A 5-year-old boy darts through the sand around his home near the Indian River Inlet. He looks over his shoulder at the woman following him with a small woven basket and beckons her to follow. Just ...

Every May, visitors to the Jersey Shore (and points north and south) may spot delicate blossoms on hardy bush-like trees thriving amidst the sand dunes and grasses that help protect beaches from ...

Laura O’Brien’s annual preparation of beach plum preserves involves a collection so secretive that she uses East End foragers who pick the wild fruit in places their grandparents revealed to them ...

Cape May, New Jersey -- Beach Plum Farm is a working farm providing fresh produce to local restaurants around the Cape May area. Established in 2007, the farm has grown to provide a space for the ...

This is the fourth year for the bi-annual plantings, which are held in the fall when the plants are dormant and during the spring when they begin to take root. The spring plantings are tied to Earth ...

The last weeks of summer can be a melancholy time as the all too short season winds down. But for a certain breed of hunter-gatherers late August, early September is prime season for beach plum ...