Foraging wild food plants is sometimes perceived as a conservation threat or, alterna-tively, as an opportunity for sustainable development. Little is known of how foragersthemselves define and ensure sustainable foraging. Here, we collaboratively assessedthe activities and motivations of the forager community in Norway in order toachieve a combined social and ecological assessment of foraging sustainability. Cur-rent foraging of wild food plants in Norway contributes to an increased appreciationof nature rather than generating negative environmental impact and is hence anopportunity for sustainable developmen