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Mobile Phone App Enables Wild Food Foragers

08/24/2010
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  • Boskoi, iphone foraging app
    Foragers unite! Now when you discover some sweet street-side amaranth or blackberries, you can share the surplus with Boskoi, a mobile phone app for wild foods. Named after the greek word for grazer, the app lays out a map of local fruits and herbs and allows users to edit and add their own finds. Now there's even more reason to test the limits of your 3G network and spread word of your explorations. Get out and find some food!
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  • Foraging for food
    Foragers unite! Now when you discover some sweet street-side amaranth or blackberries, you can share the surplus with Boskoi, a mobile phone app for wild foods. Named after the greek word for grazer, the app lays out a map of local fruits and herbs and allows users to edit and add their own finds. Now there's even more reason to test the limits of your 3G network and spread word of your explorations. Get out and find some food!
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  • Boskoi
    Foragers unite! Now when you discover some sweet street-side amaranth or blackberries, you can share the surplus with Boskoi, a mobile phone app for wild foods. Named after the greek word for grazer, the app lays out a map of local fruits and herbs and allows users to edit and add their own finds. Now there's even more reason to test the limits of your 3G network and spread word of your explorations. Get out and find some food!
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Boskoi, iphone foraging app

Foragers unite! Now when you discover some sweet street-side amaranth or blackberries, you can share the surplus with Boskoi, a mobile phone app for wild foods. Named after the greek word for grazer, the app lays out a map of local fruits and herbs and allows users to edit and add their own finds. Now there's even more reason to test the limits of your 3G network and spread word of your explorations. Get out and find some food!

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