In this webinar, join Russ Cohen, expert forager and author of Wild Plants I Have Known…and Eaten, for a presentation featuring at least two dozen species of native edible wild plants suitable for adding to your own landscape, or nibbling on as you encounter them in other locales. Keys to the identification of each species will be provided, along with edible portion(s), season(s) of availability and preparation method(s), as well as guidelines for safe and environmentally responsible foraging. Russ will also include a few details regarding some native edible plants he has grown successfully from seed, and the partnerships he has made with conservation groups and others to add edible native plants to their landscapes.

This webinar is co-hosted by Wild Seed Project and MOFGA. Head to the MOFGA website to register:

Speaker bio: Until his retirement in June of 2015, Russ Cohen’s “day job” was serving as the Rivers Advocate for the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game’s Division of Ecological Restoration, where one of his areas of expertise was in riparian vegetation. Now Russ has more time to pursue his passionate avocation, which is connecting to nature via his taste buds, and assisting others in doing the same. He has set up a small nursery in Weston, MA where he grows/keeps over 1,000 plants that he propagates from seed (most of which he collected himself), as well as obtains from other sources, such as the Native Plant Trust. Russ has worked with over three dozen local institutions and communities to plant plants from his nursery in appropriate places on their properties.