Berry picking and wild products as a side income

Thanks to everyman's rights, Finland's forests offer the chance of seasonal side income. Income from selling wild berries and mushrooms is mostly tax-free. In this guide you learn where to find them, how to pick efficiently and who to sell to.

You will need

• A berry picker, buckets and berry boxes
• Forest clothing for the weather and mosquito protection
• A phone with a map app
• A mushroom or plant guide
• Cold storage space

Steps

1. Know your everyman's rights

   Everyman's rights allow you to pick wild berries, mushrooms and flowers on someone else's land as long as you do not cause harm. You need the landowner's permission to collect spruce tips, moss, lichen or parts of trees.

2. Follow the harvest season

3. Learn to pick efficiently

4. Choose a sales channel

5. Look after quality

6. Find out the tax treatment

7. Calculate your hourly income

8. Stay safe

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