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Lesson plans and information on the nutritive use of insects, intentional and unintentional. Includes suggested reading list and bibliography.
http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/E...ogy/ythfacts/bugfood/bugfood.htm

Information on gathering and cooking mushrooms, fiddleheads, ramps, and leaks. Calendar of seasonal availability, recipes and tips.
http://www.wildharvest.com/

Informational pages on some common North American flora including carob, dandelion, epazote, lambsquarter, mallow, miners lettuce, mustard, nasturtium, prickly pear cactus and sowthistle.
http://www.self-reliance.net/wff.html

Information on Pueraria lobata as a source of food and other products. Includes photographs, contests, recipes, stories and nutritional information.
http://www.kudzucuisine.com/

Describes the identification and preparation of flora for consumption. Includes diagrams, the Universal Edibility Test, and lists of edible varieties.
http://www.wilderness-survival.net/plants-1.php

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

Contains information on Aboriginal, Colonial, and Modern usage of various varieties present before European colonization, along with descriptions.
http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/bushtucker/

Humorous article from The Standard-Times containing information on eating nutria.
http://www.s-t.com/daily/11-97/11-19-97/c07ad135.htm

Information about edible and poisonous plants, the outdoors, gardening, animals, conservation, and camping.
http://www.naturenode.com/articles/articles.html

University of Maine Cooperative Extension bulletin with descriptions of and recipes for dandelions, fiddleheads, yellow rocket, lamb's-quarters, orache, and purslane.
http://www.umext.maine.edu/onlinepubs/htmpubs/4060.htm

University of Maine Cooperative Extension bulletin with picture, description, recipes, safety notices, and information on cooking and pickling the young coiled fern leaves.
http://www.umext.maine.edu/onlinepubs/htmpubs/4198.htm

Includes information on yield, tree physiology, step by step instructions, where to go for help, additional reading, and references.
http://www.umext.maine.edu/onlinepubs/PDFpubs/7036.pdf

Description and information on Laurus nobilis.
http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/l/larbay10.html

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

Information about the herb, its botany, chemistry, history and culinary usage.
http://www-ang.kfunigraz.ac.at/%...neric_noframe.html?Back_cit.html

Instructions on digging, cleaning and cooking razor clams along the west coast of the United States of America. Includes photos.
http://www.westportwa.com/activities/razorclams/

One page of instructions for digging, catching, cleaning and cooking razor clams.
http://www.kamperswest.com/razor-clams.html

Australian edible plants information page. Includes photos.
http://farrer.riv.csu.edu.au/ASGAP/APOL25/mar02-5.html

A guide for helping find, identify, and use several edible wild mushrooms and plants of the northeastern US.
http://theforagerpress.com/fieldguide/guide.htm

How an obscure bivalve became the object of international desire. Humorous article about this soft-shelled clam. [Free Registration Required]
http://archives.seattletimes.nws...9990321&query=geoduck+chronicles

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

Article written in 1999 discussing the commercial viability of certain native Australian plants. Includes photographs and bibliography.
http://farrer.riv.csu.edu.au/ASGAP/APOL18/jun00-1.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.
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/hil-8513.html

Information on the use of termites in Kenyu. Includes photographs.
http://ss.jircas.affrc.go.jp/kan...ewsletter/nl1998/no.14/yagi.html

Article from Cultural Entomology Digest 1. Includes information on types used for food, as well as their place in mythology and art.
http://www.insects.org/ced1/aust_abor.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.
http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles/cywin47.html

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