Baked Goods

We know how much care and love you put into seeking out the freshest ingredients, spending hours in the kitchen creating savory four Chile salsas. That is why we are very excited to share this amazing and useful piece of kitchen equipment. Each tortilla press is individually handcrafted by a small kitchen equipment team in El Salvador that puts them to the test everyday at local restaurants.With this heavy duty 12 inch tortilla press you will be able to consistently make the freshest and tastiest corn tortillas you have ever had. Great for making your own tortillas for tacos,quesadillas,guaraches and much more.

Each order will include a black custom 12 inch heavy duty metal tortilla press

Heavy Duty Custom made 12' Tortilla Press

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We acknowledge and respect that S.C Specialties is located on the indigenous land of the Lenape First Nation and recognize the peoples who have lived and continue to live on these lands. My name is Sergio and have been working in the restaurant kitchen world for over ten years, feel very passionate about what I grow and am very excited to showcase our high quality foods to arrive directly to your door. We are always exploring different ways to restore our forest ecosystem, build soil, and preserve water quality while producing food, medicine and materials. We are happy to answer any of your questions with full transparency about any of our sustainability farm practices for everything we grow and forage. If you are looking for something special that is not listed on our page please feel free to reach out. We would like to thank you for looking at our store and look forward to working with you.

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Edible Seeds

These air-dried cacao beans are from a small farm that grows their cacao with great care under semi wild conditions near the tropical town of Tonacatepeque in the heart of Cuzcatlan which is now known as the country of El Salvador.These hand-selected cacao beans will offer extraordinary richness and depth of flavor if you would like to make your very own artisanal hand made chocolate from scratch. You may  also choose to crumble raw cacao beans over yogurt, ice cream or pudding or blend cacao beans with frozen bananas and milk for a smoothie. We are also very proud to be able to support other growers through our own process of Equal Exchange. We hope that you find a classic chocolate backbone with sun baked red fruit, delicate tannins with sultry brown, caramelized sugars with a touch of a slight nutty, clean earthy note. A perfect blend of sweetness and bitterness that form a note of rich mocha.

Air Dried Cuzcatlan Cacao Beans

Nursery Plants

Most people do not realize that the life cycle of this woodland wildflower is incredibly slow compared with commonly cultivated members of the onion family. For instance the common garden leek can grow from seed to full size in a single growing season. Ramp seeds can take a year or more to germinate, and the plants begin to flower only after seven years. Foragers commonly harvest the whole plant, which obviously kills it. We have done the work of germinating over 100+ Allium tricoccum seeds in each seedling tray so you can transplant them for any woodland restoration projects you may be working on. Join us in our active efforts in the active cultivation of ramps while shifting our focus from not only being consumers of this beautiful spring ephemeral but producers as well.Each order will include one seedling tray with our woodland soil mix and a minimum of 100-three year old Allium tricoccum seedlings.

Three year old cultivated Ramp seedling flats

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Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis) is one of the easiest plants to propagate by hardwood cuttings. These cuttings are from native elderberry plants that we cultivate in our forest nursery and each order includes 12 unrooted elderberry cuttings for you to grow your own. These plants continue to be very productive and vigorous growers and hope that you enjoy growing them as well.

Elderberry Cuttings

Mushroom Growing

Oyster mushrooms’ sweet, mild flavor and velvety texture make for delicious eating. With our ready to fruit Oyster mushroom logs you will have a continuous crop of oyster mushrooms for the next 4+ years and all you will have to do is check your logs after seasonal weather shifts and heavy rain events for your very own log grown oyster mushrooms. We are here to help you create your very own foragers paradise garden whether you are a gardener,chef or farm looking to grow their own sustainable mushroom crops.

