PITTSBURGH – Kat Lieder admits she used to hate mushrooms because she thought they were creepy. When she dug in the garden with her father as a kid, something about the fleshy, spore-bearing fungi ...

Springtime in the woods can be, for lack of a better term, magical. Where else can you find a thriving being consisting of untold living components progressing through a yearly life cycle of birth, ...

Unless you count pork fat for sausages, Hank Shaw — author of the blog Hunter Angler Gardener Cook and recently published book Hunt, Gather, Cook — hasn’t bought a single scrap of meat since 2005. To ...

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As winter eases into spring and the ground warms, plants are unfurling — offering food to the foragers and wild harvesters who know how to find them. Purple deadnettle, cleavers, chickweed, dandelions ...

When 16-year-old Violet Brill looks out her window, she doesn’t see only grass and trees—she sees a whole feast. Her father, legendary plant expert Steve “Wildman” Brill, introduced her to the world ...

A special type of fried chicken sandwich was on the menu for Rachel Goclawski and her family last week. The Millbury resident and creator of “Cooking with Mrs. G” was planning to make a beer-battered ...

There are more than 400,000 species of plants on Earth and at least half are suitable for human consumption—yet you’ll only find a small portion at the grocery store. That’s part of the reason why Sam ...

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 ...

A man saves up to £400-a-month on groceries – by foraging 80% of his food in London parks and cemeteries. Angus Morton, 31, ...

If you’ve ever picked pecans up from the ground at Brackenridge Park or pulled a lime off of a tree in your backyard, you’ve inadvertently taken part in urban foraging. Credit: Adah Esquivel San ...