Who we are

Wild Goods is a foraging company based in western north carolina. Specializing in foraged truffles, foods, and medicinals they vend at numerous producer only farmers markets around the area. All of our products are made with wild foraged and organic ingredients and plastic free packaging. Together Luke and Natalie have a combined 30+ years of experience and are excited to share their knowledge and tasty concoctions with you.

A man and woman standing in a forest, carrying baskets with leaves and mushrooms, surrounded by trees and fallen leaves.

Our Team

A man standing on a summit sign at Katahdin, Baxter Peak, with arms outstretched. He is shirtless, wearing black shorts, and carrying a backpack. The sign indicates an elevation of 5267 feet and marks the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail, with the sky obscured by fog.

Luke Gilbert

part man, part mushroom, a real fungi

Luke Gilbert began foraging while working in and managing hydroponic greenhouses in Raleigh, NC in 2012. Foraging from the wild presented an alternative to the plastic bubble of a greenhouse, allowing more time to explore outdoors. Luke brought to life his company Wild Goods over five years ago and is so grateful to do what he loves while sharing natures abundance. In 2021 he thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail in under one hundred days. When he’s not trail running with a basket full of fungi in the forest or constructing tiny houses, you can find him at one of the farmers markets with Natalie helping put wild mushrooms into the good people of Western North Carolina's bellies.  

A woman sitting on moss-covered rocks beside a stream in a forest, holding a large mushroom and wearing a hat, glasses, and sandals.

kitchen witch and tree whisperer

Natalie Dechiara

Natalie Dechiara began foraging over 12 years ago and is passionate about sharing her knowledge with as many people as possible, and has guided thousands of people through our beautiful forests of Western North Carolina on foraging adventures. Currently Natalie is the director of operations at Wild Goods, and you can find her selling mushrooms and wild edibles at four different farmers markets weekly. When Natalie is not perambulating through her home woods foraging mushrooms, she enjoys concocting wild ferments, elixirs, tinctures and treats. Not only at home in the mountains, Natalie is also a rescue diver and loves scuba diving when near large bodies of water. Natalie completed her Permaculture Design  Certification with the Permaculture Woman's Guild in 2022. 

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