Alan Muskat

Author, Educator

Selected Appearances, 1995-2010

• Appalachian School of Holistic Herbalism (on faculty), Asheville NC
• Tai Sophia Institute (with James Duke), Columbia MD
• California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco CA
• Old Salem Museum and Gardens, Winston-Salem NC
  
• The Firefly Gathering, Flat Rock NC
• Eden Village Camp, Cold Spring NY
• 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

• International Intensive Training, Center for Nonviolent Communication, 2010
• BA, Philosophy of Ecology, Princeton University, 1990
• Graduate, Environmental Education, Audubon Expedition Institute
• Weekend Intensives with
  • Gary 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

• Molly O'Neill, One Big Table, Simon & Schuster, November 2010
• "Mushroom Man," Will Harlan, Blue Ridge Outdoors, September 2010
• "Searching WNC Forests for Edible Mushrooms," Carol Motsinger, Asheville Citizen-Times, July 26, 2010
• "Finding Friendly Fungi," Jonathan Poston, The Mountain Xpress, July 20, 2010
• The New Blue Ridge Cookbook, Globe Pequot, May 2010
• Adventure Chefs Episode 2: Appalachia, Winter 2010
• The Tarheel Traveler, WRAL (CBS-Raleigh), October 26, 2009
• "New series offers adventures in food," Chris Kridler, Florida Today, October 15, 2009
• "Fungus Among Us," Mackensy Lunsford, Verve, July/August 2009
• Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern, The Travel Channel, May 5, 2009
• "The Mushroom Man," Sherida Buchanan, ExploreAsheville.com, February 2009
• Plants and Their Friends, URTV, January 11, 2008
• Sandor Katz, The Revolution will not be Microwaved, Chelsea Green, 2007
• "Fruit of the Earth," Kent 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 (US Airways magazine), 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

• "What is Healthier: Your Relationship or Cocaine?," August 2010
• "God is my GPS: Nondualism and Nonviolent Communication (Part I)," 12/7/09
• "Intimacy Expert Teaches Green Relationships," 10/6/09
• "Freedom, The Promise of NVC," 5/10/09
• Love & Curiosity: A Nondual Cosmology, 5/17/09
• "A basic guide to healthy eating," 5/12/09
• "Freedom, The Promise of NVC," May 10th, 2009
• Wild Mushrooms: A Taste of Enchantment, 5th ed, 2009
• The Haggadah Vita, 6th ed, 2009
• "Attack of the Giant Lint Ball" (Get Fresh Films), 2007
• "How to not pass up a parasol– and how not to," 11/19/06
• "Going Ninja on Japanese Beetles," Mountain Xpress, 8/2/06
• "Onto These Hills: Crop Circles Come to WNC," Oracle 20-20, 9/05
• "The Value of Whole Foods," Vital Choices, July 18, 2005
• "How to find a decent rental, particularly in Asheville," 6/30/05
• "How to settle your defaulted student loan – and save 30%," 3/15/05
• Invictus, ghostwritten memoir for Stephen Levine, 2004
• "The Edible Wild Mushroom," SusunWeed Bazaar, 2003
• "Stalking the Wild Mushroom," New Life Journal, 12/19/03
• "A Fist Full of Fungus" (video), Axé Productions, 2002
• "9-11, The Tower, and the Apocalypse," RFD, Winter 2001
• Keys To The Mysteries: A Sacred Geometry Workbook, 1999
• "Scabies: how to know if you have it and what to do about it," RFD, 12/99

Selected Edited Works

• Kim Hendrickson, Tastefully Small Savory Bites, Salvia Press, 2010
• Zev Friedman, "It's Good to Grow Mushrooms," New Life Journal, May 2009
• Steve Torma, "Say What You Need to Say," Asheville Citizen-Times, April 18, 2009
• Kim Hendrickson, Tastefully Small Finger Sandwiches and Tastefully Small Dessert Canapés, Salvia Press, 2008
• 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, 1996-2008

• Over 400 pounds a year to over thirty clients, including The Biltmore Estate, The Grove Park Inn, and The Richmond Hill Inn

Teaching Testimonials

See here.

References on request

www.alanmuskat.com