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What It's About
A champignon update from this fungi growing team.
Notes from Chris
Episode 1797
Welcome to Throwback Thursday / “Where are they now?” where we take an in-depth look at someone who’s story has evolved considerably since we first featured them. Last week, we heard from a former attorney and White House aide who starts a service helping businesses with podcasts. It’s grown into a 7-figure operation! Today, in our latest feature, we’re focusing on the Phenomenal Fungi business from Asheville, North Carolina. We featured the founder Dave Eberhardt long ago in Ep. 1003: “Fun Guy” Becomes Spore-Adic Mushroom Farmer. Today we’ll hear from his partner Shannon Barrett. She comprises the C-Suite of the company. Dave looks after the mushrooms, Shannon does things like update the website and talk to us. It’s been a busy year in the mushroom kingdom—they’re now selling about $20,000/month. Let’s hear directly from Shannon. I’ll be back at the end to wrap us up. Listen to today's episode to hear Shannon's updates...MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
- Thanks to Shannon for sharing her updates with us. Again, she runs the business with her partner Dave. Check out their website at PhenomenalFungi.com.
- “Fun Guy” Becomes Spore-Adic Mushroom Farmer: A North Carolina carpenter forages a new income source with mushroom extracts. There’s gold in them ‘shrooms!
- Plant-Based Lebanese Food Goes Online: As her health improved, this Aussie of Lebanese heritage started converting meat-based recipes to vegan equivalents. She’s now sharing her recipes with the world.
- Cannabis Cookies Make a Sweet, Soothing Side Hustle: In a growing industry, this Oregon mom achieves high returns from licensed marijuana edibles.
