Foraging for mushrooms and reconnecting with our food | Walker Cammack | TEDxConnecticutCollege

[@rebellefleur435]

I am from Ontario and grew up at a cottage every summer doing much of the same things Walker did. I totally agree that those were the very best times of my life and some of the greatest and most memorable meals I have ever had.

[@randomnessts]

When I'm in kindergarten, my father would always told stories about when he was little and live, basically, in the jungle and he would pick wild fruits and ate it on the way to school and I would always think how fun to live like that. When we go to the countryside where my father used to live he would show us the places he used to play in and how much that places are gone due to the urbanization, and thinking about it really makes me sad, how fast we are changing our environment for the worse..

[@gcxred4kat9]

Wow, what a cool childhood you had! Everybody in the family had a specialty and spent all day collecting something for the dinner table!

[@nineoneoh]

pump up the volume

[@ephorntube]

Bravo walker! The more I learn about the plant network underground the more it puts the Internet in its place. I will be enjoying golden chanterelles and King boletes with tonight's dinner.

[@KawaiiFireMoon]

im 17 and im really getting into mushrooms Im trying my best to learn more and be able to identify mushrooms so i can use them to fill my plate

[@chrisnuenthel8937]

LunaDestroyerOfWorlds learn to grow them. It's a lot easier than ud think to grow some species like oysters, shiitake, or beech mushrooms especially outdoors in a humid forested area. Some are very difficult or nearly impossible like chanterelles, truffles or morels but even if it's difficult grow the mycorrhizal mushrooms intentionally it's still relatively easy to get them to attach to a host by simply spreading spores around in a nearby host. And u might get lucky that way too, some individuals have gotten chanterelles to grow this way in just a few short years.

[@basilcomitis7126]

Awesome video, thank you.

[@damien1065]

Great talk, I love finding mushrooms! I'm highly suspicious that he's never played Mario tho -_-

[@franciswiz3781]

Nicely said.

[@gardennorthwest8340]

Good job!

[@holy_wafers]

The toadstools were Mario’s allies and Mario ate mushrooms to become stronger He wasn’t battling any mushroom enemies lol

[@samanthanicdhaibhi5789]

He's talking about the goombas!

[@holy_wafers]

Samantha Laura Oh I thought Goombas were chestnuts

[@balladofathinman0]

Also Japanese culture, not American right?

[@kennyrupert1402]

@4:30 That looks more like Hericium americanum than Hericium erinaceus. Common name bear's head tooth, not lion's mane.

[@jordanm6940]

This is so trivial to the laymen focus of his talk lol

[@stefanschultze]

He looks like a teenager. The mushrooms have an amazing effect on his skin.

[@bethsuttonyoga2848]

I'd love to hear what you have to say, unfortunately the volume isn't good.

[@walikhayyam2860]

very low sound quality

[@Sophia-mn5mb]

I got my stuff's from online store they got Lsd, Mushroom, Xanax, extascy, chocolate bars and psychedelic products which they also deliver...?...?

[@Sophia-mn5mb]

Hit them up Via instagram Or Telegram.............

[@Sophia-mn5mb]

trip_world2????

[@Sophia-mn5mb]

trip_world2????

[@charronfamilyconnect]

***Where does this guy sell his mushrooms. I live 2 hours from Algonquin park and would love to meet him, and eat some of his bounty***

[@the3foragers]

While I can agree that collecting your own food from the wild will foster an appreciation for conservation and desire to preserve the sources of potential food, I am appalled by your need to monetize foraging, especially for fungi. As a forager (I eschew the tag "professional") and wild foods educator, I would much rather teach 100 people how to forage for themselves and their families in a sustainable manner than pillage a forest to supply raw ingredients for 100 privileged patrons of upscale, overpriced and over-hyped restaurants for money. Sad.

[@walkercammack8798]

Hi the3foragers. I appreciate your comment and concerns, although I don't entirely agree with them. I can see how you might get the impression you did from watching my talk. To be honest, my thoughts on the subject have changed quite a bit even in the four months since I spoke at the conference. It was very difficult to fit all that I wanted to say about fungi into an 18 minute talk, so I focused on what I thought would appeal to an audience that in large knew very little about the subject. However, I think your initial labeling of me as a destructive person driven by making money is just plain wrong. I've been meaning to write a blog post on how I run my foraging business, and my take on sustainable foraging. Your comment seemed like a good way to write about the subject--I hope you don't mind me using it. Here's the link: www.walkersgoodsfromthewoods.com/blog/2015/7/28/why-commercial-foraging-doesnt-have-to-be-bad Hopefully you can see that I'm really trying to run a business that both supports the entirety of the community as well as aids in land conservation efforts.

[@kennyrupert1402]

It was 13 mins in before he even mentioned selling mushrooms. I don't see money being the only focus of this talk by any means.

[@ameliab7245]

@@walkercammack8798 I would like to know several things about mushroom gathering/foraging and how to store mushrooms, how long they keep and how best to preserve them, and which one goes with which recipes. For instance, I have seen two puff balls in my life. How do you know when they are ready to be picked and how does one eat them or cook them? Thanks.

[@smigrobustus1605]

Not everyone forages.......THERE IS MOTHING WRONG WITH GETTING PAID FOR HARD WORK!!!!!!!!!!! You're attitude will simply keep people from getting to know foraging.......get off your snobby horse.........I'm disgusted

[@marianoart6840]

@mycoshanno She sells shroom, DMT, LSD, and also ships fast.

[@marianoart6840]

She’s on Instagram..