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This week we chat with Alex Dorr the CEO at Mushroom Revival and Co host of Mushroom Revival Podcast. He and his business partner has started a functional mushroom supplement brand that is the first USDA certified organic mushroom capsules and gummies.  His mission is to bridge the gap between fungi and humans. Join us while we discuss some fun topics which include:

• What is functional mushrooms?
• How you got into the Mushroom Revival Podcast
• What influenced Mushroom Revival?
• What products do you offer?
• Mushroom Gummies?!
• How are your mushroom powders different from others?
• Journey of the company growth
• What does the future look like for you?
• What are you most exciting for in the future?
• Philosophy lesson on being present
• What does a typical day look like for Alex?
• What research would you want to look into?

Resources Mentioned:
Get his Ebook: Mushroom Remediation Handbook- Email "[email protected]"
Entangled Life
Fantastic Fungi

Where to find Alex Dorr:
Mushroom Revival

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This week we chat with Zack Abbott the CEO of Zbiotics. He has previously worked in a labs dealing with HIV and bacteria. Zack has his PhD in microbiology and immunology.  He got interested in the positive affects of probiotics and how they can make genetically modified organisms to help us in our everyday lives.  Get your own Zbiotics product by using the code "Flora10" for 10% off at checkout.
Some topics to discuss include:

• How Zbiotics got started
• Why Zbiotics?
• How does Zbiotics work?
• What is acetaldehyde?
• How did this niche idea come to mind
• How does he feel about GMOs
• The good side of GMOs
• Difference between bioengineered vs genetically engineered
• What does a healthy microbiome look like?
•  How does caffeine affect your drinking?
• What is the patent making process like?
• What are some challanges you face with Zbiotics?
• What are you most excited for?
• What is the future of Zbiotics?
• What research interests you if you had unlimited funds?
• Step by step process on using Zbiotics
• If you were to talk with someone dead or alive who would it be?

And much more!

Resources Mentioned
Mindpump Podcast

Where to find more of Zack
Zbiotics
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This week we chat with Allen Williams a 6th generation family farmer. He is a founding partner of Understanding Ag and Soil Health Academy. He consults with farmers and ranchers around the world about the future of farming using regenerative agriculture. Join us while we chat about some mind blowing topics on how our health is in danger.
Some topics include:

• What is regenerative agriculture?
• Why is it important?
• Why is soil health important?
• How can soil affect human health?
• What is adaptive grazing?
• What is understanding ag?
• What is the Soil Health Academy?
• Some regenerative ag examples?
• How can us as humans help?
• What is the phytonutrient research?
• What is the biggest barrier you face?
• How can consumers know which foods are Regenerative Ag?
• The types of unhealthy plant-based foods
• How do we transition our farmers?

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Where to find Allen Williams:
Understanding Ag
Soil Health Academy

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This week I chat with Brooke Sackenheim, an herbalist, program director and co-creator of Sovereignty Herbs. She thrives at teaching new perspectives on how to use herbs. Brooke works with flower essences and loves the ability to connect people with plants on a heart and soul level. Topics covered in this chat include:

• How did Sovereignty Herbs start?
• How do you view flora?
• What is your philosophy? 
• What is Planta Dyadica? What does it all include?
• How to treat plants
• What other ways are there to appreciate flora?
• How do we belong? How can plants help with that?
• What is the Moon and Star Collection?
• What is the zine in Planta Dyadica?
• How to find access in the herbal community?
• What does the future look like for Sovereignty Herbs?
• Popularizing plants and conservation
• How can you start this shift in plant mindset?
• What does a typical day look like for Brooke?
• If you could talk to someone dead or alive who would it be?
• What is your favorite botanical?
• All herbal experiences are valid
• If you had unlimited funds, what would you do?
• Take walks with different types of peoples

Where to find more of Brooke:
Sovereignty Herbs
Instagram
Facebook

Resources Mentioned:
Sovereignty Herbs

Ohio Free Herbal Clinic

Moon + Star Collection

Frost Flowers or Fairy Skirts: Tales of American Dittany

The Nature Institute

Thinking Like a Plant

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This week we chat with Kevin Feeney, the author of Fly Agaric: A Compendium of History, Pharmacology, Mythology, & Exploration. Kevin is a cultural anthropologist and lawyer. His primary research  includes examining legal and regulatory issues dealing with the religious and cultural use of psychoactive substance. He has been exploring modern and traditional uses of Amanita muscaria, with a specific focus on medicinal use and preparation practices.
In this chat we cover:

• What is Fly Agaric?
• Where can you find these?
• Why is this mushroom a poster child for all mushrooms?
• What is the history of the Fly Agaric?
• What is Soma?
• How is Fly Agaric different from psilocybin? 
• What is the pharmacology of the Fly Agaric?
• How is this taken/made?
• What other animals consume these mushrooms?
• What is the Mythology of the Fly Agaric?
• How Christmas and Santa relate
• Coca-Cola and Santa?
• Who were the Saami people?
• What is the future look like for Fly Agaric?
• What benefits does this mushroom have?

