Grow Mushrooms Canada is excited to partner in Think Fungi’s BioBlitz! Join this epic BioBlitz to document all fungi species across North America (23 countries). Between September 15 and October 15, 2022, get out and discover fungi, slime molds and lichens, then upload your photos to partner platforms: NatureSpots, MushroomObserver, iNaturalist, QuestaGame, Observation.org, or CitSci.org. […]
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Mushroom Growing Tips Interview Jessica Wolf Part 2
Interview with Mycologist Jessica Wolf Get inspired to grow mushrooms for food and medicine in this two part interview with mycologist Jessica Wolf, co-founder of Grow Mushrooms Canada. Yarrow Willard visits her mushroom farm in Sayward BC, and the two delve into easy and inexpensive techniques that will have you growing mushrooms in no time. […]
Mushroom Growing Tips Interview Jessica Wolf Part 1
Interview with Mycologist Jessica Wolf Get inspired to grow mushrooms for food and medicine in this two part interview with mycologist Jessica Wolf, co-founder of Grow Mushrooms Canada. Yarrow Willard visits her mushroom farm in Sayward BC, and the two delve into easy and inexpensive techniques that will have you growing mushrooms in no time. […]
Finding Mushrooms Logs After Winter Storm
A blizzard at the mushroom farm on Vancouver Island brought down many fresh trees. Join Jessica and Sparky on a walk down the logging road in search of perfect logs to grow mushrooms on. Buy Plug Spawn Buy Sawdust Spawn Buy Innoculation Tools
Mushrooms, Vitamin D & COVID19
Vitamin D is essential for immune functioning, can increase life expectancy, and even reduce deaths from COVID-19. I heard that mushrooms contain Vitamin D, so I had to know – can eating mushrooms help keep me alive and healthy during this pandemic? The “Sunshine” Vitamin Known as the Sunshine Vitamin, Vitamin D is the only […]
Special Notice – Impact of BC Floods on Stock, Shipping & Gift Giving
Update 2021-12-14Fresh mushroom kits are back in stock at our ON location!! Yay!!! Update 2021-12-05 Several varieties of mushroom kits are on back-order for customers in ON, QC and eastern provinces (customers served by our Ontario location). There are plenty of mushroom kits available to ship immediately from our farm in BC to customers in […]
Game Changers in the History Of Mushroom Growing
Primitive attempts at Mushroom Growing date back to 7th Century Fossil records show that humans have been foraging and eating mushrooms since the stone ages. Mushroom spores were discovered in the teeth of human skeletons as far back as the late paleolithic era 19,000 years ago. As cultivators, however, we are rather new to mushroom […]