Ready to fruit Oyster Mushroom Logs

Shiitakes' meaty texture and earthy, smoky flavor has made them one of the most highly prized edible fungi. You'll love having your own Shiitake mushrooms growing for the next four to five years on hardwood logs that we have inoculated for you to grow your own. An excellent food security crop as food prices continue to rise.We have done all of the work for you and all you have to do is check your logs for mushrooms after heavy rain events so you may harvest and enjoy with your friends, neighbors and family. We have worked with small farms in our area and have provided this service for them to be able to have their own mushroom productions as well. We can guarantee that you will have the highest quality log grown mushrooms that may be used for stir-fries, stuffings, salads,sauces and much more.We are here to help you grow delicious gourmet edible mushrooms whether you are a home gardener,chef or farm looking for a sustainable, highly nutritious crop of amazing high quality log grown mushrooms. Delivery in our zone and wholesale pricing are available

Ready to fruit Shiitake mushroom logs

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Rice, Flour, Grain, Pasta

Acorns have sustained many different groups all of the world for thousands of years and continue to be highly valued as a food source. This white oak acorn flour has a mildly sweet and nutty smell with tiny earthy after-tones. A naturally gluten-free flour for your cakes, cookies, muffins, pancakes, pasta, noodles, flatbreads, pizza crust, pie crust, and also for thickening sauces and soups. Surprise everyone with baked goods made with this highly nutritious and tasty acorn flour. Each package is 1LB and bulk pricing is available.

Acorn Flour (1 LB.)

Price list for Acorn Flour (1 LB.) (LB)

Vinegar

We must pay homage to the Anishinaabe Nation of what is now southern Canada as they are known for their cultivation of wild rice,maple syrup and were the first people to make maple vinegar. The maple sap begins at the sugar maple tree and with the help of a living culture ends as a vinegar that has a rich,syrupy flavor with just a hint of sweetness. Just the right amount of twang for your next BBQ mop sauce or that maple vinaigrette you've been meaning to make. Add it to your pantry of secret ingredients. Each bottle of our small batch maple sap vinegar is 12oz.

Maple Sap Vinegar 

Bottle

Trifoliate Orange which is also goes by the name of Flying Dragon is the most cold hardy of all citrus trees being able to handle up to zone 6. It grows to be a large deciduous shrub that produces a fruit that is a bit smaller than an orange but tastes between a blend of grapefruit and lemon. Some prefer using the juice while others make lady marmalade,jams and candy them. Each trifoliate orange trees we have available are one year old.

Trifoliate Orange Tree

Tree

Manoomin is a semi-aquatic plant in the Zizania family and the only grain indigenous to North America which is commonly known as a true wild rice. The plants are bent over the hull and the grains are gently tapped from the seed heads into canoes. The grains are then wood parched, an old-school method for removing the husks using a cedarwood fire.A healthy natural food, uncooked wild rice contains more than 12% protein and is richer than white rice. This is a true wild rice that has a vibrantly pleasant nutty flavor and beautiful texture that has not been altered or genetically modified like most cultivated grains. If you have never tried real wild rice, you are in for a real treat. Pricing is per Lb and bulk pricing is available

Wood Parched Wild Rice-Manoomin (1Lb)

Red Fuseau sunchokes are sweet and have a thin skin which makes them very easy to clean. Enjoy growing and eating this highly valued perennial native root crop that continues to be enjoyed throughout the northern woodlands.Each order will include six tubers for planting

Red Fuseau Sunchokes

Gamthi Curry leaf trees are one of rarest varieties of curry leaf tree. This slow growing tree produces intensely aromatic leaves that can be used in cooking and could potentially open up more of your senses in a desirable way. The leaves from your Gamthi can be used fresh or dried for many different dishes. They are not to be confused with the inferior spice powder from England known as curry powder which has no curry leaf in it whatsoever and is usually just a blend of coriander, turmeric,cumin and cayenne.

Rare Gamthi Curry Tree

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Greens

We should try our hardest to not judge a chili by it's cover as our chile pasado is known for it's rough and wrinkled appearance. Beneath that tough exterior lies depth of flavor that is not for the uninitiated. A significantly special dried food that is a lightweight companion and can connect the past, present and future in your next batch of salsa ranchera.Each order includes 2oz. of our Chile Pasado

Chile Pasado

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Fruits

These are hand foraged juniper berries from the common juniper, Juniperus communis that we dehydrate in small batches..These are the juniper berries you want if you are making special food dishes and medicine. Each package is 2 oz.

Juniper Berries (Dehydrated 2oz.)

Roots

This freshly harvested Gobo is also commonly known as burdock root. Gobo is extensively used in Japanese cuisine and is often cut Sasagaki with a knife or a peeler. An absolute must have ingredient for your next batch of tonjiru or live on the edge and deep fry your sliced gobo to end up with crispy gobo that rivals any french fry.

