Managing Floral Greens in a Globalized Economy: Resource Tenure, Labour Relations and Immigration Policy in the Pacific Northwest, USA

The coniferous forests in the Pacific Northwest of the United States have long offered rural residents a variety of products needed to support forest-based livelihoods – floral greens, moss, edible berries, fruits and mushrooms, to name just a few. Some of these products are harvested on a very small scale, primarily for household consumption or as gifts for others. Others, such as floral greens and wild mushrooms, are harvested in large quantities and traded globally.