The team at North Spore is committed to sustainability. We have consciously adopted business practices to decrease our environmental impact, including composting, recycling, locally sourcing, use of organic and non-GMO raw materials, wild crafting, and energy efficient production.
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We never use pesticides and continually audit and improve our processes to lower our carbon footprint.
Our grain spawn is USDA certified organic and made from a locally sourced blend that features non-GMO organic millet and wheat berries.
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Our grow kits, fruiting blocks, and sawdust spawn are USDA certified organic and made from a blend of all-natural, organic, and non-GMO compost, North American hardwoods, and substrate supplements.
Our injection port bag is USDA certified organic and made from a locally sourced blend that features non-GMO organic millet and wheat berries.
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Our manure-based substrate is made from a blend of organic, locally sourced non-GMO composted horse manure and substrate supplements. Our wood-based substrate is made from a blend of organic, non-GMO North American hardwoods, compost, and substrate supplements.
Our capsules are USDA certified organic and made from third party-tested, vegan, non-GMO mushroom extracts. All of our capsules and tinctures are packaged in recyclable glass bottles.
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Our chaga tea and dried mushrooms are wild crafted from North American forests and harvested so as not to deplete the ecosystems where they grow.
Are all North Spore products organic?
All of our grow kits, fruiting blocks, grain spawn, sawdust spawn, plug spawn, and wellness supplements are USDA certified organic.
Currently, all of our substrates and culture products are made with organic ingredients. However, we do not currently have official USDA organic certification, which would allow us to market them as organic. We are in the process of acquiring certification and will update packaging once we have approval.
The use of plastics in mushroom cultivation
It’s no secret that the mushroom industry uses a fair amount of single-use plastic. Most of this use is concentrated in large-scale indoor cultivation where plastic bags are used to house mushroom fruiting substrate. When alternative or outdoor techniques are employed, plastic use can be minimal. Growers can use reusable containers or inoculate outdoor garden beds and logs as an alternative to indoor bag cultivation.
North Spore creates educational resources to help make mushroom growing accessible and help both new and experienced mushroom growers expand their fungal horizons beyond plastic bag cultivation. North Spore is also committed to investing research and development funds and personnel towards discovering solutions to plastic use in the mushroom industry.
