respect avoiding over harvesting and practicing safe foraging practices. | It should only ever be done with the consent of those that own the property and each forager must know the laws in their state/provence about special circumstances (ex: branch from a tree on private property hanging over a fence into public area). | Yes, but they were overhanging | 3 | It completely depends on the environment. Safety is always the most important part of foraging. Walking onto someone's property a short distance while still in view of the general public is generally pretty safe. Hiking 2 miles onto private property can create some liability and safety issues and is generally not recommended to do on someone's property you don't know personally. | Over harvesting is always a concern with certain species. Respect for property is another. | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not, All of these are very important. | No | 25-34 | United States | NC | ||||||||||||||
78 | 6/17/2025 20:50:48 | Under 1 year | Suburban, Rural | Yes | Yes | googled fruit near me | 6 months to 2 years | other people can put what they find and yiu can see it well. theres no ads and the ui is simple. i like that | somwtimes finding which plant u want to add to thr location is hard in thr list. i think somwtimes it doesnt | maybe make it easier to find the type of fruit you want from the list, idk maybe update the look a bit. it does look a bit dated but that can be good aswell. | to find food to eat for myself | i was walking around and found blackberries and i wanted to be able to share that with other people. | No | no | none. i google if somethings poisonous or not | i like doing that. they usually dont care | Yes, but they were overhanging | 1 | it could be old information. or new owners now or something. i dont want to get yelled at. | private properties have good ones that go to waste otherwise. | Preferred harvesting times, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | No | 18-24 | Australia | ||||||||||||||||
79 | 6/17/2025 21:01:50 | 5+ years | Suburban, Wild | Yes | Yes | Appstore | 2 to 5 years | Pictures, ratings on fruit quality/quantity | It’s hard to search for things in season right now. If you are in a new area, you have to click each orange dot- which sometimes there are many- and you may only find things that are in season at another time. It would be great if the list of fruits/nuts/etc could be streamlined and cross referenced with a list of typical months in season for each geographical area. | It would be nice to have a way to toggle between a map view and a listing view or even a view with small pictures and titles below. | Collecting food for my family. | I wanted to know what everything around me was and how it could be used. Quit my job and my income greatly decreased, so I wanted to find free food options. | No | Family/friends | Field guides, “picture this” app | I only collect things that overhang or fall onto public areas. | Yes, but they were overhanging | 1 | I don’t want people coming onto my property to pick, so I don’t want to do that to others. When you plant something and tend to it, you should get to harvest it not someone else who just comes along that day and decides to take it. | Sometimes people are older or bought a house with existing trees. If you ask permission, they might appreciate someone cleaning up a mess of fruit. | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Contact information for questions, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | Yes | No | No | I have animals and small children. I don’t want strangers coming into my yard. | No | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Contact information for questions, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | 35-44 | United States | NC | ||||||||||
80 | 6/17/2025 21:21:19 | 5+ years | Urban, Suburban, Rural, Wild | Yes | Yes | Word of mouth (friends, family, etc) | 5+ years | Location search | Sometimes clunky Hard to set location (distance setting is challenging) Filter too confusing (need to be dumbed down) | Beginner mode / advanced mode Find me something near me Seasonal foraging tips Local walks including fruit foraging | Sustainability community | Connect with nature | Yes | Family/friends | Share food and grow skills and network | Facebook groups | Love what you doing and would love to contribute too | We are all one | Yes, but they were overhanging | 5 | I grow food myself and love sharing | I also don't want to make anyone feel uncomfortable | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | Yes | Yes | Yes | Signs | Unsure | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Contact information for questions | 35-44 | Australia | |||||||||
81 | 6/17/2025 21:33:20 | 5+ years | Rural, Wild | Yes | Yes | Word of mouth (friends, family, etc) | Under 6 months | Ease of use, freedom to edit information. | Nothing | Perhaps an alert when crops near you are in season. | Exercise, plant lore, educating my children. | Cook on the Wild Side and River Cottage TV shows. | No | NA | Books and identification apps (Shroomify and PlantNet) | Take only what you need, leave some for the next person. Seek owners permission if needed. | No | 1 | I'm British - we always feel awkward! | Can't actually make life easier for the owner as they don't have to tidy up rotting fruit. | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not | No | 45-54 | United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||
