Blog
Foraging tips, recipes and stories from the woods.
Oct 19, 2025
Mushroom Calendar and Photo Contest
Enter the photo contest and pre-order the yearly mushroom calendar and foraging guide.
Jul 10, 2025
Finding Forest Gold – Chanterelles
Where and when to find chanterelles around Minneapolis, how to tell them from Jack-O'-Lanterns, and how to keep them.
Jul 10, 2025
Your First Foray
What happens on a guided foraging outing, from the meetup to the debrief.
May 11, 2025
Immediate Action Needed: Support the Sustainable Foraging Task Force in the Final Legislative Negotiations
Ask Minnesota legislative conferees to keep the Sustainable Foraging Task Force in the final bill.
Apr 22, 2021
Stinging Nettle Soup
A simple spring soup with nettles, onion, rice and broth.
Apr 1, 2021
My First Time
Six morels in four hours, and the hen of the woods that hooked me anyway.
Apr 1, 2021
The REAL Dangers of Mushroom Hunting
Myths about poisonous mushrooms, and the hazards that actually get foragers in trouble.
Apr 1, 2021
Top 8 Things to Bring on a Mushroom Hunt
The gear I never go into the woods without.