Ramps Reporting: What 70 Years of Popular Media Tells Us About A Cultural Keystone Species

Ramps (Allium tricoccum Aiton), a wild onion, are an enduring seasonal food and symbol of cultural identity in Appalachia. Growing national interest in ramps as a culinary delicacy has raised questions about their sustainable use, although systematic documentation of their rise in popularity is lack...

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description Ramps (Allium tricoccum Aiton), a wild onion, are an enduring seasonal food and symbol of cultural identity in Appalachia. Growing national interest in ramps as a culinary delicacy has raised questions about their sustainable use, although systematic documentation of their rise in popularity is lacking. We seek to augment our understanding of demand for ramps by examining changes in media coverage of the plant over time. We trace shifts in the portrayal of ramps, from a provincial novelty to a high-end food source through a thematic analysis of two popular media datasets. Our analysis of over 3,100 news articles demonstrates that issue attention to ramps, quantified by the number of topical articles printed each decade, and geographical distribution of media coverage, has substantially increased since the 1980s. While narratives continue to acknowledge the importance of ramps as a cultural keystone species of Appalachia, the focus of recent reporting has expanded to promote ramps as a hyperlocal spring delicacy across Eastern North America. Articles increasingly introduce overharvesting concerns and sustainable gathering techniques. Importantly, we highlight those who are left out of media attention, namely Native American communities who have had relations with ramps as food and medicine for millennia. Rampas (Allium tricoccum Aiton), una cebolla silvestre, son una duradera comida de temporada y un símbolo de identidad cultural en Appalachia. El interés nacional en rampas como delicia ha provocado preguntas imporantes sobre su uso sostenible, aunque falta una documentación sistemática del aumento de su popularidad. Buscamos aumentar nuestra comprensión de la demanda de rampas mediante el examen de los cambios en la cobertura de los medios de la planta a lo largo del tiempo. A través de un análisis temático de dos conjuntos de datos de medios populares, seguimos los cambios en la representación de las rampas desde una novedad provincial hasta una fuente de alimentos de alto nivel. Nuestro análisis de más de 3.100 artículos de noticias demuestra que la atención a las rampas, cuantificada por el número de artículos de actualidad impresos cada década, y la distribución geográfica de la cobertura de los medios, ha aumentado desde la década de los 1980. Mientras que las narrativas continúan reconociendo la importancia de las rampas como especie clave de Appalachia, el enfoque de los enformes recientes ha expandido para promover las rampas como una delicia hiper
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Festivals
Food
Food sources
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Keystone species
Minority & ethnic groups
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Onions
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