{"id":13884,"date":"2020-09-30T14:38:38","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T14:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/?p=13884"},"modified":"2021-06-28T13:56:15","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T13:56:15","slug":"a-word-from-the-warehouse-september-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/news\/gfc_newsletter\/a-word-from-the-warehouse-september-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"A Word from the Warehouse – September 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the September Word from the Warehouse, the monthly newsletter from GrowFood Carolina, where you can find out what is happening in our warehouse, learn more about one of the 100 growers we work with, and hear about how our work supports the mission of the Coastal Conservation League.<\/p>\n

Please feel free to reach out to me with feedback and ideas on how to make\u00a0Word\u00a0from the\u00a0Warehouse and GrowFood Carolina\u00a0better. I\u2019m at\u00a0anthonym@growfoodcarolina.com<\/a>\u00a0or (415) 509-8319.<\/p>\n

Best,<\/p>\n

Anthony<\/p>\n

Anthony Mirisciotta<\/div>\n
General Manager<\/div>\n
GrowFood Carolina<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

\"whats\"\"<\/p>\n

It\u2019s finally cooling off after a long, hot summer and fall crops are starting to trickle in. We received satsumas last week, the first citrus fruit to roll in this year. We\u00a0also have fall greens from the Upstate and Midlands, our first radishes and turnips, and delectable Asian pears. And we\u2019re in the heart of the season for local, deliciously sweet muscadine grapes.<\/p>\n

We always have some varieties of mushrooms available. Right now we have shiitake, oyster, and lion\u2019s mane. Most of them are coming from cultivators, who grow them in cool, damp, and dark barns and sheds. To grow these mushrooms, cultivators \u201cinoculate\u201d logs or other surfaces covered in hay or sawdust with mushroom spores, and then the mushrooms grow on those surfaces.<\/p>\n

We love mushrooms so much at GrowFood that we celebrate every fall with a Mushroom Gathering party. We\u2019re not going to let you down this year even though we are in the midst of a global pandemic. But we\u2019re going to have to do things differently to be safe. Expect more details soon.<\/p>\n

\"FEATURED\"\"<\/p>\n

While many cultivators grow mushrooms, independent foragers gather them from the wild, including Brian Ambrose, a sergeant with the Charleston Police Department. His love of mushrooms, as well as his part-time gig as a forager, began a few years ago when he was working as a security guard at GrowFood\u2019s Mushroom Gathering, a fundraising event where local chefs create and share fabulous, savory mushroom dishes. While he was working, someone came up to him and asked him if he wanted to try the chanterelles, a meaty, funnel-shaped mushroom common in the Lowcountry. He did, and thought they were delicious.<\/p>\n

Not long after that, he was in a deer stand on his family property. When he stepped down, he saw chanterelles all over the ground. \u201cI fell into a cornucopia of chanterelles,\u201d he said. He decided he would get certified by the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control to gather and sell mushrooms, and make mushroom foraging his new side hustle. It just made sense. He loves being outdoors, and his family has property in Jedburg and New Hope, where he can forage.<\/p>\n

The two-day course wasn\u2019t easy. He had to do a lot of reading and other preparation in advance. Then he had to take and pass several tests. In the end, he was able to distinguish toxic mushrooms from ones that are good to eat. He\u2019s now licensed to gather and sell 18 edible and three medicinal species.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s been foraging on his land for the past few years, selling chanterelles and other mushrooms to GrowFood and local chefs. Brian said people seem to be growing more interested in mushrooms. Friends often send him photos of mushrooms growing in their yards asking if he can identify them. And he gets a lot of good-natured teasing about being the cop who sells \u201cshrooms.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"CONSERVATION\"\"<\/p>\n

Before 2014, it was illegal to sell mushrooms foraged in the state of South Carolina. Foragers often reached out to GrowFood attempting to sell what they had gathered, but we had to turn them away.<\/p>\n

Then, the Conservation League worked with Tradd Cotter, a mycologist who studies fungi, and DHEC to develop a statewide certification program. The state\u2019s first Wild Mushroom Safety Certification was held at Charleston\u2019s Caw Caw Interpretive Center in 2014.<\/p>\n

Following South Carolina\u2019s lead, other states embraced the certification program, which allows people to forage and sell what they have gathered for five years. Now, Cotter holds trainings at Mushroom Mountain in Easley. People who earn the certification can legally forage and sell mushrooms in South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, and Rhode Island.<\/p>\n

