Episode 35: Steve Farrar - Mushroom Mycelium Vs. Fruiting Body Debate Finally Settled

Healing Intentions

In this episode I interview Steve Farrar. Steve has been involved in specialty agriculture and organic food production systems for his entire professional life. He has been active in various aspects of mycology and mushroom production for over 35 years. His initial focus was on the production of specialty, gourmet mushrooms for sale to restaurants and fresh produce markets. He has been involved in the planning, startup and operation of several mushroom farms and has served as a consultant and mushroom equipment broker to mushroom farms all over the world. He has commercially produced many mushroom species as fresh produce items including Oyster, Enoki, Maitake, Shiitake, King Trumpet and Shimeji mushrooms. Starting in 2007, his focus turned to the production and processing of selected species of medicinal, nutraceutical mushrooms for use as functional food and dietary supplement ingredients. M2 Ingredients, Inc. (M2i), the company he cofounded with Dr. Sandra Carter in 2010, is currently growing and processing 11 species of functional/medicinal mushrooms in an indoor farm located in Carlsbad, CA utilizing a proprietary Solid State Fermentation process that consistently produces high-quality mushroom powders. Development of this process and selection of the species and substrate for production involved multiple trips to Japan, Taiwan and Europe as well as consultation and cooperation with many mycological colleagues. M2i provides the mushroom powders used in our retail brand lines: OM Mushroom Superfoods (human), Equine Matrix (horses), and Canine Matrix (pets). M2i also provides organic mushroom powders as bulk wholesale ingredients to other formulators of dietary supplement and health food products.
Check out more about Steve's companies below:
https://www.m2ingredients.com/
https://ommushrooms.com/
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