82 | 6/17/2025 22:42:06 | 5+ years | Urban | Yes | Yes | 5+ years | would love better filtering options and the ability to click an entry in the list and be taken to it in the map | learning my ecosystem and sourcing food | lifelong passion | No | n/a | good to do | Yes | 5 | i don't believe in private property | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Contact information for questions, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit) | No | 25-34 | United States | MA | ||||||||||||||||||||
83 | 6/18/2025 1:15:20 | 5+ years | Urban, Suburban, Rural, Wild | Yes | Yes | Found it online | 6 months to 2 years | Specific types of fruit are listed. | None really. | Add a section that shows the newest or latest additions to the map. | Finding edible or useful things. | Necessity. | No | N/A | N/A | Word of mouth | None | I couldn't give a shit if it's private property or not. I jump fences for free apples if nobody else wants them. | Yes | 5 | I don't really care if it's private property or not. So long as I'm not in someone's garden or on their lawn. | Free fruit, and you get to learn of the soil quality in that specific area. This can be helpful for landscapers or gardeners as I'm friends with quite a few. | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, Contact information for questions, I don't care to see any information | No | 25-34 | Scotland | ||||||||||||||
84 | 6/18/2025 4:48:12 | 5+ years | Suburban, Rural, Wild | Yes | Yes | Just looking for foraging apps on app store | 2 to 5 years | The geo location aspect and specifying if an area is public or not. | Categorys can be vague E.g you have to scroll though 100 verities of apples you've never heard of and since most wild / feral apples are hybrids of several varieties it renders all of the listed varieties useless. It should be a bar categorizing (apple) then an option to add a variety. | The fruit selection bars vagueness as mentioned above, Also when red dots E.G map markers are placed close together it can render the things beneath it impossible to click. Maybe an option to highlight an area and see everything listed in that aria would be useful | Expand my knowledge and supplement my diet with new and interesting things also foraging is a fantastic gateway to learn more about plants and nature. | The YouTube channel atomicshrimp | Yes | Just talking to people about common interests | Share information and knowledge and also use other people's expertise to fill in gaps in your own knowledge | Books on YouTube videos | Falling fruits is a fantastic resource and up please keep up the good work | I tend not to which is annoying as all the best stuff is over a fence | Yes, but they were overhanging | 1 | That fruit doesn't belong to me it would be stealing they may be growing that fruit for a specific purpose EG a business or self sufficiency | Trespassing stealing and taking something that someone else may have worked hard to maintain. | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not | 25-34 | UK | |||||||||
85 | 6/18/2025 4:59:56 | 3-4 years | Urban, Suburban | Yes | Yes | Word of mouth (friends, family, etc) | 6 months to 2 years | The map interface makes it pretty easy to get close to where a find is marked. | The GPS locator function is pretty slow and inconsistent. You have to try it a few times before it actually locates you. And the app always opens in Boulder, CO instead of your current location. | It would be nice to be able to delete pins for finds that are no longer there ex. trees that have been cut down. | Spend some time in nature and get interesting foods that aren't usually in stores. | Through a friend. | No | N/A | iNaturalist, but it's not as useful because it's more broadly focused. | If you can harvest from the sidewalk or it belongs to a corporate owner such as an apartment complex or business, I think it's OK. If it's a single owner home or something like that and you would have to step across the property line, I think you should ask permission. | Yes | 1 | Unless there is a physical sign on location inviting foragers, I wouldn't feel OK. Just because one person using Falling Fruit got permission from one owner of the property at some point in the recent or distant past, doesn't mean they're OK with a free for all or that circumstances haven't changed. I would want to get personal permission. | They often have great pickings because they're intentionally tended and not picked over as much, but there are fewer circumstances under which I feel comfortable picking or asking to pick. | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Contact information for questions, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not | No | 25-34 | United States | PA | |||||||||||||||
