Wild Mushrooms — From Forest to Function
Keep the Wild Close.
Fresh, dried, and wild-foraged mushrooms. Foraging classes and events. Functional mushroom products built on nearly 20 years of experience.
Very few spots remaining!
Morels in May!
Join us for morel hunts in the
Minnesota woods.
Morel mushroom season in Minnesota is brief — and timing matters.
Our small-group hunts are timed to that window — guided field experiences built around the season and ending with wood-fired morel pizzas in the woods.
The foraging trips are filling up - sign-up soon!
Choose Your Path Into the Wild
Nationally Recognized Wild Food Expert.
Mike Kempenich founded Gentleman Forager more than two decades ago, building the brand through commercial-scale mushroom cultivation, wild harvesting, and restaurant supply across the Upper Midwest.
He later founded Forest to Fork — America’s first wild food grocery store, known for its 20-foot glass mushroom growing tower — before selling the business in 2021. His work has also included university-level mushroom identification instruction at the University of Minnesota and the University of Wisconsin.
Featured in major news and business outlets including MarketWatch and the Star Tribune — and on public television with PBS Wisconsin and MPR News.
