Hi Brad,
Great to meet you here and welcome to the course! Indeed, as long as people are not bothered by it and there is no harm, foraging goes largely unnoticed here. There are some places though – Amsterdamse Bos and in the national parks (like the Hoge Veluwe) where people do take offence and foragers get into bother. That’s worth bearing in mind.
A friend of mine, Theun Karelse made an app about 10 years ago called Boskoi and they got funding to see that project through. The app is no longer there, lots of others have replaced it of course but maybe worth your friend in West seeking him out. He’s with FoAM and he’s a keen forager 🙂
Happy foraging and looking forward to meeting sometime soon!