Snowmelt and recent rains have made for a damp and nutrient-rich forest floor. Here among the dead leaves from last fall, the sunlight penetrates and the woods acts out the next scene of spring. In ...

The agroforestry practice of forest farming may be a solution to conservation challenges surrounding the wild exploitation of ramps, often called wild leeks, but it requires proper site selection to ...

This spring, don’t forage for wild edible plants. Instead, welcome them into your garden. By Margaret Roach Jared Rosenbaum knows the primal thrill of foraging — a sense of interdependence with the ...

Spring foraging in Northern Michigan yields everything from morel mushrooms to ramps (also known as wild leeks). We’re heading out into our local woods and fields to connect with our food—and each ...

My first introduction to ramps was 25 years ago, when Tom Douthit Jr. brought some into the Foods Lab on campus where we worked. I was smitten. He took me to his parent’s home near Centre Hall so I ...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont officials are warning people who like to forage in the state for wild leeks, or ramps, to beware of a poisonous lookalike plant. The health department says young leaves ...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Vermont officials are warning people who like to forage in the state for wild leeks, or ramps, to beware of a poisonous lookalike plant. The health department says young leaves ...