16 mushroom & forage across the Hudson Valley.
Third-generation family mushroom farm established in the late 1940s on 700 acres in Catskill. Grows portobello, crimini, shiitake, and button mushrooms in seven temperature-controlled mushroom houses. Supplies the Culinary Institute of America, Union Square Greenmarket, and Honest Weight Food Co-op in Albany.
A Catskills-based mushroom foraging guide, educator, and sustainable harvester operating in Ulster County. Founder John Michelotti leads foraging walks covering mushroom identification, sustainable harvest practices, and preparation. Collaborates with regional herbalists and chefs on foraged ingredient workshops. Participant in annual foraging-to-tincture events in the Catskills.
Small mushroom cultivation operation in Delaware County growing gourmet and medicinal varieties for local farmers markets and restaurants. Specializes in log-grown shiitake and other native varieties.
A regional mycological club conducting guided mushroom forays and educational walks throughout Westchester and Connecticut, with regular forays into southeastern New York. A community resource for mushroom identification and foraging education in the lower Hudson Valley.
A nonprofit regenerative teaching farm in North Salem operating the Wild Roots Project — a collective of foragers, herbalists, and mycologists who lead walks, forays, and workshops throughout Westchester and surrounding counties. Wild Roots offerings include guided wild plant identification walks, hands-on foraging and herbalism classes, property evaluations to document wild edibles on your land, mushroom forays, and wildcrafting sessions. D.I.G. Farm also hosts cooking classes, youth nature programs, CSA-style produce rescue, and community events rooted in food sovereignty and environmental stewardship.
Founded in 2017 by chef and licensed mushroom forager James O'Neill, Deep Forest Wild Edible provides chefs and the public with the highest-quality sustainably sourced wild edible plants and mushrooms from the Hudson Valley. Forages mushrooms, ramps, blueberries, bramble berries, field greens, wildflowers, cattails, ground nuts, and stinging nettles. Available at the Beacon Farmers' Market and through chef accounts. Offers public foraging workshops including Wild Edibles Walks ($125/person), Introduction to Edible and Medicinal Wild Mushrooms ($175/person), and Forage Fire Food cooking classes ($200/person).
A community mushroom society serving the Delaware Highlands region of Sullivan County. Brings together mushroom hunters, foragers, and enthusiasts for identification walks, educational programs, and community foraging events in the rich forests of the Catskills.
An Accord-based master herbalist, forager, and educator with over 40 years of experience foraging the wild plants and mushrooms of the Hudson Valley and Catskills. Author of the celebrated illustrated field guide Foraging and Feasting: A Field Guide and Wild Food Cookbook. Offers online courses including "In the Wild Kitchen," teaching plant and fungal identification, sustainable harvesting, and culinary use of wild edibles. A foundational voice in Hudson Valley foraging culture.
A 52-acre agroforestry farm in Easton using silvopasture and forest farming methods, operated by David DeLaMater and Mary Marchewka. Cultivates and sells specialty mushrooms including oyster and shiitake grown on logs from timber stand improvement work on their managed forest. Also raises Cashmere and dairy goats, alpaca, chickens, geese, and ducks. Veteran-owned; participants in the USDA Armed to Farm program.
A licensed NYS mushroom foraging and outdoor guide business operated by Sam Warren, a licensed New York State hunting, camping, and hiking guide as well as a licensed mushroom forager. Leads guided mushroom walks, identification workshops, and outdoor immersion experiences. Committed to responsible foraging, sustainable harvest, and connecting people to the wild landscapes of the Catskills.
A specialty mushroom farm in the Sullivan Catskills producing a variety of wood-grown mushrooms including shiitake, oyster, and specialty varieties. Available for CSA partnerships, farmers markets, and direct sales. One of the few dedicated mushroom farms serving Sullivan County.
A lifelong forager and student of natural medicine teaching foraging regularly in the greater NYC area. Available for foraging instruction in Warren, Oswego, and Jefferson Counties, NY by request. Covers wild edible and medicinal plants, plant identification, and sustainable harvesting practices.
A regional mycological club serving the Mid-Hudson Valley, co-founded by Catskill Fungi's John Michelotti. Hosts guided mushroom forays, identification workshops, and educational events throughout the Hudson Valley. John Michelotti is a former president who co-founded the Catskill Regional Mycoflora Project and the Gary Lincoff Memorial Scholarship through MHMA. A free community resource for anyone wanting to learn safe mushroom identification in the Hudson Valley.
A Catskill Mountains forager offering guided foraging walks and private foraging classes rooted in deep personal experience — including a 24-day solo survival trek in the Catskills. Walks cover wild edible and utilitarian plants, mushroom identification, meal preparation from foraged ingredients, natural medicine making, and tool crafting. Available for group walks, private classes, and individual "walk and talk" sessions exploring the wild edible landscape.
A Hudson Valley mushroom farm in Tivoli specializing in fresh and foraged edible and medicinal mushrooms. One of the dedicated mushroom operations serving the Dutchess County region with locally grown and foraged fungi for home cooks, chefs, and natural food enthusiasts.
A forest farm and educational organization in Cairo, Greene County, operated by Anna and Justin. Runs a mushroom laying yard, woods-cultivated forest botanicals, and demonstration wild-simulated ginseng planting. Stewards and forages wild edible and medicinal plant and mushroom species as part of a diversified forest farming operation. Offers educational tours of the forest farm in partnership with the Mountain Top Arboretum and regional organizations.