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Back to the Future: Where Now for Bush Foods?

http://farrer.riv.csu.edu.au/ASGAP/APOL18/jun00-1.html

Article written in 1999 discussing the commercial viability of certain native Australian plants. Includes photographs and bibliography.

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Bush Tucker Plants or Bush Food - Australian native food plants

http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/bushtucker/

Contains information on Aboriginal, Colonial, and Modern usage of various varieties present before European colonization, along with descriptions.

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Catching Blue Crabs

http://www.thebarneys.org/huntfish/crabbing/

Provides general information on the activity, in addition to details on the life cycle. Includes recipes.

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Disgusting critter just needs a new image ... and gravy.

http://www.s-t.com/daily/11-97/11-19-97/c07ad135.htm

Humorous article from The Standard-Times containing information on eating nutria. (November 19, 1997)

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Edible Flowers

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/hil-8513.html

North Carolina State University horticulture information leaflet. Provides information on growing and harvesting, as well as a table with common names, scientific names, flavors, colors, and comments.

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Facts on Edible Wild Greens in Maine

http://www.umext.maine.edu/onlinepubs/htmpubs/4060.htm

University of Maine Cooperative Extension bulletin with descriptions of and recipes for dandelions, fiddleheads, yellow rocket, lamb's-quarters, orache, and purslane.

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Facts on Fiddleheads

http://www.umext.maine.edu/onlinepubs/htmpubs/4198.htm

University of Maine Cooperative Extension bulletin with picture, description, recipes, safety notices, and information on cooking and pickling the young coiled fern leaves.

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How to Tap Maple Trees and Make Syrup

http://www.umext.maine.edu/onlinepubs/PDFpubs/7036.pdf

Includes information on yield, tree physiology, step by step instructions, where to go for help, additional reading, and references. [PDF]

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Our Bushtucker Website

http://www.mjhall.org/bushtucker/index.htm

Literacy project by students at Larapinta Primary School. Includes photograph, description, habitat, and method of collecting for each plant or animal, as well as information on the climate, geography and indigenous languages of Central Australia.

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Razor Clams

http://www.westportwa.com/activities/razorclams/

Instructions on digging, cleaning and cooking razor clams along the west coast of the USA. Includes photographs.

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Razor Clams, Oregon Coast

http://www.kamperswest.com/razor-clams.html

One page of instructions for digging, catching, cleaning and cooking razor clams.

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Samphire

http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/s/samphi10.html

General information about Crithmum maritimum or sea fennel.

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School of Self-Reliance's Wild Food Foraging Page

http://www.self-reliance.net/wff.html

Informational pages on some common North American flora including carob, dandelion, epazote, lambsquarter, mallow, miners lettuce, mustard, nasturtium, prickly pear cactus and sowthistle.

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Seattle Times: The Geoduck Chronicles

http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=2950529&date=19990321&query=geoduck+chronicles

How an obscure bivalve became the object of international desire. Humorous article about this soft-shelled clam. [Free Registration Required]

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The Forager's Virtual Wild Food Field Guide

http://theforagerpress.com/fieldguide/guide.htm

A guide for helping find, identify, and use several edible wild mushrooms and plants of the northeastern US.

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University of Kentucky Entomology for Kids: Bugfood!

http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entomology/ythfacts/bugfood/bugfood.htm

Lesson plans and information on the nutritive use of insects, intentional and unintentional. Includes suggested reading list and bibliography.

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Use of Insects by Australian Aborigines

http://www.insects.org/ced1/aust_abor.html

Article from Cultural Entomology Digest 1. Includes information on types used for food, as well as their place in mythology and art.

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Weird Meat

http://www.weirdmeat.com/

Weblog documenting unusual eating experiences. Includes articles, travel stories, photos.

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Wild Harvest

http://www.wild-harvest.com/

Information on gathering and cooking mushrooms, fiddleheads, ramps, and leaks. Calendar of seasonal availability, recipes and tips.

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Wilderness Survival: Edible Plants

http://www.wilderness-survival.net/plants-1.php

Describes the identification and preparation of flora for consumption. Includes diagrams, the Universal Edibility Test, and lists of edible varieties.

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You Can Become a Hardcore Forager

http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles/cywin47.html

Article from Backwoods Home Magazine, issue 47. Includes information on tools needed, safety, preparation, as well as details on some plants, frogs, turtles and fish.

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