Wild products of the woods and waters, guided hunts, classes and events.
Mike Kempenich is the owner of the Minneapolis based company, Gentleman Forager. Mike’s background includes more than 40 years of experience foraging in the Minnesota woods, in addition to having taught the states wild mushroom identification certification classes through the University of Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Gentleman Forager provides the freshest, most beautiful, mushrooms and wild plants in the forests to the tables of restaurants, innovative chefs, and mushroom lovers as quickly as is humanly possible. Mike also believes education is a key component to changing the way people think about what they eat and where it comes from. Because of this, Gentleman Forager also teaches people to identify many species of wild Minnesota mushrooms and organizes weekend festivals in the woods such as the Black Morel Hootenanny each Spring, the Lobster Mushroom Jamboree each Summer, our Wild Food Fandango in Minneapolis, and many “wild” food dinners and events with Minneapolis restaurants and chefs throughout the year.
More information about Mike and his company, Gentleman Forager, can be found on their website at www.gentlemanforager.com
