Staff

Joshua J Trought (Executive Director) is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Colorado in Boulder. While at the University he participated in School Year Abroad in Spain studying Spanish & European Economics. The program provided not only an opportunity to perfect basic Spanish but also an opportunity to travel Europe and North Africa. In addition, he worked at Campus Recycling Center in Boulder, which provided an in-depth experience that illuminated the realities of large scale recycling. Josh worked at a Health Clinic for Marginalized Peoples in Boulder, where he served as a nurse’s aid to translate and record vital signs for predominantly Spanish speaking patients. He was an Intern for the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration in Boulder acting as a research assistant in a project that measured high atmospheric levels of Methyl Bromide and other greenhouse related gases. During the summer of 1992, he served as an intern at the National Park Tapanti in Costa Rica analyzing species diversity and assisting in day to day duties of park rangers.

After receiving his B.S. in environmental studies, Josh spent several years interning and volunteering in various environmental and agriculture projects. These included participating in the Solar Energy International summer intern training programs in Colorado, building a straw bale house in the Pacific Northwest, building a timber home with locally forested materials in Wyoming, post-hurricane reconstruction of homes on St John, USVI, and farming on several organic farms and experiencing sustainable communities in the US and South America. As a self-directed learner, Josh has acquired knowledge and skill in environmentally sensitive construction and agriculture.

Involved in many community service activities, Josh received the Dorchester Citizen of the Year award in 2003. Josh currently serves on the Dorchester Conservation Commission and as the Dorchester representative to the Pemi Valley Solid Waste Council. In 2006, Josh was recognized as a leader in his community by the Union Leader in their "40 under 40" award program.

Josh’s avocation is woodworking and he is a member of several NH Artists’ Groups including Artistic Roots, an Artists Cooperative in Campton, NH, and is the president of the Cardigan Mountain Art Association located in the Mascoma Valley. He is a juried member of the League of NH Crafters in woodworking.

Over the last ten years, he has developed and implemented the vision of D Acres of New Hampshire, committed to educating others in environmental stewardship of land and forests within a framework of community shared decision-making. Josh’s commitment to social justice and sustainable living has led to his ongoing efforts to share his knowledge and skill in underserved areas such as South America. He spent the winters of 2001 and 2002 volunteering with an NGO, "La Caravana Arcoiris Por La Paz," promoting the importance of peace and connection to the earth. In the summer of 2008, Josh worked as an intern for the Bread & Puppet Theater in Glover, VT.

Regina Rinaldo (Kitchen Manager & Fiber Arts Coordinator) Regina arrived at D Acres on a rainy day the second weekend of September 2008. It was the day before the 2008 Health and Wellness Conference—a celebration of living healthfully and with sustainability in mind. She jumped right into work, cooking the final meal for 70 or so conference participants. It was the best way to get to know the other residents and the layout of the kitchen.

Regina has always had a love for food, but it wasn’t until her junior year at Houghton College in western New York that she understood the joys of preparing food and sharing it with others. That year was spent living in Walldorf House, an all women humanities house. Living in this community with thirteen other women, cooking, studying, laughing, and making decisions together allowed Regina to develop a new sense of how to live in the world. This year impacted her life, subsequently effecting future life choices (living arrangements, job/work choices, eating lifestyle, consumer choices).

Regina graduated in 2003 with a B.A. after majoring in both Writing and English; she has a minor in Biblical Studies. These studies have given her the tools to think critically and express her self in various ways, specifically through writing. Regina keeps a daily journal of her life’s adventures, a practice she has developed since she was a teenager. She regards writing as a discipline, and uses it as a means of processing her thoughts and recording significant happenings. She has hopes of publishing other creative writing, but is currently happy to focus her writing energy on maintaining this daily diary.

After college, Regina embarked on a great trek across the country to explore the Northwestern United States for the first time. Her travels took her as far as Fairbanks, Alaska where she spent two months exploring the wild frontier. She almost stayed, but decided to return to the Northeast, closer to her family. Her brother Chris encouraged her to take a position as an Instructor for the School Program at Sargent Center for Outdoor Education in Hancock, NH where he had been working for those past three years. This position began her residency in New Hampshire. She spent a full academic year living and working at the camp: teaching various ecology lessons, wilderness skills, team-building, and just general fun to groups of young kids between grades 4-8.

