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Time to forage: How to spot safe edibles in the Vermont woods

By Mikaela Lefrak,

Published May 2, 2023 at 2:34 PM EDT

This hour, we'll talk to a foraging expert on ways to forage as a family and how to differentiate between safe and poisonous vegetation and fungi. Ramps can be found and foraged in the spring.

Live, call-in discussion: Foraging in the Vermont woods can be a fun way to find wild edible plants and fungi, but it’s important to know what you’re looking for. This hour, we’ll talk about the ways to differentiate safe plants from poisonous ones and how foraging can be a family activity.

Our guest:

Melany Kahn, foraging expert and author of Mason Goes Mushrooming

Broadcast live on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

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Mikaela Lefrak

Mikaela Lefrak joined Vermont Public in 2021 as co-host and senior producer of Vermont Edition. Her stories have aired nationally on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, Marketplace, The World and Here & Now. A seasoned local reporter, Mikaela has won two regional Edward R. Murrow awards and a Public Media Journalists Association award for her work.

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Andrea Laurion

Andrea Laurion joined Vermont Public as a news producer for Vermont Edition in December 2022. She is a native of Pittsburgh, Pa., and a graduate of the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine. Before getting into audio, Andrea worked as an obituary writer, a lunch lady, a wedding photographer assistant, a children’s birthday party hostess, a haunted house actor, and an admin assistant many times over.

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