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KEEP THE WILD CLOSE.
Wild mushroom education, seasonal events, and functional performance fuel.

Beginning May 2

SPRING MOREL HUNTS

Morel season 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.

Only a handful of hunts are offered each spring.

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Performance Fuel™ for Focus, Hydration, and Recovery

Headwater is a clean-label, non-stimulant Performance Fuel™ designed for athletes and everyday high performers.

TRY HEADWATER

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Experience the Wild — Three Ways.

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Seasonal wild ingredients and Gentleman Forager merchandise.Bring the wild home.

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Field-based foraging experiences rooted in real timing and real terrain.
Education, food, and camaraderie earned in the woods.

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Headwater

Functional mushroom Performance Fuel™ built for focus, hydration, and recovery. Clean-label, non-stimulant, designed for athletes and everyday high performers.

Try Headwater

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.

KEEP THE WILD CLOSE. Wild mushroom education, seasonal events, and functional performance fuel.

SPRING MOREL HUNTS

Experience the Wild — Three Ways.

Nationally Recognized Wild Food Expert.

KEEP THE WILD CLOSE.
Wild mushroom education, seasonal events, and functional performance fuel.