Freshly harvested Gobo

If you consider yourself someone that knows Japanese cuisine and has never worked with this essential ingredient then you are missing out. Myoga as it is commonly known is a traditional plant that is grown in Japan for it's beautiful flower buds that are used in Shibazuke, Myoga shiso rice, and everyone's favorite Myoga Amazuzuke. We are proud to be growing this absolutely beautiful plant in our nursery and provide them for people to have extremely high quality Myoga that does not have to be shipped across the world.Each order will include one fully developed Myoga plant from our forest nursery to your door.

Myoga-Zingiber mioga

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Foraging Supplies

An intimate culinary experience that celebrates the changing seasons by bringing together regional flavors to the table.  I bring the forest to table movement one step closer to home by bringing our seasonally foraged and farmed ingredients to you in the comfort of your home.  Whether an intimate dinner for two or a casual get together,I will create a tailor made menu that reflects your tastes and preferences while highlighting unique culinary delights. I will cater any dietary restrictions or special requests. Available anywhere within the tri-state area and pricing is per person.

Forest to Table Dinner

Snacks

We take freshly harvested asclespia pods and make them edible by pickling them in our live cultured apple cider vinegar and pickling spices. The result is something unique that is what I refer to what could be called a pickled wild okra that may be added to sandwiches,used as an edible garnish ,or chopped up into pastas. A great conversation starter for those at a party that are unfamiliar with wild foods. Each jar is 10oz.

Pickled Asclespia Pods

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Syrup

We are forever grateful to all of the adventurous foragers who have worked with conifers for many generations and helped guide us with their methods of producing this age old highly valued syrup.&nbsp;We macerate our pinebuds in a blend of&nbsp;sugars for over forty days to truely extract the prime forest essence into our fermented pinebud syrup.&nbsp;It will add a very uniquely deep woods notes to your vinaigrettes, custards, and deserts. Experiment with this as a substitute for your favorite non alcoholic spirits as well while truely bringing the forest to the table. Each bottle is 6fl oz.

Fermented Pinebud Syrup

Condiments and Sauces

We salt and pickle hand foraged elderberries from the northeast woodlands at the perfect stage providing you with these elegant little balls of flavor that can be utilized in any way you would normally use capers. Each jar of our elderberry capers is 10 oz.

Elderberry Capers

There are written accounts from people all over the world that have tasted this age old traditional syrup and have communicated with elves, goblins and fairies. We can show you the doorways but it will be up to you to open and walk through them.We remove the tannins from the green walnuts slowly over time to allow our syrup to age to perfection.It's flavor is similar to that of the best maple syrup you have ever tasted with hints of citrus and a spiciness that will leave you coming back for more. Drizzle over fresh figs, freshly churned ice cream,or creamy dessert. A unique personality and sweetness in every bottle.Each bottle of our small batch artisanal green walnut syrup is 357 ml.

Green Walnut Syrup

Asparagus is one of those feral vegetables that escaped cultivation in the 400 years since Europeans brought it to the New World. It is extremely tough once established and we have made planting it extremely easy with these six pack plugs that are fully rooted and affordable so you can enjoy this low maintenance perennial vegetable every spring when they begin to emerge.

6-Pack of Asparagus Live Plant Plugs

Opuntia humifosa is a hardy prickly pear cactus that thrives in sandy soils and their pollen is very desirable to many bee populations.All parts of this cactus are edible with proper preparation. When fertilized, green fruits will form which will eventually turn into tunas. These fruits are commercially grown more than avocados in central america. Each order will include two fully Rooted Opuntia humifosa plants&nbsp;

Fully Rooted Prickly Pear plants

Horseradish is a tough cold hardy perennial that has been used as a condiment for thousands of years. Horseradish will grow for you with minimal maintenance and may be planted anytime of year as long as your soil is not frozen. Each order will include one horseradish crown that may be planted whole or subdivided to create multiple plants for the next growing season. Once you feel you are ready to make the sauce,just dig up one of your roots,wash it very carefully,grate it and enjoy

Horseradish Crowns

Seeds

Each order will include one ounce of wild ramp seeds which is about 1,500 seeds of Allium tricoccum. Ramps once flourished here in the Northeast woodlands and you can help restore ramp populations by planting a substantial amount of these seeds especially in deciduous forests while you forage for wild edibles and harvest ramps from the wild.

