One person’s weeds are another person’s dinner, and burdock (Arctium) is a perfect example of this. Although it is routinely weeded out as an invasive species, in Japan it is cultivated as the ...

As walkers up and down the UK put on their waterproof jackets and walking boots, I’ve got some advice on making the most out of your spring walks. Foraging for wild foods is a great way to add some ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

We proclaimed on our Fall issue’s cover that foraging is the new black. It is certainly having a moment of coolness, but of course foraging is nothing new—we’ve been searching for food in the wild for ...

Interest in wild foods has exploded in recent years, leading to foraging books ranging from plant and mushroom guides, to chef-driven memoirs, to titles that recover regional and Indigenous foodways.

Elizabeth Burdock is passionate about foraging for food from the woodlands and beaches near Nanaimo, B.C. Burdock loves to forage for oyster mushrooms, which she says are not only delicious but ...