Alaska is abundant with wild game and fish, but foraging for wild plants takes a little more work. But it's fun work! With the right mentality, every spring walk through the woods can be turned into a treasure hunt for green buds and shoots. 

My beautiful friend Kelci was just telling me about an article she read about shinrin-yoku, or the Japanese practice of forest bathing- basically walking among the trees, objective and technology free. She commented about how lucky we because, unlike most Japanese, we can take a forest bath every day, just by stepping out our Alaskan front doors.