On a chilly April day, a group treks through the forest at Virginia Tech's Catawba Sustainability Center in search of ramps. But they aren’t looking to forage the plants, also known as wild leeks.

A new crop to boost your farm’s revenue could be waiting for you right now in your own forest. Ramps, also known as wild leeks, grow abundantly in many of the region’s forests. Eric Burkhart, director ...

My first introduction to ramps was 25 years ago, when Tom Douthit Jr. brought some into the Foods Lab on campus where we worked. I was smitten. He took me to his parent’s home near Centre Hall so I ...

The agroforestry practice of forest farming may be a solution to conservation challenges surrounding the wild exploitation of ramps, often called wild leeks, but it requires proper site selection to ...

But they aren’t looking to forage the plants, also known as wild leeks. This team from Virginia Tech and the U.S. Forest Service is studying the best production techniques for ramps. Ramps, which are ...

When ramps pop up in Pennsylvania and throughout the Appalachian region, they’re a stinky, garlicky harbinger of spring. The season only lasts weeks and they’re not quick to grow, which makes them ...

You’re probably familiar with leeks, green onions, and other onion-like vegetables with leafy green tops. But the mysterious onions you may have seen for a fleeting moment at your local farmers’ ...

In recent years the native wild woodland plant called ramps, also known as wild leeks (Allium tricoccum), has become quite popular from a culinary perspective in the metropolitan Northeast and other ...

As home gardeners look toward early salad greens and perennial herbs each spring, so do foragers seek out exotic mushrooms, and the holy grail of wild leeks or ramps. Foragers' Facebook pages often ...

Spring is right around the corner, which means that ramps are about to start showing up on restaurant menus and farmer’s markets everywhere—and then, in the blink of an eye, they’ll be gone. Yep, when ...

We’re bringing you some of our favorite recipes for spring in Northern Michigan. Featuring local and fresh vegetables like asparagus, ramps and leeks these dishes are sure to leave you feeling ...