Follow Offerings for Community on Facebook for pictures and recipes, and read my Hearken to Avalon Blog which includes articles on wild edibles. Read my article in Northern Woodlands conducting a Wild Edibles Land Inventory and here are a few recipes to get you started that accompanies my article in Northern Woodlands.
Here are several resources I recommend to learn more about wild edibles (in no particular order):
- Blanche Cybele Derby, based in Northampton, MA. Her YouTube channel offers identification and how-tos in food preparation. She has cookbooks for sale as well.
- Russ Cohen, based in Arlington, MA. You can search him on YouTube for a variety of videos produced by organizations he has worked with. Here is one example: Wild Plants I Have Known and Eaten and another through the Housatonic River Walk wild edibles series
- Alexis Nikole Nelson aka Black Forager based in Ohio. Follow her on Facebook for fun informative videos on flora id and dishes she creates. Watch her Youtube channel.
- Learn Your Land with Adam Haritan based in PA has lots of informative id videos on his YouTube channel.
- https://www.ediblewildfood.com/
- https://www.eattheweeds.com/
- Arthur Haines, based in Maine.
- Samuel Thayer has several identification books.
- Leda Meredith, Northeast Foraging
- New England Wildflowers (Falcon Guide) – general color coded plant id resource.
- Medicine Generations by Misty Cook
- Northeast Medicinal Plants by Liz Neves
- The Forager’s Pantry by Ellen Zachos
- Preserving Wild Foods by Matthew Weingarten and Racquel Pelzel
IMPORTANT: When foraging, use at least 3 resources to accurately identify the flora or fungi in question. Do not rely solely on an app. When in doubt, leave the being be. Heed ethical harvesting practices; taking only what you need and can use. Do not over-harvest – always leave some for other foragers, wildlife, and for the beings themselves to grow and thrive. Do not forage in roadways, railways, and right-of-ways where flora may have been exposed to pesticides. Do not forage on private property unless you have explicit permission. Give thanks to the beings you harvest and to the Land. Happy foraging!