86 | 6/18/2025 5:12:59 | 3-4 years | Urban, Suburban, Rural, Wild | Yes | Yes | Google search | Under 6 months | I love saving what I find so I can revisit those spots later and remember where I found them! | Sometimes, it doesn't work when I try to save a location, the "Save" button is grayed out. This has happened only a few times. Mostly, it works. Also, the locations are not often exact to the spot I am standing, so I need to add a detailed description. Finally, it never allows me to add photographs. When I click that button, it never works. Adding photos would certainly be helpful. | The bugs that I mentioned in the previous answer. Other than that, I love it! Also, if there was a satellite view, that might be cool. | To eat wild things! Also, I just love being out in nature. And, it's free! Food is so expensive nowadays. | I used to forage as a child (wild blackberries and raspberries near my home). I have loved it ever since. It's one of my favorite parts of spring/summer. | No, but I wish I could find one. Maybe the app can identify "communities near me?" | N/A | Just forage together. Share different spots. Share knowledge about how to prepare/eat/use different plants that we find. Just encourage one another :) | Flora Incognita is my FAVORITE app for identifying plants. It tells you each plants medicinal uses, edible uses, and toxicity. It is AMAZING! | I don't do it. I tend to forage in parks or sides of the road that no one owns. | Yes, but they were overhanging | 5 | If it's marked as "ok to pick", then I would do it. If it is not marked, I absolutely would not do it. | I don't want to be trespassing and get in trouble. | Whether foragers can enter the property or not | Yes | No | No | I have a mulberry tree, but it only really has enough fruit for me. My peach tree doesn't produce much yet either. My berry bushes are young and small with limited production. But, even if I had enough, as a single woman, I would not like people coming onto my property who I do not know for safety issues. | No | No | Whether foragers can enter the property or not | 25-34 | United States | VA | ||||||||
87 | 6/18/2025 6:06:03 | 1-2 years | Suburban, Rural | Yes | Yes | Word of mouth (friends, family, etc) | Under 6 months | Its simple to use | Not everything i use it for flowers or fuits so maybe more options for marking what stage things are at for items like birch bark or mushrooms | Gather food and crafting supplies sustainably | I hike a lot and wanted snacks | Unsure | Family/friends | Identification books, plant net | As long as i have permission or it is overhanging its cool. Or if the lot seems abandoned. | Yes | 3 | If it says it was marked by the owner im more comfortable. Or if they have something like a ՝՝pick your own flowers՛՛ sign | They might get mad about a stranger in their yard | Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not | No | 25-34 | United States | PA | ||||||||||||||||
88 | 6/18/2025 7:06:27 | 1-2 years | Urban | Yes | Yes | Word of mouth (friends, family, etc) | 2 to 5 years | I love the ability to review other peoples' markers and leave pictures! | No ability to edit your own markers | I think there needs to be a reminder every so often to ALWAYS triple check what youre foraging and not just trusting someone's marker. "If youre not 100% positive of an ID, dont eat it!" Adding recommended ripeness months for foragble plants (autogenerated) Removing inedible plants (eg: buckeye/horse chestnut trees) or adding a huge warning of "INEDIBLE/POISONOUS, DONT EAT!!" on them. Adding warnings/skill levels for semi-poisonous or hard to ID plants. "WARNING: Yew bushes are extremely toxic except for the red aerils. Be extremely careful while foraging!" | Finding fruit in my neighborhood | My parents would teach me about certain plants growing up. As I got older, I found the urban foraging community online and fell in love with finding fruit in the city! | Yes | Social media | I primarily use it to help ID my finds or ID others' finds. | Thank you for your work!! | If theres no fence and not being lived on, its not a big deal. | Yes, but they were overhanging | 3 | I'd be wary of people who have bad intentions and be aware of my surroundings, and use my best judgement while picking. | People with malintent sabotaging the fruit and harming others (unlikely), the risk of gun violence (thanks America) or cops being called | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not | Yes | No | Yes | Unsure | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not | 25-34 | United States | IL | ||||||||||
89 | 6/18/2025 7:25:51 | 5+ years | Suburban, Rural, Wild | Yes | Yes | internet search for foraging maps | Under 6 months | Satellite view is useful. I like that I can mark my forage spots for others. | Marking sites on the app is wonky | Culinary experimentation | Parent | No | Social media | Books, internet search | Don't without permission | Yes | 2 | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | 25-34 | United States | CO | |||||||||||||
90 | 6/18/2025 7:57:37 | 1-2 years | Urban | Yes | Yes | Word of mouth (friends, family, etc) | 2 to 5 years | Comments and photos about spots are very helpful! | Many inaccurate or duplicate markers/spots | The ability to "favorite" spots | To get free food to can/freeze over the winter | Food insecurity | No | n/a | Word of mouth | If its uninhabited or overhanging public property I dont have a problem with foraging there | Yes, but they were overhanging | 3 | There would need to be a lack of fencing and plenty of fruit on the ground to indicate they arent harvesting it themselves | Whether foragers can enter the property or not | No | 25-34 | United States | OR | ||||||||||||||||