Wild Ramp Seeds-1 oz

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Each package includes-Stinging Nettle Rhizomes-urtica dioica. You will receive enough planting material to grow nettles for a very long time.These rhizomes may be replanted anytime soil is not frozen to create your own patch of Stinging Nettle. These rhizomes will create an incredibly large patch on its own without much care since nettles are a true perennial and will come back year after year for you. These Rhizomes are freshly dug as orders are placed.Stinging nettle has many names such as gerrais, isirgan, kazink, nabat al nar, ortiga, grande ortie, ortie, urtiga, chichicastle, brennessel, gross d’ortie, racine d’ortiecan. Once cooked it can substitute for spinach in any cooked recipe (they lose their sting when cooked). You can add them to lasagna, make pasta with them, throw them in soups. My favorite ways to eat nettles are: a simple saute, steamed on top of sauteed veggies or a raw pesto.Stinging nettle&nbsp;has also been used medicinally for hundreds of years to treat painful muscles and joints, eczema, arthritis, gout, and anemia. Today, many people&nbsp;use&nbsp;it to treat urinary problems during the early stages of an enlarged prostate. The entire plant may be used from root to stem which makes it very versatile and requires little to no maintenance.Feel free to ask any questions that you may have.

Stinging Nettle Rhizomes for Propogation

A tart small batch vinegar made with a live culture and wild hand foraged wild cherries from the northeast woodlands. Enjoy over your salads,soups, sauces and marinades. Just imagine a sweet and sour sauce made with this&nbsp;vinegar&nbsp;

Wild Cherry Vinegar-12oz

Spices, Seasonings, Herbs

Our juniper culinary ash is one of those simple yet remarkable ingredients that has the ability to increase the nutritional value of corn while reducing mycotoxins when used in the nixtamalization process. It may also be lightly dusted as a smoky edible finishing garnish to your foods. By adding our culinary ash to your bread flour, you will increase the nutritional value of your breads by adding calcium.  It is also an excellent way for you to increase digestible calcium in your diet and for those with a lactose intolerance or anyone choosing to not consume dairy.

Culinary & Dietary Ash

These are our LSU pawpaw trees that we have been growing for the past two years. We are proud that we are helping the pawpaw trees make a comeback. Pawpaw is the largest edible fruit in all of North America. You will need at least three pawpaw trees to produce these amazing fruits.

Pawpaw Trees

Mushrooms

Cutting into a freshly harvested Berkeley polypore is interesting as its texture is very similar to that of the more commonly known chicken of the woods mushroom but has a very unique smell similar to that of baked bread. This mushroom can be braised for a long time to add a meaty component to your dishes.

Fresh Berkeley Polypore

1 lb.

We harvest fresh elderberries during the summer season and through acetification we present to you our beautifully colored Elderberry Vinegar that is very unique on it's own as it is made with a live culture. Enjoy it with your favorite shrubs or use it in sweet and savory dishes. Each bottle is 12 fl oz.

Elderberry Vinegar

Udo is one of the most prized and sought after sansai vegetables used in Japanese cuisine during the spring season. These are almost always foraged from the wild, but if you don’t happen to have them growing on a nearby mountain near you do not worry as we have done the difficult part of taking our time growing Udo in our forest nursery to now have this unique  mountain vegetable available for you to transplant into your shade garden. Each spring season you will begin to see your precious Udo emerging from the forest floor as a true taste of spring and over time creating its own patch which will grow for many years to come.

Grow your own Udo

File' has a lot of mystery and lore behind it as an ingredient but we must not forget that we owe it to the Choctaw First Nation who first used it for culinary use. Real high quality File' is made by sun drying the young leaves of the sassafras tree and grinding them with a mortar and pestle into a powder. This seasoning is an integral part of Creole cooking and look forward to seeing many people growing these trees.By growing your own sassafras trees you will gain a better appreciation for these amazing trees while learning to work with them in many different ways. Each order will include three young sassafras trees that are ready to be transplanted.

