Show Notes
Episode Description:
In this episode of the Beet Podcast, Jacques chats with Louis Giller, a longtime friend of the pod and representative of North Spore, a Maine-based mushroom company. They dig into how you can grow mushrooms at home, from your kitchen counter to a bucket or in your garden beds. They even cover the benefits that mushrooms bring to your soil.
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Connect with Louis Giller:
Louis runs education, works in customer service, and coordinates events for home mushroom cultivation company North Spore. He has over 10 years of experience growing and hunting mushrooms from coast to coast. When the mushrooms aren’t in season, Louis enjoys a day of snowboarding, followed by a little whiskey and a good book.
Find more from North Spore on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/northsporemushrooms/
Find more from North Spore on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9I4ZR_qouQfZpaD61JpT6g/featured
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