foraging

Dining on edibles like wild fennel, Maitake mushrooms and even snails found amidst the sidewalks and parks of America's biggest cities is the latest food trend -- and a growing business opportunity. But public health officials have concerns.

A good forager knows that, while very little fruit is available in the spring, the spring is the time to scout. Perhaps the lack of overgrowth and the often clear view of the trees in public rights-of-way is the reason why USA Today ran a story Monday about the sorts of people who, like me, are...

There is such a thing as a free lunch, if that lunch is blackberries and lemon balm tea. I've long been a fan of the concept of wildcrafting; in other words, picking wild stuff in public lands and right-of-ways, and taking it home to eat. A local guy takes interested foragers out on wild...

Years ago, I spent a few summers visiting a friend's family in coastal South Carolina. Between the pecans growing on the trees, the peanuts that were available for pennies at roadside stands, and the crabs that were practically begging to be harvested from the creeks, I decided that South Carolina...