91 | 6/18/2025 8:28:35 | 5+ years | Urban, Suburban | Yes | Yes | 5+ years | it's very easy to use. the feature of getting the location on the app is very useful. | I'm still having problems accessing the brazilian portuguese version. It keeps coming back to chinese. Besides that, no problem. | nothing | Make the most out of urban fruits, not leaving them to spoil, while also saving money on buying fruits | Noticed many fruits spoiling on the trees, started colecting it and sharing this knowledge so more people would forage the trees around them | I've founded a local project called Fruta na Rua BH, but I don't have time or money to invest so much and mobilize the community so much, so it's pretty much not doing anything. | Social media | I'd like to schedule more city trips to explore and forage | Fruta na Rua BH map | Depends. If it's clearly abandoned, I don't see any problem. If unsure, I'm ok only if it falls outside the property. | Yes, but they were overhanging | 5 | If it's clearly marked, if there's a way to know for sure that the owner marked it, I don't see any problem. | In Brazil there are lots of properties where people have guard dogs ready to attack. | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not | No | 35-44 | Brasil | ||||||||||||||||
92 | 6/18/2025 8:35:36 | 1-2 years | Urban, Suburban, Rural, Wild | Yes | Yes | Word of mouth (friends, family, etc) | 2 to 5 years | Yes | Family/friends | I dont think it should be permitted unless its overhanging somehow | Yes, but they were overhanging | 3 | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not | No | 18-24 | United States | UT | |||||||||||||||||||||||
93 | 6/18/2025 9:06:54 | 5+ years | Urban | No | Yes | 5+ years | Discover, glean, share | the home page is worldwide, zoom in directly on the geolocation or the location of the last visit to the site | A maturity model (growing degree day, and community information in input)with alert: What will be the ripe fruits this season at xoté from your home? | it's a game, I also show my children that god's creation provides the world with food. | As children, we picked blackberries for jam | No | No | My eyes when I walk | I showed it to my friends | Only if the owner is ok | Yes, but they were overhanging | 2 | For some owners, it's a joy that the fruit isn't thrown away because they can no longer look after it. | This would combat waste,... | When the fruit is ready to harvest, How much fruit people can take, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | Yes | No | No | close to the house, not very visible, I won't feel comfortable and secure | NO | No | no | When the fruit is ready to harvest, How much fruit people can take, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | 45-54 | France | |||||||||
94 | 6/18/2025 11:33:21 | 1-2 years | Urban, Suburban, Rural | Yes | Yes | Word of mouth (friends, family, etc) | 6 months to 2 years | Crowd-sourced! | The same plants may be tagged under different names (e.g. morus vs morus sp. vs morus rubra...) | Filter by what's ripe/in season locally | Learn about local ecosystems, have a lil snack, propagate vulnerable natives | Parents | No | N/a | YouTube creators | You can't own stolen land | Yes, but they were overhanging | 5 | I'd love a sign by the plant indicating that it's okay to harvest, but a note in app is good too | Benefits: harvests don't go to waste. Concerns: unclear if the plant was treated with any chemicals | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | Yes | No | Yes | Unsure | When the fruit is ready to harvest, How much fruit people can take, Contact information for questions, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | 35-44 | United States | LA | |||||||||||
95 | 6/18/2025 11:59:29 | 1-2 years | Suburban, Rural, Wild | Yes | Yes | 2 to 5 years | LOVE the map feature and that you can zoom out and see pin drops for different regions. And the setting to be able to see different terrain. | If I search a location in the app, and there's no listing there it's blank. Maybe show the closest pin drop instead. | Wishing I could put mushrooms if I find them | Looking for different species/learning more | randomly one year lol | Used to be, there's a big scene in the Rochester, NY region, but I moved to the Adirondacks. There's barely any pin drops here. | Family/friends | Foraging walks | Google, books, reddit ID pages | I am getting my master's in UX/UI, so let me know if you're ever hiring! | I do it if I have permission. The Adirondacks are tricky, though, because there are large parcels of land. | Yes, but they were overhanging | 1 | I don't like trespassing. | Maybe better quality/more abundance. | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Contact information for questions, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not | No | 25-34 | United States | NY | ||||||||||||||
96 | 6/18/2025 12:59:04 | 5+ years | Urban, Suburban, Rural, Wild | Yes | Yes | 5+ years | I like that it's an app that exists and the overall format | It always loads to Boulder and my location is never accurate nor doesn’t work. I have to move the map to find my location. I have also saved a handful of findings, but when I’ve gone back later, they are no longer on the map. | Fix The location and saving issues. I mentioned. | Finding free fruit | No | Not involved | I'm okay with it if the owner has indicated is okay | Yes, but they were overhanging | 5 | When the fruit is ready to harvest, How much fruit people can take, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | No | 35-44 | United States | OR | ||||||||||||||||||||
