6 tips for picking wild raspberries and strawberries 7/3/2018 11:23:00 AM View Count 9772 Ripe berries taste like a pop of sunshine, even out of a grocery store box. But in Iowa, anybody can go find the real wild thing, and the taste is incredible. The only hard parts are identifying the berries and finding them before wildlife and other foragers do.
Oct. 6-8 Becoming an Outdoors Woman workshop now accepting registrations 7/25/2017 1:17:00 PM View Count 5094 Registration is now open for the Oct. 6-8 Becoming an Outdoors Woman workshop at Dolliver Memorial State Park, near Otho.
Plant Edible Habitat and Conservation Cover with the State Forest Nursery's February Specialty Packet 2/2/2016 7:03:00 AM View Count 5705 DES MOINES – Create some habitat and conservation foodscapes, with the Wild Edibles Specialty Packet from Iowa’s State Forest Nursery.
Foraging Wild Iowa: A Trip on the Wapsi 7/23/2015 10:06:00 AM View Count 13060 A Vermonter and wild food expert spend a Wapsipinicon weekend living off the land in Grant Wood Country.
Foraging for Wild Asparagus: Hunting and Cooking 4/22/2015 9:33:00 AM View Count 41393 When I was young, I did not like asparagus. But on a spring camping trip, I found a few spears of wild asparagus, and skeptically threw them into a pot of boiling water. The sweet, juicy, fresh taste changed my mind on the spot.