It was wonderful living so closely to her brother, and learning outdoor living skills and community building techniques, but Regina was being pulled to another outdoor skill—organic farming. This building interest brought her to The Daloz Mill and Farm, a small CSA and market farm in Hancock, NH. She spent a summer as a farm intern, developing her weeding, harvesting, seed planting, and culinary skills. Regina perfected her Radish Salsa recipe and concluded that growing food organically and sustainably is vital to maintaining a local community.

As the season came to an end, Regina wanted more—more farming, more food, more homesteading skills, and more education. She was interested in combining education with farming, and was fortunate enough to find an immediate position at a small Quaker-based boarding school, The Meeting School (www.themeetingschool.org). This position allowed her to remain in the Monadnock Region, as well as develop teaching skills. During her three years at the school, she held many responsibilities: houseparent, kitchen coordinator, writing/fiber arts/literature teacher, milker, plus many other community tasks and duties. The school cared for their own flock of sheep, which they bred for the meat and the fleece. Regina learned to clean, card, and spin this fleece into yarn, which she then used in crochet projects. This experience began an involved interest in Fiber Arts, specifically weaving.

After leaving The Meeting School in June 2007, developing this Craft and Art skill became important to Regina’s next steps in life. She attended a weaving concentration course at Penland School of Crafts for two months in the Fall of 2007. This class solidified Regina’s love for weaving and gave her the confidence to continue this craft as a lifelong Art. Regina endured a mentally involved Winter and Spring of quiet and reflection, some farming and weaving, after which she joined The Bread and Puppet Theater (www.breadandpuppet.org) in June 2008 where she was an apprentice and volunteer. She continues to volunteer with the theater and hopes to return to help with as many performances as she can. This is where she met Josh Trought, who made a welcoming invitation to join the D Acres community.

Her journey to D Acres has been winding, but her cumulative experiences in farming, cooking, art, and community have prepared her mind, body, and spirit for the work she is now enjoying.

Beth Weick Beth first came to D Acres as an intern in April 2008. After two seasonal stints at the farm she has returned as a resident, where her focuses include gardening, animal care, and writing.

Growing up in Kintersville, PA, the daughter of a farrier and a gardener, growing food and working hard was par for the course. After leaving home to attend Colgate University, Beth had the opportunity to live and study in Spain, Dominican Republic, Peru, and Mexico. From these experiences her understanding of global issues and inequities was significantly broadened, but also her desire to address real issues in her own community.

Beth spent her summers between college semesters working in the AMC White Mountain Huts, where the fragile ecosystems and dramatic weather further developed her love for the northcountry climate and landscape. After graduating salutatorian from Colgate University in 2007 with a BA in Latin American Studies and a minor in Social Geography, Beth returned to New Hampshire, and spent the next two years splitting her seasons between backcountry work and farming.

Beth has now returned to D Acres, after hiking the Appalachian Trail with her mother during the spring and summer of 2009. She is invigorated and enthused to be a part of the process towards local food, vibrant community, and thriving small-scale agriculture.

Brian Eisenhauer (Chairman) Mr. Eisenhauer serves as an assistant professor of sociology in the social science department of Plymouth State University, and as the associate director of the University’s Center for the Environment. His primary academic specialty is natural resource/environmental sociology. Mr. Eisenhauer brings a strong background in social research methods and an active and varied research agenda.

Kevin Wall (Vice-Chairman) Professionally, Kevin spent 10 years working seasonally for the National Park Service (NPS) and the past 4 years with the National Forest Service (NFS). For the NPS, Kevin worked primarily as an interpretive park ranger leading various education programs in places such as Boston African American National Historic Site, Shenandoah National Park (NP), Great Smokey Mountain NP and Grand Teton NP. His current position with the NFS is as a Wilderness Ranger here in the White Mountain NF. Lateral duties for the NPS and the NFS include wildland firefighting, disaster relief assistance, search and rescue, trail maintenance and visitor information services. Academically, Kevin received his BA in History and Geography from the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He is currently finishing a Master’s of Education from Plymouth State University. Kevin’s involvement with D Acres began in 1997 as a work-exchange volunteer for the summer. He continues to support the organization through various means including forestry, gardening and serving on the Board of Directors. In April 2007, he became a permanent resident of D Acres. He anticipates playing a significant role in the bright future of our organization.

