Alan Muskat
Author, Educator
Selected Appearances, 1995-2007
Appalachian School of Holistic Herbalism (on faculty), Asheville NC
Tai Sophia Institute (with James Duke), Columbia MD
California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco CA
American Culinary Association, WNC Chapter
National Therapeutic Wilderness Camps Conference, Unicoi GA
Southeast Energy and Environment Expo, Skyland NC
The Biltmore Estate, Asheville NC
The Marketplace Restaurant, Asheville NC
California School of Herbal Medicine, Forestville CA
Humboldt Field Research Institute (with James Duke), Steuben ME
Greenwich Continuing Education Program, Greenwich CT
Chimney Rock Park, Lake Lure NC
Lake Eden Arts Festival, Black Mountain NC
Cranberry Lake Preserve, North White Plains NY
Christopher Bird Research Center, Blairsville GA
Dreamtime Village, West Lima WI
The Nature Conservancy, Mt. Kisco NY
John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown NC
Native Plants in the Landscape Conference, Millersville PA
Sunnybank Inn & Retreat (with Frank Cook), Hot Springs NC
University of North Carolina, Asheville NC
Southeast Permaculture Gathering, Celo NC
Institute for Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook NY
Blue Ridge Community College, Flat Rock NC
Warren Wilson College, Swanannoa NC
Pickards Mountain Environmental Center, Chapel Hill NC
Valley Springs Middle School, Skyland NC
The Bruce Museum, Greenwich CT
Education and Training
BA, Philosophy of Ecology, Princeton University, 1990
Graduate, Environmental Education, Audubon Expedition Institute
Weekend Intensives withGary Lincoff, Author, Audubon Guide to Mushrooms
Orson Miller, Author, Mushrooms of North America
Bill Roody, Author, Mushrooms of West Virginia and the Central Appalachians
Press
"Fruit of the Earth," K. Priestley, The Mountain Xpress, October 17, 2007
"Fungus Among Us," Kent Priestley, NC Signature, September 2007
"Searching The Forest For Food," Asheville Citizen-Times, January 13, 2007
Timmy O'Neill's Environmental Action Tour, November 16, 2006
"The Mushroom Man," Nancy H. Wurst, Blue Ridge Country, Sept/Oct 2006
The Ellen Braverman Show, URTV, September 26, 2006
"Going Wild," Nancy H. Wurst, Attaché (USAir),Fall 2005
Wildwood Produce, Folkways series, PBS, Summer 2005
The Absolutely Mindy Show, XM Kids, March 5, 2005
"There's Wonder Underfoot," Tovia Stafford, Country Living, November 2004
Radiance Radio, WOXL, November 8, 2003
"Fungus Among Us," Asheville Citizen-Times, September 27, 2003
Radiance Radio, WOXL, November 8th, 2003
"Fun Times for Fungi," Wayne A. Hall, Times Herald-Record, September 7, 2003
"Fun with Fungus," Emily Radecki, Wild Mountain Times, Sept-Oct 2002
"Not Dying in America," Jeff Ashton, Mountain Xpress, September 6, 2000
"Mushroom Man Seeks Fungus Among Us," Paul Clark, Asheville Citizen-Times, August 1999
Works
"How to not pass up a parasol– and how not to," Mushroom, The Journal, Spring 2007
Wild Mushrooms: A Taste of Enchantment, 5th ed, 2007
"The ninja gardener," Mountain Xpress, August 2, 2006
The Haggadah Vita, 4th ed, 2006
"Onto These Hills: Crop Circles Come to WNC," Oracle 20-20, September 2005
"The Value of Whole Foods," Vital Choices, July 18, 2005
Invictus, ghostwritten memoir for Stephen Levine, 2004
"A Fist Full of Fungus" (video), Axé Productions, 2003
"The Edible Wild Mushroom," SusunWeed Bazaar, 2003
"Stalking the Wild Mushroom," New Life Journal, December 19, 2003
"9-11, The Tower, and the Apocalypse," RFD, Winter 2001
Keys To The Mysteries: A Sacred Geometry Workbook, 1999
Selected Edited Works
Susun Weed, The Seven Rivers of Healing, Shambhala Press, 2008
Beth Trigg, "Beyond Green Building," New Life Journal, August, 2007
Sandor Katz, The Revolution will not be Microwaved, Chelsea Green, 2007
Beth Trigg, "Bringing the Thyroid to Life," New Life Journal, October 2006
Corinna Wood, "Poke-ing Around in the Garden," Mountain Xpress, May 4, 2005
Onça O'Leary, "Dancing the Blade," Zaghareet, September 2004
Jessica Godino, The World Spirit Tarot, Llewellyn, May 2001
Billy Jonas, Life so Far, BAB Music, 2000
Jerry Mintz, The Alternative Education Handbook, MacMillan, 1995
Wild Mushroom Sales, 1996-2006
Over 400 pounds a year to over thirty clients, including The Biltmore Estate, The Grove Park Inn, and The Richmond Hill Inn
References on request