All About Mushrooms
Notas del episodio
3:05 - Sam Blackstone’s origin story
4:11 - Sam mentions an interview he did with Peter McCoy for Salon Magazine
11:29 - Learn more about the Fungi Academy in Guatemala here
19:17 - Sam talks about building is first set-up, including a cheap, DIY lab station
22:51 - Sam talks about sourcing mushrooms from the wild and propagating them
23:25 - Sam explains how he sells all of his mushrooms as a value-added product
24:57 - Sam talks about the importance of certification, especially because he’s making a concentration product
28:52 - Sam talks about the misconceptions of mushrooms
31:13 - Sam recommends resources to learn how to grow mushrooms
- Fungi Academy
- North Spore
- Fresh Cap
- Organic Mushroom Farming and Mycoreremediation by Tradd Cotter
- Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms by Paul Stamets
- YouTube - use those other resources to learn the specific terms to search, then sift through the treasure trove of knowledge
35:23 - Sam explains his extraction process - read more about it here
35:45 - Learn more about Feral Fungi’s process here
36:43 - Learn more about ultrasonic extraction here
41:01 - Sam walks through “a week in the life” at Mindfull Mycology
45:47 - Sam discuss what happens to the byproducts of his production
47:56 - Sam talks about his branding
50:54 - Sam discusses what growing mushrooms has taught him about life
1:00:34 - Sam talks about the future of Mindfull Mycology
1:03:23 - How to follow along with Mindfull Mycology
We also want to send another huge thank you to the folks at Mushroom Mountain for making today’s episode possible. Learn more at MushroomMountain.com.