Dr. Elizabeth Trought, PhD (Treasurer) Dr Trought has recently moved to become a full time resident of Dorchester, NH after living over 30 years in North Carolina. Professionally she has served as a staff nurse, Head Nurse, Supervisor, Director of Education, Vice- President for Patient Services and faculty for BS, MS and PhD students. She has been active in many nursing organizations. Dr Trought is currently retired from nursing. An active community volunteer, Dr Trought has served a variety of nonprofit organizations including the United Way, The Pitt County Health Education Foundation, the Sierra Club, Operation Sunshine, and the Pamlico-Tar River Foundation. An active long-term member of the League of Women Voters, she has served as President and Voter Service Chair of the Pitt County League and is currently a member of the Upper Valley League. Dr Trought is a Founder of D Acres of New Hampshire.

Michelle Dunn Ms. Dunn is a dynamic force onsite at D Acres by sharing her expertise in marketing and administration. She is an author and experienced in business. She is founder and president of Never Dunn Publishing and her 10 year old Credit & Collections Association has over a thousand members. Michelle founded and operated M.A.D. Collection agency for 8 years.

Michelle has been named one of the Top 5 Women in Collections and has been featured in Forbes.com, The Wall Street Journal, Smart Money Magazine, Ladies Home Journal, PC World, Home Business Magazine, Home Business Journal, Entrepreneur magazine, Professional Collector, Credit & Collections Risk, the NH Business Review, Smart Money magazine, About.com, Master Cards small business website and in many books including Home Based Business for Dummies. She has been a featured guest on (NPR) National Public Radio and many other radio programs as well as published in many newspapers and magazines nationwide. She has been a repeat guest on television shows such as the CBS Early Show, The Book Authority and Process for Profit. Michelle has many published articles and 7 published books. Entrepreneur Press has released “The Ultimate Credit & Collections Handbook, the check IS in the mail” penned by Dunn in 2006.

In addition to writing and marketing her books, Michelle was a member of The American Collectors Association for 9 years and shares valuable credit & debt information with business owners on her blog at www.BizCreditPolicy.com. Michelle is originally from RI and now lives across the valley in N Groton, NH. Visit www.michelledunn.com and www.credit-and-collections.com for more information.

Brett Durham Brett Durham graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1996. He worked as an Civil/ Environmental Engineer for 7 years working on and designing ground water Remediation Systems, Natural Gas Pipelines and Road and Sewer Projects. From there he went on to teach 7th & 8th Grade Math at an inner city school in the Boston Area. He moved to Plymouth, NH in 2003 having spent enough time in the city and began building Log/Timber Frame homes. Currently he is working for the Squam Lakes Association as the Director of Recreation, responsible for maintaining the hiking trails, camp grounds, and facilities, as well as battling the invasive aquatic plant Variable Milfoil. He has been attending events and functions at D-Acres since the winter of 2003 and is excited to take on a more active role with the organization.

Mike Long Mr. Long has been a banker in this area for 25 years; he has lived in the area all his life. He has served as the Executive Vice President of Community Guaranty Savings Bank since it began in 1988. Mike, Ron Sibley (president of CGSB) and 9 other employees of a large bank left when it was taken over by a larger banking institution and formed CGSB, a locally owned bank. He is currently chair of the Community Development Finance Authority of Concord and has been actively involved with many local organizations.

Taylor (Chip) Mauck After receiving an education in Natural Resource Management and Forestry from Duke University and the University of New Hampshire, Mr. Mauck has worked in the renewable energy field for the past 25 years.

Jim Merkel Mr. Merkel is the author of Radical Simplicity. Originally a military engineer and arms trader, Jim changed his life at the time of the Exxon Valdez disaster, quitting his job and devoting himself to environmental service and world peace. He downsized his life and lived on $5,000 a year for 16 years. Jim founded the Global Living Project (GLP) and initiated the GLP Summer Institute where teams of researchers attempted to live on an equitable portion of the biosphere.

