Sidney and I had the pleasure to attend the Mushroom Summit in Monterey CA. It was great to see familiar faces from last year as well as many new attendees. 

One of my favorite aspects of this year’s show was the environment of collaborative efforts across the industry.  I hope the industry continues to accept that there is room in the industry for a wide variety of fungi derived ingredients, and focus on providing consumers with safe, efficacious, and properly labeled products. 

Another amazing part of this year’s show was a tour of Monterey Mushrooms’ farm in Royal Oaks, CA.  A special thanks to Amir Karian and the Monterey Mushroom staff for allowing us to see what its really like to grow culinary and functional mushrooms. 

I’m excited to see what the next year brings to the mushroom industry. Since last year’s summit, there have been major advancements in secondary metabolite testing at Alkemist Labs. And yes, I am talking about Lion’s Mane constituents!  If you are ready to be the first one to claim hericenones and erinacines, Alkemist is ready to back you up with data.