The use of functional mushrooms in Natural Health, is currently one of the most exciting trends emerging worldwide. And mounting scientific evidence backs-up millennia of traditional use.
Shrooms For Improvement is a mushroom company which was established in 2016. We create mushroom products that are used as functional foods. Our primary focus as a company is on the cultivation of Cordyceps, Reishi and Lion’s Mane mushrooms and on producing extracts from them.
We are unique in that every mushroom product that is sold on our website is exclusively created in-house, from mushrooms that we have grown ourselves, on site, to fully maturity, over a period of about 3 months. These fully grown adult mushrooms, also known as fruiting bodies are used in the creation of our extracts. None of our mushrooms or products are imported. We are a proudly South African company.
On occasion, and by prior arrangement, Oyster mushrooms are cultivated occasionally, in bulk, for the purposes of ready to grow mushroom kits, classes and grain spawn. We generally offer group workshops of 3 – 5 people. Where cost is a barrier, we offer subsidised support and resources.
Our excess dried Cordyceps, Reishi and Lion’s Mane mushrooms from the previous season are also offered for sale when available.
To reduce our environmental footprint, we have reduced the use of single use plastic and polypropylene bags and are using more glass jars and polypropylene containers to grow our mushrooms in.
We prioritise the use of locally sourced, organic and sustainable ingredients of the highest quality to support the growth of all our mushrooms.
After harvesting, the fully grown mushrooms are carefully dried using a large commercial food dryer before being subjected to a carefully controlled, month long, dual extraction process. Meticulous attention to detail ensures that the quality of our dried mushrooms and extracts are of the highest standards.
We encourage you to have a look at our mushroom chronicles for more insight into our production processes, as well as all our beautiful and original photography.
Our mission is to inspire and educate people about the benefits of mushrooms as functional foods and on environmentally conscious mushroom cultivation.
The use of functional mushrooms in Natural Health, is currently one of the most exciting trends emerging worldwide. And mounting scientific evidence backs-up millennia of traditional use.
Shrooms For Improvement is a mushroom company which was established in 2016. We grow functional mushrooms and create mushroom products which are used as functional foods and nutritional supplements. What’s unique about us is that every mushroom product that is sold on our website is exclusively created, in-house, from mushrooms that we have personally grown, on site, over a period of about 3 months, until they form fully grown adult mushrooms.
We also offer Oyster mushroom based: Ready to grow mushroom kits, Grain spawn and Mushroom growing classes from time to time as well as our excess dried fruiting bodies of Reishi, Cordyceps and Lion’s Mane.
Our unique selling point is that we grow all the mushrooms ourselves and produce all the mushroom derived commodities using our own mushrooms.
Our extracts and dried mushrooms are created from the actual fruiting bodies and not the mycelium of the mushroom. If warranted, ± 30% of mycelium is included together with the fruiting bodies in our Cordyceps / Lion’s Mane extractions in order to retrieve compounds which are produced in substantially greater concentrations by the mycelium compared to the fruiting body. None of our mushrooms, substrates or products are imported. We are a proudly South African company.
We currently grow 3 different medicinal mushrooms (Reishi, Cordyceps & Lion’s Mane) on a commercial scale and several other gourmet and medicinal mushrooms on a smaller scale (for use in classes, cultures and grain spawn). Though we are a relatively new start-up company, we pride ourselves on the quality of our supplements and our exacting standards.
Our mushrooms are grown seasonally in our specialised solar powered grow rooms and greenhouse.
We have reduced the use of single use plastic and polypropylene bags and are using more glass jars and polypropylene containers to grow our mushrooms in. All of these measures are employed to reduce our environmental footprint.
The formation and quality of the mushrooms produced are highly dependent on the substrates used for growing them. Thus, we prioritise the use of locally sourced, sustainable ingredients of the highest quality to support the growth of all our mushrooms.
Maintaining our high growing standards and subjecting the mushrooms to minimal processing after harvest ensures that our quality remain uncompromised.
Our mission is to educate people about the benefits of edible & medicinal mushrooms; to teach them how to cultivate mushrooms simply, in an environmentally conscious way and how to use them as functional foods and supplements safely and competently.