California forager heads out for a morning walk, returns with 4.5 pounds of black mission figs

California forager heads out for a morning walk, returns with 4.5 pounds of black mission figs

A California forager's routine morning walk turned into a sweet harvest: they gathered nearly 4.5 pounds of black mission figs gathered along trails just outside Sacramento. This summertime haul quickly drew attention online, not only for its size but for what it suggested about how much fresh food hiding in plain sight one could find for free.  What happened? On Reddit, a user said black mission figs were beginning to ripen along local trails a…