Young sassafras trees for File'

Alliums

This Korean Red Garlic has a story behind it. It was purchased from Irish Eyes about 20 years ago by a small organic farmer in Viroqua, WI. It was given to other local select experienced garlic growers that have grown it since. All of these growers have watched it change through the years and this is the second time growing it here in our climate admiring its colors changing slightly every season.

Korean Red Garlic

Entire bulbs are heated for an extended period of time to give you a mild caramel flavor with a dark color that you are interested in. Each order will include four whole black garlic bulbs that were grown this season. This particular cultivar is Korean Red. Black garlic can be eaten alone, spread on bread,crushed into a mayonnaise or even as a surprise&nbsp;at the tail end of things with a black garlic ice cream.

Black Garlic- Four Whole Bulbs

Rhubarb is a true perennial that can yield you harvests for well up to eight years while giving you the ability to getting to know your plant as you harvest stems and work with it through your pies,crisps and sauces. Having this plant nearby will also keep you in tune with the changing of the seasons as an added bonus.Each order will include one fully mature rhubarb crown from our nursery to your door

Rhubarb Crowns

Freshly harvested wild chicken of the woods. This mushroom is a favorite amongst vegetarians and can awake a unique creativity to your dishes. Deep frying them in a certain Colonel's 11 spice mix will surely make you smile and give you feelings of nostalgia.Food safety is always a priority for us and I personally have my Servsafe Food Safety Manager Certification as to ensure the safe handling of our food products and&nbsp;to put our customers at ease when ordering from us.

Fresh Chicken of the Woods

Hand foraged and small batch processed is what makes this product truely stand out. Our elderberry gastrique is a sweet and sour sauce in simplest terms. Let it add a sweet but subtle tanginess to larger flavor profiles. Add a touch of elderberry to seduce your vinaigrettes or lightly drizzle over fresh labneh or any soft cheese for that matter. So enchanting that one of your breakfast guests may steal your bottle so keep it in sight at all times. Each bottle is 187ml.

Elderberry Gastrique

Many things in this world are bitter and a bit tough in texture in their fresh state, but when properly prepared we get a very special finished product: Expand your horizons as this mushroom is not known for a particular culinary experience, but it will guide you as you prepare the most umami rich mushroom broths. A mushroom powder made from these can be that ace to keep tucked up in your sleeve.

Dehydrated Berkeley Polypore

1/4 lb.

Our native Spicebush(Lindera benzoin) is one of those plants that is always surprising us with it's use as a food and spice.Having your own Spicebush from our forest nursery delivered to you will provide you in the spring with young leaves that may be added directly into sautes and stir-fries. Spicebush also provides two different spices with completely different flavor profiles at different times of the year. The young green berries may be pickled as you would capers and make an excellent addition to a curry paste along with a few fresh leaves. Add  a handful of fresh leaves to your vegetable stocks to bring your soups to flavortown. In the fall when the berries are mature they take on a flavor similar to that of allspice which pairs very well with apples and wild cherries.

Grow your own Spicebush Berries

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to go foraging for your very own King Stropharia mushrooms near your home?With our King stropharia outdoor spawn kit you may grow these choice edible beautiful port wine capped mushrooms using only woodchips and they will fruit naturally for you many years to come.One of the easiest mushrooms to cultivate outdoors and very exciting to see large flushes of these mushrooms. Each spawn kit will inoculate an outdoor area that is 4 x 4 ft.An excellent mushroom for braising and for your housemade Mole' de hongos.

Grow your own Red Wine Cap mushrooms

2 lb.

We grow Shiitake naturally on a variety of hardwood logs in the forest. Our Shiitake are completely exposed to nature where there is no cover on the top or around them while enhancing their flavor and nutritional profile by absorbing natural sunlight through the forest canopy and being exposed to the elements. A special secret ingredient that you may not find outside of traditional mushroom farms in Japan.

Dried Forest Grown Shiitake mushrooms

This combination of oyster, shiitake, and pioppino mushrooms will give an unbelievable taste dimension to any sauce.&nbsp;If you want to enjoy the best wild mushroom soup ever use our forest mix instead of just one variety of mushroom. Rehydrate these mushrooms and&nbsp;saute in a little olive oil, and red wine to make a perfect and quick side dish.

