The Ribes genus contains multiple edible species, including currants and gooseberries. Golden currants (Ribes aureum) can be collected in late June through July each year. The fruits may be eaten fresh, crushed to make juice, or dried, made into cakes, and stored for later use. Some tribes mixed other berries with golden currants for pemican.

Wax currants, Ribes cereum, are bland and only eaten fresh, not dried or stored. The inner bark was made into a tea to wash sore eyes.

Wild gooseberries (Ribes irriguum) grow along creeks or at the base of hills and ripen in July and August. Slightly tart, gooseberries are made into cakes or crushed for juice.

Swamp gooseberry (Ribes lacustre) has a minty or menthol smell and taste. When stripped of their spines, the branches can be used to produce a peppermint-smelling tea for treating colds and diarrhea.