"That's why we call it mushroom hunting, not mushroom picking." - Jack Czarnecki on the rigors of foraging for mushrooms...

Now that spring is on the way, it's time to get out in our fields and forests and bring home some wild goodness. My friend, author Ha...

The combination of dogs and a walkable neighborhood gives me the perfect excuse to go on reconnaissance missions around my neighborhood, ...

Mention the word foraging. I dare you. Chances are if I'm within earshot, I'll "lean in." And I don't mean that i...

"My best memories growing up were foraging with the whole family, making a day of it," says Chris. "For us it’s always been...

I'm sure it comes as no surprise that I follow a few foragers on social media, people like Hank Shaw , Langdon Cook and Monica Wilde...

When you think of hunters, no doubt visions of the bearded, raving, wild-haired Duck Dynasty clan come quickly to mind. Or maybe some of ...

The ocean exerts a strong pull on me, calling me with memories of waves lashing the shore or whispering over the rocks along its edge. My...

One of the first wild greens of spring along with fiddlehead ferns, nettles are no fun to run into on a hiking trail. But if you're w...

It's the time of year when I'm longing for the appearance of spring greens like fiddleheads, nettles, miner's lettuce and t...

My friend, author, forager and hunter extraordinaire, Hank Shaw , had wanted to come up to Oregon to forage for wapato, a wild tuber that...

Indigenous people didn't have any problem finding sources of protein here in the moderate climate of the Northwest. After all, there ...

There is something essentially human about working with your hands, especially when you are gathering food to feed your family. My friend...

We've all watched the videos of people walking and texting, the ones where the texter falls into a fountain or splats into some wet c...

One of the first signs of spring in the Willamette Valley is the appearance of nettles, which pop up on farmers' market tables with s...

When the caller ID on my phone says Jack Czarnecki, I don't wait for the second ring before I pick up. When he says to show up at his...