What we’re about
This is a group for anyone interested in learning about edible wild plants and mushrooms.
Eat the Neighborhood is run by Dave Odd of Odd Produce Inc., Chicago's only full time professional forager. He has been providing foraged local products to Chicago's finest restaurants since 2009. He provides foraging walks and tours of local Chicago neighborhoods and parks to teach people about nature's bounty right in their own backyards.
Specializing in urban foraging, Dave can identify over 1,000 species of edible and medicinal plants and mushrooms and guarantees at least 50 different species per walk. Many walks are paired with local Chicago restaurants which offer a prix fix meal composed of many of the plants and mushrooms seen on the walk. He also has property in Iroquois County IL available for overnight intensive survival campouts and more.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Eat the Parks Foraging Walk: Dawes Park EvanstonDawes Park, Evanston, ILUSD 40.00
Join Chicago's only full time professional forager Dave Odd a for a walk around Dawes Park and the surrounding neighborhood to see all the wild and wonderful edible plants (and possibly mushrooms too!) that grow right in your own backyard. Guaranteed to learn about at least 50 edible plants and mushrooms! Meet on the south side of the lagoon.
$40 a person, $70 per pair. Group rates available.GET TICKETS HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/evanston-fathers-day-eat-the-parks-foraging-walk-dawes-park-dads-free-tickets-1281815838679?aff=oddtdtcreator
Contact Dave at 847-409-8623 for info.
- Eat the Neighborhood Foraging Tour & Lunch - Carnivore Oak ParkCarnivore, Oak Park, ILUSD 40.00
Join Dave Odd, full time professional forager to the stars, on a 2 hour journey through the neighborhood to discover over 50 species of edible and medicinal wild plants and mushrooms that grow right in our own backyards. Followed by an always amazing picnic basket lunch made from some of the foraged ingredients seen on the tour, including ramps of course, expertly prepared by high end professional chefs (and owners of Carnivore) Brad Knaub & Erik Williams and their talented staff.
Meet right next to Carnivore, 1042 Pleasant St, Oak Park IL, 60302.
$40 per person for the tour. $25 for the meal.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/eat-the-neighborhood-foraging-walk-and-lunch-carnivore-oak-park-tickets-1129797006259?aff=oddtdtcreator
Call or text Dave Odd at 847-409-8623 with any questions and to note any dietary restrictions.
Check EatTheNeighborhood.com for other events and info.
