Employment

Wild Pantry is currently seeking individuals to ethically wildcraft (harvest) specific herbs (plants) and edible wild mushrooms.  All plants and/or mushrooms must be ethically wildcrafted from either public or private lands and must be free of contaminants such as would be found along major highways or other sources.

This would be seasonal sub-contractor work and not as a full time employee of Wild Pantry.

Some of the items needed are:

Plants

bloodroot -

beech nuts - Fagus grandifolia

balm of gilead buds - Populus balsamifera

bergamot (purple bee balm) -  Monarda fistulosa

bergamot (scarlet bee balm) - Monarda didyma)

bergamot (lemon bee balm) - Monarda citriodora

smooth sumac berries (ripe)

autumn olive berries - Elaeagnus umbellata

goldenseal - Pedicularis canadensis

wood betony -

wild American ginseng (not cultivated) - plant must be at least 7 years old (most 4-pronged plants)

pink lady's slipper root

bethroot - Trillium pendulum (WILLD.) Trillium erectum (LINN.)

wild carrot seeds - Daucus carota - this is not the domestic carrot. Wildcrafters MUST know the difference between wild carrot and poison hemlock.

sassafras root

wild white sage -

black haw berries, dried - Viburnum Prunifolim

Carolina Alspice (berries, dried) - Lindera benzoin

Mushrooms:

chanterelles

morel mushrooms

hen of the woods - Mitake, latin - Grifola frondosa