Worldwide application of a new standard for sustainable harvesting of wild medicinal, aromatic, dye and food plants and trees is charting new ways to protect the species and their habitats and benefit ...

Prickly pear fruit is edible, and tasty at that! However, it's covered in dangerous spines, so you need to know the ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Harvesting season for the medicinal Virginia plant, wild American ginseng, has begun, and with the season comes specific rules and regulations surrounding the collection of the ...

Wild-harvested plants seldom come from large, corporate operations. The first point in the supply chain tends to be local harvesters. Around 3,000 medicinal and aromatic plant species are traded ...

About 1,000 pounds of Pennsylvania ginseng, a wild-growing plant with a range of medicinal uses ascribed to it, are gathered and sold every year, according to buyer reports filed with the Pennsylvania ...

Come spring, avid gardeners dig into the new growing season ready with careful cultivation plans they dreamed up over long winters. But even city-dwelling non-planners can benefit from year-round ...

Q: What are some wild plants that can be harvested for food? Is there a way to sell wild-harvested fruit and greens? Answer: There’s a long list of wild plants that can be harvested. It’s important ...

Is it just me, or have there been a lot of edible plant-foraging classes lately? Maybe I just have life after the apocalypse on my mind, but it sure seems folks are prepping to become preppers. Anyway ...

As the popularity of wild foods grows, foraging on public lands is ramping up, so to speak. The springtime temptation is understandable, especially for foodies, as coveted morel mushrooms begin to ...

(WSET) — Anyone could go to jail harvesting a threatened species plant here in Virginia. Ginseng is listed as a threatened species in Virginia and the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer ...