In the new USDA food guidelines (http://www.choosemyplate.gov), experts suggest we fill half our plate with fruits and vegetables. A diet that incorporates plenty of ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Earth Eats, a weekly podcast and radio show focused on food and farming, is launching a special nine-week series titled ‘Eats Wild’ dedicated to foraging for wild food. The ...

When I tell someone I’m a hobbyist forager, the responses range from shock to wonder, confusion, and suspicion. I tell them that this February, when Texas froze over and the power grid failed ...

Want to save money on groceries? Or just want to learn more about the plants that grow in your own backyard? You may want to try foraging. Foraging, or the process of searching for edible plants and ...

Cities like Seattle are really good at certain things. Like making widgets and designing spacecraft. Activities that take up a lot of space, like farming, are left to the farmers. For the most part, ...

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Standing barefoot in a grassy patch of dandelions, Iris Phoebe Weaver excitedly begins listing the many ways the modest plant can be used medicinally and in cooking. “I just ...

Foraging for food is enjoying a resurgence. The practice that sustained early humans until they developed agricultural practices some 12,000 years ago, is quietly gaining popularity driven by ...

If you’ve noticed more people rooting around their yards for dandelion greens or picking fruit in the local park, there’s a good chance it’s because of Alexis Nikole Nelson. For the uninitiated, ...

Honolulu (KHON2)- Forage for food with an adventure into the “jungles” of Honolulu with tours led by Dr. Nat Bletter and Hawaii’s Slow Food organization. The tours are usually on the 3rd Sunday of the ...

For Radmila Karlić, a day’s work means leading her dogs into the dense Motovun forest of Istria, Croatia, to hunt for truffles. She carries a small shovel, ready to dig up the edible treasures the ...

SMITHFIELD — Watching Russ Cohen hustle along a field edge is almost like watching a guy race down a grocery aisle minutes before closing time. Except that Cohen’s food shopping actually has no time ...

Neuroscientists have developed a computer model to explain how a nematode worm searches for food, revealing that single brain cells can both sense the environment and control a whole animal's foraging ...