Medicinal Mushrooms with Jeff Chilton – from Nootropics to Anti Microbial Properties Medicinal Mushrooms offer a world of benefits if you know what to look for.

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, Nathalie talks to Jeff Chilton about everything mushrooms. They talk about how Jeff first started his career as a mushroom picker and is now one of the leading experts in the medicinal mushroom industry.  From how to tell if your mushroom supplement is actually going to do anything for you to how to cook mushrooms, the powerful medicinal properties of various mushrooms we tap into the medicinal power of these tiny but mighty foods. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><strong>Meet This Week's Guest</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In 1973, Jeff Chilton went to work at Ostrom Mushroom Farms in Olympia Washington.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Jeff quickly worked his way up to Grower and ultimately Production Manager. He followed this up with a Fellowship at the Dutch School for Mushroom Growers in 1973 that gave Jeff a much broader outlook on the mushroom industry and influenced his future path.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After 10 years of commercial mushroom growing experience, Jeff co-authored and published the classic, bestselling book on small-scale mushroom cultivation, </span><a href= "http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0961079800/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0961079800&linkCode=as2&tag=realmush09-20&linkId=GGS7V47OCGXZ65AO"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Mushroom Cultivator</span></em></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. That same year he moved his family to British Columbia to start a mushroom spawn laboratory and a small speciality mushroom growing facility. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In 1989 Jeff made his first trip to China to attend the International Society for Mushroom Science’s (ISMS) conference in Nanjing where he discovered the depth of mushroom knowledge and production capacity that China offered. The relationships Jeff built over the next 10 years laid the foundation that made Nammex a leader in the new category of heal