Mushroom Man – Paul Stamets

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Mushroom Man | Leslie Iwerks from Focus Forward Films on Vimeo.

Short video introducing his work

Paul Stamets believes we have entered into the 6th major extinction on our planet. He presents mushrooms as a solution to this problem, including cleaning polluted soil, creating new insecticides, treating smallpox and maybe even the flu.

Fungi Perfecti

Fungi Perfecti® is a family-owned, environmentally friendly company specializing in using mushrooms to improve the health of the planet and its people. Founded by mycologist and author Paul Stamets in 1980, we are leaders in a new wave of technologies harnessing the inherent power of mushrooms and mycelium worldwide. Fungi Perfecti is Certified Organic by the Washington State Department of Agriculture.

See Paul’s work here.

• New urban farm crops up in Baltimore
• Vancouver Musician Releases Song Tribute to Urban Food Gardens
• Portrait of Dan Jason, a pioneer in seed farming in British Columbia
• Urban Farming Takes Hold in Pittsburgh at Healcrest Urban Farm
• Sierra Club: Two models for rooftop agriculture vie to feed the Big Apple
• Ireland’s long-time school garden advocate, Paddy Madden
• From the Ground Up – How Ireland is Growing Its Own
• ‘We won the vote in Council!’ – for Long Term Security for Community Gardens in Vancouver BC
• A Vacant Lot Offers Refugees a Taste of Home in Phoenix
• ‘Aquaponic’ garden in New York’s FBushwick’s Moore Street Market