Sometimes convenience breeds complacency. If every herb is readily available to us without the need to learn its lifecycle, ...

All parts of these leafy greens are edible: early spring’s dandelion crowns and hearts are crisp and juicy, like endive; the ...

SG Séguret expands on last week's column with a handful of additional wild edibles, including chickweed, dock and bittercress ...

In one tiny town, more than a dozen people were diagnosed with the rare neurodegenerative disease ALS. Why? I n March 2009, ...

The Waltham Public Library hosted naturalist Jonathan Kranz, who led a small audience through the joys and practicalities of foraging for mushrooms in New England.

It revealed that the ALS patients consistently ate three foods that the controls didn’t: game, dandelion greens ... telling him that false morels were edible as long as they were well cooked ...

For example, dandelion flowers can be ... while the roots and leaves can act as a digestive aid. Angela Campbell, an herbalist in south Minneapolis, teaches classes about local medicinal and edible ...

Plants like dandelion, dock and wild lettuce are only a few of the ... According to the West Virginia Department of Agriculture, the young leaves are edible after boiling with at least two water ...

As the leaves turn, backyard gardeners can usher in a productive autumn season with strategic planning and planting. Luke ...

Artichoke (Cynara scolymus) is an edible plant sometimes used as ... Some research suggests that artichoke leaf extract may even improve blood flow through the hepatic (liver) veins. Dandelion ...