High Desert Mushroom Cultivation & Other Fungal Pursuits
presented by Mercedes Whitman for the May 2020 PPMS meeting.
Mercedes Perez Whitman is a permaculturalist, urban farmer and citizen mycologist who practices earthworks in Colorado Springs. She is the founder of MycoSprings LLC, a mycologically-focused business that’s part of the regenerative landscaping co-op OrganaGardens Cooperative. Her work is embedded in improving land health by cultivating native, climate relevant and drought tolerant plants and fungi, alongside land, environmental and food justice advocacy.