Formerly the Sustainability Coordinator at Dartmouth College, Jim's role was to integrate environmentally and socially sustainable practices into the College's operations, culture and strategic plan. His responsibilities included working with administrators, faculty, community members and students to provide the knowledge, skills, and motivation to make Dartmouth a model of sustainability through the management of its resources and operations; facilities planning and design; research activities; the curriculum; and the extra-curricular life of the College. Merkel assisted to develop a strategy to embed principles of sustainable prosperity in all of Dartmouth's roles-as a place of learning and research, a business enterprise, and a member of the local and global community.

Merkel earned a B.S. in electrical engineering from Stony Brook University in 1984 and has 12 years of experience in industry. His projects at TRW, ITT and Photocircuits included energy demand management systems, design of industrial equipment, military cryptographic communication systems, and foreign military sales.

In his work to develop and promote sustainable practices, Merkel founded the Alternative Transportation Task Force in San Luis Obispo, Calif., that helped create an interconnected bike lane system throughout the city and county. He was elected to the board of the Environmental Center of San Luis Obispo County and to three terms on the Sierra Club's Executive Committee. As a lobbyist in Washington D.C., he has worked to promote wilderness legislation, peace and Native American rights. In 1994 Merkel received an Earthwatch Gaia Fellowship to research efficient resource use in Kerala, India, and visited communities in the Himalayas. The following year he founded the Global Living Project (GLP) in British Columbia and initiated the GLP Summer Institute for the measurement and reduction of biospheric impact. In 1996 he developed a permaculture demonstration site where teams of researchers monitored biospheric consumption for a six-week period. He taught courses on wild edible and medicinal herbs, alternative construction, renewable energy, timber framing, ethical money management, ecological footprinting, bioregionalism, the Science and Practice of Sustainability and gardening for self-reliance. He is the author of The Global Living Handbook (2000) and Radical Simplicity (2003).

Jim initiated the "Cycling for a Sustainable Future" speaking tour that has logged over 17,000 miles delivering lectures and workshops at over 30 colleges and universities. And in the month prior to joining Dartmouth, Merkel launched Simplicidad Radical, the Spanish edition of Radical Simplicity, and toured Spain by bicycle meeting with NGO’s, universities, and permaculture experiments.

He is a member the Simplicity Forum Steering Committee and the Global Footprint Network, and has led hundreds of workshops on "Your Money or Your Life" and sustainable lifestyles. Jim is an avid homesteader, bike commuter and thrift store patron.

Lauren Buyofsky, M.S. originally from New Jersey, joined D Acres in 2007 after spending the prior three years on the New Hampshire seacoast. Having been fascinated with the natural world since an early age, Lauren now holds a B.S. degree in Environmental Studies from The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey and a M.S. degree in Natural Resources, with a concentration in Water Resources, from the University of New Hampshire. Lauren had the opportunity in both 1999 and 2001 to work as a research assistant at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute in Fort Pierce, Florida, where she assisted with marine educational programming and studied dolphin populations in the Indian River Lagoon. In 2002, she interned at a Rutgers University toxicology laboratory evaluating the health of oysters in New Jersey's Raritan Bay. Additionally, independent studies focused on tropical ecology and northeastern medicinal plants allowed Lauren to further develop her connection to the environment.

In 2006, Lauren completed a research study at UNH detailing the link between land use practices and groundwater quality in southern New Hampshire's Lamprey River Watershed. During her time at UNH, Lauren also played a significant role in the development of the UNH Organic Garden Club and their 2-acre campus community organic farm. Lauren currently serves as a member of the Advisory Committee to the club through the UNH Office of Sustainability.

A certified herbalist and Usui Reiki practitioner, Lauren founded Wise River Herbals, an herbal product-making business, after completing an apprenticeship at Misty Meadows Herbal Center in Lee, NH in 2006. Lauren is currently enrolled in the Advanced Herbal Training program at Sage Mountain Herbal Retreat Center in East Barre, Vermont, where she is further developing her herbal practitioner skills. In addition to her love of plants, Lauren has been an equestrian since childhood. Her experience includes riding, competing, and training horses of various breeds and disciplines, as well as giving riding lessons to youth. She served on the on the Board of Directors of Equine Protection of North America from 2006 through 2008, and she currently rides and trains Arabians at Phase II Show and Sport Horse Ranch.

Kayla Dauphine Kayla Dauphine has been folk/circle dancing since 1995. She has attended numerous dance workshops and week long dance camps to study with teachers from Europe, South America, and the United States. She has led dance circles in Plymouth, Wentworth and Franconia, and presented circle dance programs to senior centers, women’s groups and schools. Her passion is gypsy dancing and teaching beginners. She is currently Program Director for Neskaya Movement Arts Center in Franconia, NH.