Forest grown dehydrated mushroom mix

Imagine waking up on a cool winter morning after a heavy rain excited to find your wood blewits fruiting near your home. With our Wood Blewit garden bed kit, you can grow your very own Wood Blewit mushrooms in any shaded area of land available to you.&nbsp;They have a distinct warm,orangey wine aroma is something truly special and a real winter treat that you may never find in any supermarket. Wood blewits a la Grecque on a cold winter evening would be our first recommendation.&nbsp;

Grow your own Wood Blewit mushrooms

We have been actively cultivating allium tricocum (Ramps) for over four years and are proud to offer these for anyone looking to begin cultivating these at risk plants as part of their woodland restoration projects.These bulbs will produce fully grown ramps for your every spring. Through active cultivation and education we can restore ramp populations so they may be enjoyed long after we are gone.&nbsp;Each order will include 40 mature ramp bulbs.

Grown your own Ramp patch-Allium tricocum bulbs

The Chicken of the woods is a great meat substitute. Some say it tastes like chicken, others say it tastes like crab or lobster. Whatever you decide it tastes like, it is a wonderful tasting mushrooms. The chicken of the woods are a polypore. Also known as the chicken mushroom, sulfur shelf, laetiporus, chicken fungus. This is NOT the maitake (hen of the woods). Due to some people experiencing allergies, try a small amount first. To rehydrate, leave in water for 15 minutes. Do not use very much oil to cook them in, they absorb whatever you cook them in, so use a small amount.

Dehydrated Chicken of the woods mushrooms

Nuts

We have collected, hulled, and cured wild black walnuts. The trees that produced them is on our farm here in NJ. The nuts need to be cracked with a heavy-duty cracker for hard nuts, or possibly a hammer. A basic nutcracker will not work. The nuts have the wonderful wild black walnut flavor and are much more potent than Persian walnuts that are purchased in stores. We've cracked and eaten many and they have worked well in salads, pesto, and roasted with salt. You can use half as many as regular, Persian walnuts in recipes. We think of them as the gorgonzola of nuts and we hope you can enjoy them as much as we do.

Wild Black Walnuts Hulled, Washed, Floated & Dried

&nbsp;Elderberries are in season and ready for picking usually around the end of summer in our zone. They're not grown commercially so if you want fresh berries be prepared to go foraging or plant elderberry rhizomes so you can have your very own elderberry patch. Some varieties of elderberries can be toxic when eaten raw – the best way to avoid this is to make sure you always cook your elderberries well first. From jams,jellies,pies,and syrup the possibilities are endless and also consider using the flowers as something that will leave your guests in awe as you continue to learn while working with the elderberry plant. We will include three native Elderberry plant rhizomes from our mature elderberry stand (Sambucus canadensis) for you to transplant into your own garden area to create a suitable habitat.We only harvest our plants when orders are placed as to not disturb them too much. Native elderberry has been growing on the edge of the forest for over four years and we are proud to be able to offer these amazing plants for propagation by using&nbsp;mature rhizomes to produce multiple elderberry plants for many years to come to all of our customers. We are here to support you during the growing process and want our customers to have an amazing experience growing, harvesting and cooking these amazing berries and flowers for many years to come.

Grow your own elderberry

With demand for the wild ramps increasing, harvesting may be affecting native populations so I made the decision years ago to begin cultivating ramps by planting seeds and bulbs purchased from our friends at Mountain Gardens.Ramps are usually not sustainably harvested as many dig up these plants with rhizomes attached but new harvesters may be unaware of the practice which kills the plant and it takes five years for ramps to be mature enough to harvest. If harvesting levels keep rising, fewer plants will be left behind and populations may decline.Forest farming of ramps offers us an alternative to wild harvesting and allows these endangered plants to propogate themselves in our protected forest at our farm to be available for future generations to come.

Cultivated Ramps-Allium tricocum

Our fresh forest grown Donko Shiitake mushrooms, also known as 'Flower Mushrooms', are known for their meaty, chewy texture and smoky, umami-rich flavor. Perfect for making a mushroom dashi or simply sautéeing, Donko Shiitakes are as versatile as they are delicious. These Donkos are sustainably cultivated on oak logs that have been inoculated with shiitake fungi to give you the highest quality,most nutrient dense shiitake you have ever tasted. Our farm utilizes raw materials, whole systems composting practices, and modern techniques to produce environmentally responsible and consistently delicious mushrooms.

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