Nearly 1,000 people have been certified as foragers since 2014. And that\u2019s good news for GrowFood, our local restaurants and the environment. Responsibly foraged mushrooms are a sustainable product as more grow back than are picked. And of course, they are delicious.<\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t already know that, you will certainly be convinced after our Mushroom Gathering celebration. Stay tuned for more on that soon!<\/p>\n

\"Support<\/a><\/p>\n

“Farming is a profession of hope”<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

-Brian Brett<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the September Word from the Warehouse, the monthly newsletter from GrowFood Carolina, where you can find out what is happening in our warehouse, learn more about one of the 100 growers we work with, and hear about how our work supports the mission of the Coastal Conservation League. Please feel free to reach […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":5847,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81,3],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nA Word from the Warehouse - September 2020 - Coastal Conservation League<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/news\/gfc_newsletter\/a-word-from-the-warehouse-september-2020\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Word from the Warehouse - September 2020 - Coastal Conservation League\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Welcome to the September Word from the Warehouse, the monthly newsletter from GrowFood Carolina, where you can find out what is happening in our warehouse, learn more about one of the 100 growers we work with, and hear about how our work supports the mission of the Coastal Conservation League. Please feel free to reach […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/news\/gfc_newsletter\/a-word-from-the-warehouse-september-2020\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Coastal Conservation League\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CoastalConservationLeague\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-09-30T14:38:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-06-28T13:56:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/growfood-article-preview-image.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"854\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"486\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Andy Hollis\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@scccl\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@scccl\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Andy Hollis\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/news\/gfc_newsletter\/a-word-from-the-warehouse-september-2020\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/news\/gfc_newsletter\/a-word-from-the-warehouse-september-2020\/\",\"name\":\"A Word from the Warehouse - September 2020 - Coastal Conservation League\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-30T14:38:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-06-28T13:56:15+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/#\/schema\/person\/149fbe3490c81522ef38c1faf4e22481\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/news\/gfc_newsletter\/a-word-from-the-warehouse-september-2020\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/news\/gfc_newsletter\/a-word-from-the-warehouse-september-2020\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/news\/gfc_newsletter\/a-word-from-the-warehouse-september-2020\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A Word from the Warehouse – September 2020\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/\",\"name\":\"Coastal Conservation League\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/#\/schema\/person\/149fbe3490c81522ef38c1faf4e22481\",\"name\":\"Andy Hollis\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/40d5f93da652f1ba23398efb8c1986c7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/40d5f93da652f1ba23398efb8c1986c7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Andy Hollis\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/author\/andyh\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A Word from the Warehouse - September 2020 - Coastal Conservation League","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/news\/gfc_newsletter\/a-word-from-the-warehouse-september-2020\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"A Word from the Warehouse - September 2020 - Coastal Conservation League","og_description":"Welcome to the September Word from the Warehouse, the monthly newsletter from GrowFood Carolina, where you can find out what is happening in our warehouse, learn more about one of the 100 growers we work with, and hear about how our work supports the mission of the Coastal Conservation League. Please feel free to reach […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/news\/gfc_newsletter\/a-word-from-the-warehouse-september-2020\/","og_site_name":"Coastal Conservation League","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CoastalConservationLeague","article_published_time":"2020-09-30T14:38:38+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-06-28T13:56:15+00:00","og_image":[{"width":854,"height":486,"url":"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/growfood-article-preview-image.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Andy Hollis","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@scccl","twitter_site":"@scccl","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Andy Hollis","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/news\/gfc_newsletter\/a-word-from-the-warehouse-september-2020\/","url":"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/news\/gfc_newsletter\/a-word-from-the-warehouse-september-2020\/","name":"A Word from the Warehouse - September 2020 - Coastal Conservation League","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-09-30T14:38:38+00:00","dateModified":"2021-06-28T13:56:15+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/#\/schema\/person\/149fbe3490c81522ef38c1faf4e22481"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/news\/gfc_newsletter\/a-word-from-the-warehouse-september-2020\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/news\/gfc_newsletter\/a-word-from-the-warehouse-september-2020\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/news\/gfc_newsletter\/a-word-from-the-warehouse-september-2020\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A Word from the Warehouse – September 2020"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/","name":"Coastal Conservation League","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/#\/schema\/person\/149fbe3490c81522ef38c1faf4e22481","name":"Andy Hollis","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/40d5f93da652f1ba23398efb8c1986c7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/40d5f93da652f1ba23398efb8c1986c7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Andy Hollis"},"url":"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/author\/andyh\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13884"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13884"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14769,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13884\/revisions\/14769"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastalconservationleague.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}