Bill Errickson, M.S. is a 2004 graduate of Stockton College, located in the NJ Pine Barrens. Bill has spent the past three years working on a M.S. degree at the University of NH, where he studied soil ecology and sustainable agriculture. Bill was the Farm Manager for the UNH Organic Garden in 2005 and 2006; he achieved a Certificate of Permaculture Design from Humustacia Gardens in 2006. He is a recipient of scholarships from the New Hampshire Federation of Garden Clubs, the Durham Garden Club, and the Festival of Trees. Bill was also recognized by the UNH Office of Sustainability as an Agent of Change in 2006.

Bill’s primary interests lie in evolving a just and sustainable relationship with the Earth and its inhabitants through education and celebration. Through working with these natural elements and with our fellow community members, Bill hopes to rekindle that connection that once nourished our civilization.

Mark Fulford Mark Fulford is a well-known, independent farm consultant and educator whose range of topics and expertise encompasses transitioning from conventional to organic and biological agriculture, soil, crop, and forage nutrition, and preparing agriculture for peak oil, climate change and economic drift. He also teaches non-electric water technologies, hands-on skills in organic orcharding, organic no-till crop production, commercial and small scale composting, and fundamental rural skills and small farm food preservation.
Mark Fulford addresses audiences from a wide range of backgrounds and philosophies embracing common sense, science, and cultural wisdom for the times we live in. His lifelong study of the natural world and immersion in agriculture on his own farm and abroad grounds his practices in experience. Mark and Paula Fulford operate Teltane Farm in Monroe, Maine.

Sarah has practiced yoga for more than a decade, moving between a consistent and absent practice over that period. Her work as a professional instructor, which began 4 years ago, focuses on a variety of yoga techniques and disciplines for diverse audiences from California to New England. She gained her Yoga Teacher’s Certification at the California Essence School of Yoga in Eureka, CA. Sarah is a yoga instructor at The Mountain Club on Loon Mountain in Lincoln, NH and at D Acres of New Hampshire. Along with her passion for yoga, Sarah maintains a strong connection to the natural world. She is currently employed by New Hampshire Audubon in Concord, NH as an Information & Natural History Coordinator.

Sarah is a graduate of Humboldt State University in California where she earned a B.S. in Environmental Sciences. Her deep respect for nature has been evolving since childhood, when undeveloped woods surrounded her Virginia home, giving the opportunity for wonderful exploration. Currently, Sarah is developing her passion of medicinal plants, an interest born in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Sarah completed her Apprenticeship Program at Sage Mountain Herbal Retreat Center in 2008. She is married to Kevin Wall, a Board member, and is currently living in Hebron. Sarah is an employee of NH Audubon and teaches Yoga at D Acres every Wednesday evening.

“My intention as an instructor is to create a focus on the breath (prana), allowing the body to gently move into postures (asana). This approach helps to facilitate an increased awareness of the body and breath- which encourages relaxation, strength building and endurance. My classes are designed to ensure a safe and comfortable atmosphere that honors individualities and establishes an environment where individual expression and appreciation of yoga can occur freely.” –Sarah Hall

Gayle Hannan Gayle Hannan is a Reiki Master and graduate of the Barbara Brennan School of Healing. In 2005 she attended The Energy Touch School where she learned advanced holographic energy healing techniques. Gayle has a B.S. from Northeastern University and has worked in the Real Estate industry in various capacities for the better part of 25 years. Since 2000 she has developed Hannan Healing Arts, an energy healing practice in Campton, New Hampshire. She works with people, animals and the earth. Much of her interest includes raising consciousness awareness of energy medicine, as well as teaching and helping others to experience the healing effects of Energy Medicine, which integrates the physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual components of Human Energy Field (aura).

Terry Anya Hayes Terry-Anya is a Maine-based writer, herbalist and educator, whose past lives have included lengthy sidebars in New York City, Morocco and the American Southwest. She raised her three daughters as a single parent and graduated from Brooklyn College in 1984 with a fistful of honors and a degree in Film. She is an award-winning poet and writes frequently on health issues. Terry-Anya’s core herbal teachers remain Rosemary Gladstar and Peeka Trenkle; she studies whenever possible with other luminaries of contemporary herbalism.

