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like ramps and morel mushrooms are abundant in Michigan’s forests throughout springtime. Have you wondered what other foods grow in the wild, just waiting for foragers to discover them each year? The
</span><a href="https://mel.org/welcome"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Michigan eLibrary</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> (MeL.org) has articles and eBooks that describe how to locate,
identify, and prepare a variety of edible plants. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebscoprofile-hcrc"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
includes several magazines that feature wild food and foraging articles. If you’re new to foraging,
</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cfh&AN=144945302&site=hcrc-live"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A
Beginner’s Guide to Wilderness Survival Foods: Start Your Foraging Adventures</span></i></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> in BC Outdoors is a great place to start. This article describes several common edible plants such as
dandelions, stinging nettles, and cattails and includes information about when and where to find them and how to prepare them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Alexis Nikole Nelson and Twila Cassadore share how their knowledge of foraging has evolved in a Food & Wine article titled
</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cfh&AN=155076745&site=hcrc-live"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Found
Foods</span></i></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">. Living in Columbus, Ohio, Nelson harnesses the power of social media to share her foraging adventures. Cassadore, a member of the San Carlos Apache Tribe, is working to record,
preserve, and teach about foraging in native communities by interviewing tribal elders so their knowledge can be shared with future generations. This article also provides expert recommendations to read, connect with, and view to learn more about foraging.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Getting started with eating more wild foods might be as simple as having great recipes.
</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cfh&AN=162987269&site=hcrc-live"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Go
Wild with Foraged Foods</span></i></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> in Vegan Journal provides recipes to help make using a variety of ingredients easier. Included are recognizable ideas such as blackberry pancakes and more
exotic options as watercress bisque or a stew made with oyster mushrooms. In addition, this article provides a list of tips to stay safe while foraging in the wild.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">eBook Public Library Collection<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The
</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebsco-e700xna"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">eBook Public Library Collection</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
provides more extensive information about wild foods and foraging. A few of the many available options include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e700xna&AN=2732913&site=ehost-live&scope=site"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The
Beginner’s Guide to Mushrooms: Everything You Need to Know, From Foraging to Cultivating</span></i></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> by Britt Bunyard and Tavis Lynch<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e700xna&AN=848296&site=ehost-live&scope=site"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Basic
Illustrated Edible Wild Plants and Useful Herbs</span></i></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> by Jim Meuninck<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e700xna&AN=849218&site=ehost-live&scope=site"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dandelion
Hunter: Foraging the Urban Wilderness</span></i></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> by Rebecca Lerner<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e700xna&AN=1477946&site=ehost-live&scope=site"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Good
Seeds: A Menominee Indian Food Memoir</span></i></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> by Thomas Pecore Weso<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Whether it’s your first trip into the woods or you’re an expert at locating and preparing wild foods,
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and the </span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebsco-e700xna"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">eBook Public Library Collection</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
from </span><a href="https://mel.org/welcome"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">MeL.org</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> provide information that can make your foraging adventures a success.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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