What bountiful lives we have in the Northwest! What a gift it is to live so close to so many beautiful things to eat — I try to not to be crass about it, but I admit I do get a huge thrill out of ...

Fall is the ideal time to look for wild mushrooms in the Columbia-Pacific region, and the season ahead is drawing attention. For foragers who await this time of year, there is a certain freedom, a ...

Community gardens grow more than food — they bring sweet respite, care and connection to a neighborhood. Just as a gardener devotes time to their craft, every story you read, event you join, and ...

Connie Green has been foraging since she was a small child growing up in ‘old’ Florida. Her family had lived in the area for seven generations and were very familiar with the local wild foods. Her ...

Zach Papaleoni recently walked through Whisky Hollow Nature Preserve in Van Buren, scanning the forest floor. He bent down and plucked a small, tan-colored mushroom from the ground and twirled it in ...

This time of year, you might see fresh morel mushrooms pop up at farmers markets and on restaurant menus. But what exactly are these funky-looking fungi? Morels are wild mushrooms with distinctive ...

Take an award-winning wild-ale brewer, an acclaimed chef and a creative fermentation specialist, throw in some foraged mushrooms, earthy barrel-aged saison, nettle kombucha and kimchi, and what do you ...