For elder Millennials and Generation X, a youthful infatuation with shrooms was practically a rite of passage.
Alcohol is rarely served at these eventswho needs booze when youre high on your passion for the mycoverse?
(He taught himself mushroom genetics and breeding using YouTube and calls himself a graduate of Google Scholar.)
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His work was covered in the seminal mushroom documentaryFantastic Fungias well as inVICE, Wired, BuzzfeedandThe Verge.
He also founded MycoFest, an annual mushroom and arts festival now in its tenth year.
Padilla-Browns love for mushrooms is absolutely contagious, as proven by hisdevoted TikTok following.
Who wouldnt want to follow a farming, rapping, mushroom-foraging self-taught permaculturist?
He holds a B.S.
Garrett says his publication is entirely based on building community.
A microbiology class at Oklahoma City Community Collegesparked his interestin the fungal kingdom.
His first-ever Oklahoma Mushroom Festival brought out an impressive 1,700 attendees.
TheOctober 2024 eventfeatures vendors, workshops, and educational seminars, all aimed at promoting mushroom culture in Oklahoma.
Its family-friendly: Children 13 or younger receive free admission to the fest.
If youre not conservative when youre old, you have no brain.
(In an article about the youth, I realize quoting Churchill may date me.)
They embody the Adam Abraham Bwiru quote: Youthful enthusiasm is the spark that ignites innovation.
These young myco-pioneers give me hope for the future of the mushroom industry as well as the planet.
