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Gary Heferle: Innovation In Home Mushroom Cultivation
Season 1, Ep. 10
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Gary Heferle and his wife Addie run Fresh From The Farm Fungi LLC out of their home and have mastered the art of cultivating dozens of different rare and exotic fungi including Cordyceps Militaris, Lions Mane, Bears Head, Chestnut, Pioppini, Shiitake, and over a dozen more varieties -
Gary breaks down cutting innovations in the mushroom cultivation industry, including his current experiments cultivating wild mushrooms that have thus far largely eluded the grasp of commercial cultivation. We also dive into nascent opportunities for the hemp industry and the mushroom industry to link up and double down on closing the environmental loop together.
Gary was a full-fledged member of the corporatocracy working in a lab environment for a number of years before fully dedicating himself to the mycopreneurial venture that is Fresh From The Farm Fungi, so we’re also going to pick his brain about the how and the why and the when of fully committing oneself to being a mycopreneur.
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