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Back to the Future: Where Now for Bush Foods?  asgap.org.au/APOL18/jun00-1.html Article written in 1999 discussing the commercial viability of certain native Australian plants. Includes photographs and bibliography.

Bush Tucker Plants or Bush Food - Australian native food plants  www.teachers.ash.org.au/bushtucker Contains information on Aboriginal, Colonial, and Modern usage of various varieties present before European colonization, along with descriptions.

Catching Blue Crabs  www.thebarneys.org/huntfish/crabbing Provides general information on the activity, in addition to details on the life cycle. Includes recipes.

Edible Flowers  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.

Edible Insects in East Africa  www.jircas.affrc.go.jp/english/publication/newsletter/1998/no.14/yagi.… Information on the use of termites in Kenyu. Includes photographs.

Facts on Edible Wild Greens in Maine  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.

Facts on Fiddleheads  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.

The Forager's Virtual Wild Food Field Guide  theforagerpress.com/fieldguide/guide.htm A guide for helping find, identify, and use several edible wild mushrooms and plants of the northeastern US.

How to Tap Maple Trees and Make Syrup  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]

Laurel (Bay)  www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/l/larbay10.html Description and information on Laurus nobilis.

Our Bushtucker Website  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.

Our Wild Foods to the World  asgap.org.au/APOL25/mar02-5.html Australian edible plants information page. Includes photos.

Razor Clams  www.westportwa.com/activities/razorclams Instructions on digging, cleaning and cooking razor clams along the west coast of the USA. Includes photographs.

Razor Clams, Oregon Coast  www.kamperswest.com/razor-clams.html One page of instructions for digging, catching, cleaning and cooking razor clams.

Samphire  www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/s/samphi10.html General information about Crithmum maritimum or sea fennel.

Sassafras  www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/s/sassaf20.html Information and description on Sassafras officinale.

School of Self-Reliance's Wild Food Foraging Page  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.

Seattle Times: The Geoduck Chronicles  archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/displa… How an obscure bivalve became the object of international desire. Humorous article about this soft-shelled clam. [Free Registration Required]

University of Kentucky Entomology for Kids: Bugfood!  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.

Use of Insects by Australian Aborigines  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.

Weird Meat  www.weirdmeat.com Weblog documenting unusual eating experiences. Includes articles, travel stories, photos.

Wild Harvest  www.wild-harvest.com Information on gathering and cooking mushrooms, fiddleheads, ramps, and leaks. Calendar of seasonal availability, recipes and tips.

Wilderness Survival: Edible Plants  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.

You Can Become a Hardcore Forager  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.

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