Carla Seidl

Mushrooms are the specialty of Alan Muskat, a wild foods educator and "philosoforager" who gives forage-to-table tours of natural areas outside Asheville, North Carolina. On Muskat's tours, participants gather wild edible plants, then cook what they find.

Carolina Ground is a mill producing locally grown and ground bread flour, pastry flour and rye flour. It is the brainchild of founder and general manager Jennifer Lapidus, who was concerned about food security and drawn by the idea of closing the gap between farmer and baker.