97 | 6/18/2025 13:02:32 | 5+ years | Urban, Wild | Yes | Yes | I don't remember! | 6 months to 2 years | The ability to add updates to other people's entries | I can't see local finds in list form | I would make it possible to search by species or see a list of local sightings | To collect safe and tasty food for myself and my community | My mom forages | Yes | Family/friends | We share things we forage, and cook together | Seek (I know I shouldn't), personal experience, guidebooks, Practical Self Reliance blog | There is a difference between personal property (a household owns it) and corporate property (a business or landlord owns it). I am fine with foraging from both, but the former requires permission. | Yes | 4 | If marked as okay, I assume there is permission | Concern of misunderstanding from the public seeing me do it, benefits in that fruits won't rot on the ground | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Cleanup (what to do with fallen fruit), Whether foragers can enter the property or not | Yes | No | No | There isn't really enough fruit on them for both wildlife and the public, and they aren't super safe to harvest from | No | No | How much fruit people can take, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | 25-34 | United States | NY | ||||||||
98 | 6/18/2025 13:03:11 | 5+ years | Urban, Suburban, Rural, Wild | Yes | Yes | Word of mouth (friends, family, etc) | 2 to 5 years | The ability to find target fruits or plants in my area and to go for walks and update a shared common resource. | Sometimes the website seems better than the app. I switched to an iPhone and don’t know how to add the app on my phone. Also some of the species, people put in wrong or there are too many options (so having many options for juneberries or other berries when one would really be good) | Just collapsing down some of the subspecies so that it’s easier to find target plants. Also things like linden are sort of annoying in an urban environment and I wish there was a way to just remove overrepresented urban trees (especially non fruit) | Going for a walk, connecting with my environment | Going for walks and it is popular in my community | Unsure | Family/friends | Walks | Books | If the homeowner approves | Yes, but they were overhanging | 1 | I would want to confirm with the homeowner it is ok. There’s plenty of fruit trees in my neighborhood where hometowners want to share but I prefer to hear from them first rather than an app | Just spraying, but that’s a concern everywhere. Homeowner anger | Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Contact information for questions, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | Yes | No | No | Our trees are in the back yard, where our mean/not friendly dog sometimes hangs out, and we have young kids too so the gate staying closed is imperative. Our previous home had trees in the front and I would be happy to share that. | No | Unsure | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Contact information for questions, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | 35-44 | United States | MI | ||||||||
99 | 6/18/2025 13:03:52 | 1-2 years | Urban, Suburban, Rural, Wild | Yes | Yes | 5+ years | Good urban inventories | Never anything listed in rural or wild areas, and governments just use it to inventory honeysuckle and other random plants | Somehow add more wild and rural entries, though I am not sure how. Maybe people add where they have collected or found things | Food and spices/teas | Friends | Yes | Social media | Share finds | Peraonal maps and inventories, social media | Prefer to stick to fencelines and public areas | Yes, but they were overhanging | 3 | Only if marked okay, but depends on fruit | Landowners getting mad | When the fruit is ready to harvest, Preferred harvesting times, How much fruit people can take, Contact information for questions, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | No | 25-34 | United States | CO | |||||||||||||||
100 | 6/18/2025 13:05:38 | 5+ years | Urban, Suburban | Yes | Yes | I forgot | 2 to 5 years | Love the idea, and mostly it's easy to use! | The classification aspect. If I'm looking for a plum tree in my neighborhood, idk what scientific name to select to start. There are too many. You need subgroups so you can select "stone fruit" (or even start with "fruit tree" to filter out people who just use the app to classify all their local plants) and have all those trees pop up, then refine the search like "plum". AFTER that you can get into refining by type. "Italian plum" or whatever. Sometimes when I find a tree idk where to put it cause idk the specific type, just that it's a plum. | Search filters like I outlined above | Go for a nice walk and maybe find some fruit :) | Big thing in my area, been doing it since I was a kid. Never even bought blackberries from the store, I only eat them foraged | Unsure | Family/friends | Just one or two berries beve rhurt anyone | Yes, but they were overhanging | 3 | How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | Yes | No | Yes | No | How much fruit people can take, Tools/techniques to harvest, Contact information for questions, Whether foragers can enter the property or not | 25-34 | United States |