From childhood, poetry, plants, reverence for the earth, and the desire to heal have been central to Terry-Anya’s life. In addition to annual workshops at D Acres, she teaches ethical wildcrafting and plant and mushroom identification wherever the herbs and fungi beckon, leads popular classes on herbal medicine making and managing health with medicinal mushrooms at the Natural Gourmet Institute in Manhattan, and since 1988 has taught for a week each summer at the International Women’s Writing Guild conference at Skidmore College. She was co-director of Poets Union in Brooklyn, New York for over a decade and is a past president of the New York Mycological Society.

Ivy Page is a poet whose poetry has been described by Ross Gay as, "passionate, sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes hilarious poems, (which) always have a deep and generous intelligence." She lives in the White Mountains of New Hampshire with her husband and two daughters.

Ivy Graduated from Plymouth State University with a BA in English and minor in Medieval Studies, and went on to complete her MFA in Creative Writing at New England College. She has taught creative writing for Plymouth State University's Community Education program, and currently teaches the creative writing workshop here at D Acres! Ivy is also teaches at New Hampshire Technical Institute, Keene State College, and Axia College.

Her poems and reviews have been published Nationally, and her book, Any Other Branch will be released in 2012 under Salmon Poetry, of Ireland. She is the editor and founder of Organs of Vision and Speech Magazine, a New Hampshire based art and poetry magazine.

Darcie Shedd Darcie has been teaching yoga in New England for 10 Years she has studied many styles of yoga.Darcie hold's an Amrit Yoga Certification. After completing the Immersions of Anusara in 2007, Darcie currently is enrolled in the Anusara Teacher Training Program with Debra Neubauer at Flowforms Yoga in Worcester MA. Darcie is also a Massage Therapist, Thai Yoga Bodyworker, Reiki Master, and a Certified AEA Aquatic Exercise Instructor and Personal Trainer teaching several classes weekly.

Louise Turner Louise Turner has a Master of Science in Occupational Therapy with over 30 years of experience in hospital, home care, transitional care, and nursing home settings. With her medical background she has a deep understanding of current medical and health issues that our society is experiencing. Her interests in nutrition and herbal medicine complement and broaden her medical background. She is a Chapter Leader for the Weston A. Price Foundation, which supports the restoration of nutrient-dense whole foods to the American diet along with the necessary food preparation and preservation techniques.

Louise has shared her knowledge about food preservation techniques at D Acres and recently led a workshop on Sauerkraut-Making. In the future she plans on contributing additional workshops that incorporate preparation of fermented fruits and vegetables, raw milk and dairy products, meat stock and broth, and nuts and grains.

Beverly Walker Beverly Walker is a member of the NH Artists Association. Having studied with numerous teachers over the years, Walker’s most recent studies have been at The Studio School in Nashua in master classes with painter James Aponovich. She received her AA degree in Studio Art from Rivier College in Nashua. She has also participated in studies at the Art Institute of NH and the Currier School in Manchester. For over two years she was a juried member of Artistic Roots Gallery and Teaching Center in Campton, NH, and has also exhibited at galleries in the lakes region, and in juried shows throughout the state including the League of NH Craftsmen/NHAA joint show in Concord in 2004.

At present she is teaching at D Acres focusing on the fundamentals of drawing, to help students gain a strong foundation for all art work-realistic to imaginative and abstract.

Beverly lives with her husband Gary in Wentworth where she maintains her studio, “Fox Haven,” and continues to explore line, color and space, as well as collage and making books.

David Wichland, Wichland Woods Wichland Woods is a unique local myco-business located in the Monadnock Region of New Hampshire. By educating the public about mycology, we strive to promote people’s awareness about the health and ecological benefits of mushrooms. Through various workshops, Wichland Woods encourages people to expand their gardening realm into a mycological-friendly landscape. We educate the public on the techniques of “backyard mushrooming” and how everyday resources can be used to cultivate their own mycelia network. We create over a dozen local strains of mushrooms, which are carefully expanded using sterile techniques. We have trained under Paul Stamets of Fungi Perfecti and have spent 8 years studying and experimenting with growing mushroom in a plethora of different indoor and outdoor mediums.