27: Who is the "Gentleman Forager" with Mike Kempenich

Dec 15

Written By KK

Flora Funga Podcast Survey: This week we chat with Mike Kempenich, my previous boss from Gentleman Forager, he is the company owner and president. Mike is an exotic mushroom cultivator, forager, instructor and wild foods distributor from Minneapolis Minnesota, USA. His professional goals with Gentleman Forager is to deliver top-quality specialty products, customer service, sustainable/organic production techniques as well as supporting his allies which include foragers, farmers, and cultivators. In this episode we talk about:

What is Gentleman Forager?
Who is the audience?
How do you outreach?
What got you into teaching?
How to incorporate more mushrooms into your diet (Lions Mane Brain Butter)
How to cook mushrooms?
What's a typical week for you during mushroom season?
Legal mushrooms in Minnesota?
Where to find more of Mike:
Gentleman Forager
Gentleman Forager Events
Chick of the Woods

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