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I went seaweed foraging for the first time and hit the mother lode

Foraging has grown into a movement over the last few years, including from your local ocean where it's now peak seaweed season. I went to see what the excitement was about.
I found the prized "Turkish towel" that I had been looking for.

It's cool and foggy when I arrive at Schoolhouse Beach — a typical morning on this part of California's Pacific Coast.

It's these low temperatures that attract most visitors hoping to escape the summer heat farther inland. But today's extreme low tide has attracted the group gathered down on the beach. About 15 students are here to learn how to identify and harvest seaweed.

Foraging has grown into a movement over the last few years, including from your local ocean where it's now peak seaweed season.

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