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 ...

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 ...

If you’re looking to expand your pantry—and to move away from some of the kitchen’s more expected carbohydrates—wild grains may be for you. As a category, wild grains are defined as uncultivated ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Palestinians have long gathered and cooked khobeza, a spinach-like wild plant that sprouts after rains. Now, it has become a lifeline. By Ben Hubbard and Bilal Shbair Ben Hubbard reported from ...

This story is part of Fix’s Outdoors Issue, which explores the ways we build connections to nature, why those connections matter, and how equitable access to outside spaces is a vital climate solution ...

When you think of the 2.2 million acres of state forests in Pennsylvania, trees come to mind. After all, when the Pennsylvania Division of Forestry was formed in 1895, the mission was all about woods ...

Researchers say that wild plants that gave rise to today’s three lineages of cannabis grew in present-day China. Joseph Eid / AFP via Getty Images Whether you think it’s the devil’s lettuce, nature’s ...

Native plants and non-native crops do not fare well in proximity to one another, attracting pests that spread diseases in both directions, according to two new studies. Native plants and non-native ...