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 ...

Whether sprouting up through a sidewalk crack in the city or growing along a shady mountain stream, wild foods (including mushrooms) abound in Colorado in the summer. Learning your local wild foods is ...

Chicken of the woods growing on an ash stump. My wife, Elaine, and I are enthusiastic pursuers of wild edibles throughout the year. These natural foods are healthy, tasty, and, well, free. What’s more ...

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 ...

When heading into the field to bag a buck or snag some salmon, don't forget there's further bounty to be harvested. Forests, grasslands, wetlands, rivers and lakes are brimming with edible wild plants ...

TILLAMOOK, Ore. — John Kallas is a nutritionist, teacher and wild food forager who likes to say that when the tide goes out, his dinner table is set! I recently joined the wild edible pro and his ...