High-Dollar Crops that Grow Themselves:Foraged Foods that All the Chefs WantBy Frank Hyman, Feral Feast columnist for Paleo magazinewww.frankhyman.com

Foraging Groups in NCwww.piedmontwildlifecenter.org: foraging and cooking classes.Facebook: NC Mushroom Group: Help with ID, free forays.www.meetup.com/Raleigh-area-mushroom-hunters : Free forays.www.pickardsmountain.org: Hosts paid forays in Chatham Co.

Other professional foragers websiteswww.mushroommountain.com: sells mycelia, has videos, recipes.www.notastelikehome.org: price list, foraging for children. https://www.facebook.com/woodfruit: grows mushrooms in Durham.www.willswildherbs.org: Will Endres teaches about wild plants.www.wildmanstevebrill.com: NY forager has cookbooks and foraging app. www.eattheweeds.com: FL Green Deane has posts,videos on wild plants.

Books (an incomplete list)www.abebooks.com: Independent used book stores (alt. to Amazon).A Field Guide to Southern MushroomsPeterson Field Guides: MushroomsBackyard Foraging by Ellen Zachos (plants and mushrooms)The Mushroom Hunters by Langdon Cook, about NW foragers.Forager’s Harvest and Nature’s Garden, both by Samuel Thayer.

MagazinesPaleo magazine (6x/year), starting with February issue, will carry the only national foraging column, “Feral Feast,” by Frank Hyman.

ToolsSharp pocket knife to cut stalks. Small paint brush to remove dirt.Hori-hori knife to cut roots and dig bulbs like ramps, trout lilies, etc.Paper bags to carry mushrooms. Never use plastic bags-makes fungi slimy.

Basket with shoulder strap or day-pack. Notebook to record sites. Ladder, pole pruner or shotgun to harvest tree-borne mushrooms.

SwagFree copies of Modern Farmer and Paleo magazine provided by my editors.