Thursday Jul 25, 2024
39. Holistic Edge Radio w Guest John Michelotti - Using Mushrooms for Great Health to Understanding The Role of Fungi in Saving the Environment Host: Enoe Aracely Brown June 27, 2024
Listen to how John Michelotti about the use of mushrooms and fungi in our everyday life. See how he empowers people to grow edible mushrooms as a fun source of fresh food, to heal themselves through utilizing healing properties of fungi, and their historical uses to present day ways to imbibe their healing properties. John lives in the Catskills, where he holds walks through the forests as outdoor educational tours. He teaches how to cultivate, and make mushroom health extracts, as well as how to spot poisonous to edible forms of mushrooms. Aside from our own health benefits, he will tell us the role of Fungi in the restoration, specifically used to repair petroleum-contaminated, fire-affected, or heavy-metal contaminated agricultural or natural ecosystems; lands considered scorched earth after a natural disaster. John teaches several classes, one of which is how to build your own business with mushroom products. He will tell us how this new interest in the last few years in fungi has only touched the surface, and how there are millions of mushroom species yet to be discovered and we yet to know how they will benefit us and the planet.
Music Featured:
I Will Be By Your Side by MeloMance; Superstar by Lee Seung Hyub (J.Don) (featuring Cheeze) Solo Debut
Guest Bio:John Michelotti is a mycologist who founded Catskill Fungi. His mission is to empower people with fungi through outdoor educational classes, cultivation courses, mushroom art, and mushroom health extracts. He is an instructor for the Wild Mushroom Food Safety Certification courses in NY. John is a former President of the Mid-Hudson Mycological Association. He serves as Medicinal Mushroom Committee Chair and is a Poison Control Consultant for the North American Mycological Association (NAMA) where he started the NAMA Virtual Mushroom Book Club. He was chosen by the Catskill Center as a “Steward of the Catskills” for his contribution to the environment. He gives Presentations and workshops which include: Medicinal Mushrooms, Low-tech Cultivation, Log Inoculation, Myco-TechnologiesHow to Grow a Small Sustainable Mushroom Business, and more. John has presented at the New York Botanical Gardens, Telluride Mushroom Festival, and North American Mycological Association Annual Foray, Menla Retreat Center, as well as several colleges and universities. He served on the Mushroom Advisory Panel for Certified Naturally Grown to develop ecological standards in mushroom production. Catskill Fungi was founded on permaculture principles. The practice includes sustainable harvesting, leave-no-trace principles, and compassion for the environment.
Guest Contact:
https://catskillfungi.com Location - Catskill Fungi, 344 Oliverea Rd,
Big Indian, NY 12410
Host Contact:
Enoe Aracely Brown
Producer & Host