Wild edible and medicinal plants of British Columbia of edible seaweed. Laver is usually gathered in great amounts in Spring. They were used traditionally by virtually all the coastal groups, with the possible exception of some Nuu-chah-nulth, or Westcoast peoples, and some Salishan peoples of Vancouver Island, and various species were used. They are harvested at their young growing stage in the spring, usually around May, the exact time depending on latitude, local conditions, and type of laver. Older plants were too tough to be eaten. Traditionally, Women were often the primary seaweed harvesters. Working from canoes, women would pull seaweed from the rocks until their canoes were
Edible Book Festival took Sir Francis Bacon's famous words quite literally: 'Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and the other few to be chewed and digested.'" In 2011, the British newspaper "Metro" ran a story that they would begin producing the newspaper on an edible "Sweet tasting paper" claiming to bring customers "news in the best possible taste". The newspaper later clarified this was nothing more than an April Fools' joke. Edible Book Festival The International Edible Book Festival is an annual event usually held on or around April 1, which is also known as Edible Book Day. The