Resources Mentioned:

Fly Agaric: A Compendium of History, Pharmacology, Mythology, & Exploration

Soma
Coca-Cola and Santa
When Santa was a Shaman
Saami People

Where to find more of Kevin:
Website

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Flora Funga Podcast Feedback Survey This week we chat with Mike Kempenich, my previous boss from Gentleman Forager, he is the company owner and president. Mike is an exotic mushroom cultivator, forager, instructor and wild foods distributor from Minneapolis Minnesota, USA. His professional goals with Gentleman Forager is to deliver top-quality specialty products, customer service, sustainable/organic production techniques as well as supporting his allies which include foragers, farmers, and cultivators. In this episode we talk about:

• What is Gentleman Forager?
• Who is the audience?
• How do you outreach?
• What got you into teaching?
• How to incorporate more mushrooms into your diet (Lions Mane Brain Butter)
• How to cook mushrooms?
• What's a typical week for you during mushroom season?
• Legal mushrooms in Minnesota?

Where to find more of Mike:
Gentleman Forager
Gentleman Forager Events
Chick of the Woods

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This week we interview Stefan Burger,  an Environmental Consultant and Naturalist Guide Based in Chile.  Stefan (@cactusexplorer) does tours, presentations, consulting, conservation, photography, videography.

In this chat we talk about:

• Cacti ecology 
• Why are cacti important
• Pollinators and cacti
• Mycorrhizae with desert biomes
• Water and fungi
• Soil types and cacti
• Fungal associates
• Grit crust
• Biodiversity 
• Cactus anatomy
• Why is conservation important with cacti?
• What is cactus poaching 
• Peyote
• Seed banks
• Avocado Wars

Questions from Fans:
"What cacti would you like to pet if it wasn't so angry?"
"How do you feel about people growing cacti at home?"
"Do you have cacti in your home?"

Where to find Stefan:
Cactus explorer
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This week we chat with Mickey Trescott from Autoimmune Wellness. Mickey is a Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and coach. She has also written numerous cookbooks: The Autoimmune Paleo Cookbook, The Autoimmune Wellness Handbook and The Nutrient-Dense Kitchen.  Mickey also co-host The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast and co-teach The AIP Certified Coach Practitioner Training Program with Angie. 

Some things we chatted about were:

• What is AIP?
• How does one get their health on track using this method?
•  What are some symptoms to food reactions?
• What are the steps to starting AIP?
• Ways to meal prep and cook to start AIP
• What are the things to eliminate and what order?
• What are some recipes?
• How to travel on AIP?
• How do I order at a restaurant? 
• What types of AIP drinks can I have?
• Where can I find a support group with AIP?

Where to find more of Mickey:
Mickeys AIP website
Autoimmune Wellness Podcast
Instagram
Facebook
Pinterest
YouTube
Twitter
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Resources mentioned:

AIP Research
Autoimmune Wellness

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In this weeks chat we talk with Tim Clemens (@MNForager) the President of the Minnesota Mycological Society. He's also been a forager for many years and has his own company called Ironwood foraging.  In this discussion we cover these topics:

•  What is MMS (Minnesota Mycological Society)
• How can someone get into a mushroom group
• How can you improve your outreach for a foray?
• What are some tips and tricks while starting your own mushroom/plant walk
• What age group is this for?
• How to make this event accessible for everyone?
• What Matsutake smell like?
• What is Tim's favorite fungi fact?
• What can you do with Japanese beetles? (hint they are tasty!)
• What are some new foraged items Tim has found
• What does a typical day look like for Tim?
• How to sell mushrooms to restaurants
• Some advice to the listeners

“Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.” Henry David Thoreau

Where to find more of Tim:
Ironwood Foraging
Minnesota Mycological Society
Instagram
Resources mentioned:
Ironwood Foraging
Paul Bunyan Mushroom Club
Minnesota Mycological Society
Lake Superior Mycological Society
Forest to Fork
Gentleman Forager
Foragers Harvest by Samuel Thayer
Four Season Foraging

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This week we are joined with Meg Madden an artist, photographer, naturalist, hiker and mushroom lover from Vermont, USA. I found her page on Instagram @megmaddendesign and fell in love with the photos of mushrooms, lichen, and other nature captures. In the chat we cover these topics:

• How are the mushrooms in Vermont?
• How to photograph mushrooms?
• Some projects you are a part of and the future
• She was asked to write  a BOOK!
• How photography is both science and art
• Future with Meg Madden
• What does a typical day look like
• How do you balance family and multiple jobs
• MUSHROOM FESTIVAL?
• What advice do you have for your younger  self?
• How can anything be art? 
• Some creative ways to use fungi

References Mentioned:
MALT
ADIDAS mushroom leather
Article on creating texture with photography by Meg Madden
Where to find Meg Madden:
Instagram
Facebook
Etsy
Website

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    -Take the Lead by Kevin MacLeod
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