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Did You Know You Can Eat Kudzu?

I grew up in Georgia, where it was common to see groves of trees and even utility poles and barnhouses covered with kudzu, the "vine that ate the South." What few people know is that the plant is edib...

Ingredient Spotlight: Huckleberries

One of my favorite childhood memories is spending summers at my parents' mountain home in Highlands, North Carolina. Most days my mom would give me a metal pail and send me out berrypicking. I never...

Ingredient Spotlight: Thimbleberries

Thimbleberries come from thornless plants found from western and northern parts of North America, from Alaska to Ontario and Michigan. They have a striking resemblance to raspberries in that they are...

Neighborhood Fruit: Where To Find Fruit On Public Land

Video: Go Urban Foraging With Art and Sky Full of Bacon

With spring knocking on our door and green things coming up out of the earth, we've been thinking about all the good things about to grow wild in the woods and fields. Wild mustard greens are coming, ...

Fallen Fruit: A Collaborative Community Project

Remember our quinces? You'll be happy to know they're still present and accounted for! Cross your fingers for jam-making next week. In the meantime, we'd like to share an organization we came across i...

Found Food: Do You Forage for Food?

Never growing larger than the fingernail on our pinky finger and ranging in color for ruby red to purple, we're not completely sure if these are raspberries or unripe blackberries. In either case, th...