Ramps, an edible wild food found in the Appalachians, mark the beginning of the spring season, and can be found at Asheville restaurants and markets.

FOREST GROVE, Ore — I’m an Oregonian who prefers the roads less traveled! That is most likely the result of a childhood largely spent exploring Oregon’s rugged Cascade Mountains and vast high desert ...

OREGON, USA — This week’s outdoor adventure takes us indoors as we join a wild edible expert and cook up a delicious wild foods feast. John Kallas recently showed me that when the tide goes out, the ...

There’s something primal about finding your own food in the wild. Maybe it’s the thrill of discovery, or the satisfaction of knowing exactly where your dinner came from. Whatever draws people to ...

As nature awakens, Pennsylvania transforms into a multisensory delight during the spring season. From verdant forests to lush meadows, the Keystone State offers an abundance of sights, smells and ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nutrients, researchers identified forageable foods with important nutritional benefits. They found that these foods are comparable or even superior to ...

Nature is about to explode. There are a few days in March when, if I don’t lend nature a friendly hand, she goes galloping ahead of me, and I must wait till next year to walk side-by-side with her for ...

An untrained eye would have overlooked the cluster of silvery green leaves poking up through a pile of smooth rocks on the banks of the Spokane River. But wild plant forager Aubrey Mundell immediately ...

FISHKILL — On a Tuesday night in mid-July, after a series of biblical Hudson Valley rains, James O’Neill was dropped off at a location he prefers to keep secret. He slipped away into the woods, ...

At an undisclosed location in the middle of Forest Park, we pause to look up into the tall trees and slowly inhale the pine-perfumed air. Then our guide passes around a stem of wild ginger for us to ...

In fact, spring is an ideal time to harvest the leaves and shoots of a number of wild edibles.These include spring cress, sweet cicely, onion grass, trillium and wild leeks, Ms. Newman says. The ...