A History in the Pacific NW
Foods In Season is a Family company, founded in 1984 by John Anderson and his wife Wanda. While working at the local plywood mill in the early 80’s, John began picking morels after work and selling them to a few restaurants. He soon discovered that his back yard (the Pacific Northwest) was full of wild, natural foods.
After much criticism, in 1984 John quit his job at the plywood mill to pursue wild mushrooms full time. His hope was just to make enough money to provide for his three young kids and wife.The morel mushroom started it all, and over the years Foods In Season has developed an extensive product line to include the best wild foods the Northwest has to offer.
Nearly 25 years after he started his journey, John is still actively managing his company, and those young kids John took on countless trips into the forest in search of wild mushrooms, chanterelles, morels and other treasures, are now working hard to continue his commitment to delivering the highest quality wild foods in America.
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John Anderson, a true pioneer in wild, foraged Northwest foods. Here John is holding a large porcini mushroom foraged near his home. Look closely and you can see the bear-claw marks on the cap. Picture taken in the early 90’s
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