Jon is a co-founder of North Spore and grew up foraging wild mushrooms with his father in the Green Mountains of Vermont. From this early interest in mushrooms Jon went on to pursue a MS degree studying Mycology. Before founding North Spore he worked as the Research and Production Mycologist for Field and Forest Products in Peshtigo, WI. As the Lead Mycologist at North Spore, Jon is in charge of the Research and Development team, maintaining our mushroom cultures and researching new strains of wild mushrooms for their potential cultivation.

Eliah is a true Mainer through and through and an entrepreneur at heart. He is also a North Spore co-founder and its CEO. Eliah is an expert in greenhouse and organic farm management and ran a small organic farm in Downeast Maine before founding North Spore. These days he oversees operations and business development. He's an avid sailor and musician and always enjoys a good business pitch competition.

Matt is one of the co-founders of North Spore and serves as its Creative Director. Matt developed his passion for fungi on Mount Desert Island where he frequently supplied restaurants with wild-foraged mushrooms. A graduate of the SALT Institute for Documentary Studies he cut his teeth working as a freelance photojournalist for the New York Times in Maine. He's a self-taught videographer and editor who's always pushing to learn more. His passion for good food, and good company coupled with a strong environmental ethic and a love for foraging and gardening, has underscored his commitment to the North Spore mission.

Kate manages the North Spore culture bank and spawn laboratory. She studied biology at the University of Maine in Orono where her interest in mushrooms was sparked by a mycology course. Her studies culminated with a capstone research project on parasitic fungi. In her spare time you can usually find her outside romping around in the woods or climbing rocks.

Brit lives in a long low house with a shiny red door in the township of Limington. She shares her home with her husband, Brandon, as well as three four legged beasts: two felines and a canine. Time in Limington is spent fixing up the property, cooking, baking and drinking beer, usually in that order. When time affords you can find her taking a walk in the woods or with pencil or needle in hand. On weekdays she travels to the city of Westbrook where she peddles mushrooms to local establishments in the company of fellow good humans.

Rachael works in the spawn laboratory and assists with spawn production for North Spore. She most recently worked as a research assistant studying fungal pathogens of lowbush blueberry at the University of Maine in Orono. She previously obtained an MS at Clark University studying fungal endophytes. She enjoys reading, hiking, and all things fungal.

Noah grew up in Miami, FL, moved to Maine for school and has lived here ever since, enjoying hiking, surfing, and all four actual seasons. He's worked at a Portland-based food bank and done live sound engineering at SPACE Gallery. Since he started, North Spore has cultivated his love of mushrooms and propelled his curiosity even further. At North Spore he manages commercial spawn accounts and inventory management.

Amanda started at North Spore mid-2019 after deciding desk work wasn't for her. She now manages the team packing online orders during the week, and spends her weekends painting, baking and hiking.

DJ is a mechanical engineer by degree, handles the production improvements, equipment maintenance, and other mechanical/electrical tasks for North Spore. Winter is DJ's favorite season. The only thing that's not great about it, is that there are no mushrooms! That's why he had to find a place like North Spore, so he could help grow them inside. When he's not at work, he can be found foraging, snowboarding, hiking, snowmobiling, tearing down and building up some machine in his garage, or traveling the world (17 countries and counting)! He and his family live on 63 acres in western Maine in their owner built tiny house.

Louis has spent over 8 years growing and hunting mushrooms from coast to coast. He is the "Mushroom Man" at the Portland Farmer's Markets, leads foraging classes, and does mushroom landscaping. He loves nothing more than getting into the woods to mountain bike and look for highly prized wild foods.

Nate grew up in Portland but after high school moved to Athens, Georgia, then to Charleston, South Carolina where he took video production classes for a year. He then moved to San Diego where he met some of his greatest friends and studied graphic design. In 2015, he moved back to Maine and got his Bachelor's in digital media from Maine College of Art. At North Spore, he likes to argue with Brit about typefaces but his focus is on affiliate marketing and content creation. Nate enjoys being able to connect his loves of photography, video, and design with his love of nature. He is a proud trans man.

Mike has been serving the mycological cause since his interest was tickled by the abundant black trumpets and honey mushrooms of Acadia. Shortly thereafter he was arrested for foraging mushrooms in a national park (see Bar Harbor police beat for September 2006). His uphill battle since his run-in with the law has included the farming of veggies and poultry, kelp and mussels, commercial fishing in Maine and Alaska, two masters of science degrees, leading the halibut and the scallop research programs for the state of Maine, and renovating land and home with his wife and dog in Durham, Maine. Mike is chief helper for making North Spore operations run smoothly on the day to day, as well as writing grants and developing North Spore's R & D program.

Grace grew up on the coast of Maine with a naturalist mother and marine biologist father. They instilled early interests in science and nature that have never left her. Following her sister’s lead, she used her biology scholarship to Hampshire College to instead pursue her other great love: art. After earning a degree in Printmaking from University of Southern Maine she spent nearly a decade as a screen printer. Ready for a change, she found a new home at North Spore where she packs and ships spawn orders. In her spare time she still enjoys making art, learning about nature and spending time with her partner and their one-eyed cat, Matilda.

Growing up in seacoast NH, Sierra’s love for the outdoors has led them across many trails in ME and NH, to hike 1,000 miles of the PCT, and now here to the world of mushrooms where they pack products at North Spore. They studied ceramics at UNH and are generally interested in all things clay, music, forests and ecology. They also work as a live sound engineer at Space Gallery, write and perform their own music, and haven’t met a hot sauce they don’t want to try.

Rodimiro is originally from Honduras and was a university student of the International Trade School at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras. He loves cooking but hasn't yet learned how to cook mushrooms, though he hopes one day to learn! He loves to dance, listen to music and do research on the politics and human rights of different countries. At North Spore, Rodi gives the final quality control check and oversees product packaging.

Will serves as a production assistant at North Spore where he helps package and ship mushroom products across the country. A Maine native who returned after a decade away, he is happy to join the North Spore community amid a growing interest in home mushroom cultivation worldwide. When not working at North Spore he explores the coast of Maine looking for colorful birds and strange cloud formations.

Toni-Lee is a native Virginian who found her way up to Maine because of her love for potatoes and adventures. You can find her eating dirt and exploring the islands of Maine. She discovered fungi stumbling along trails, reading some books, taking a class and crawling up mountains. She has a vocation for life and good music.

Kate grew up in New England and has lived all over the U.S. including the Pacific Northwest and Montana. She also lived in Guam for one very hot adventurous year. She studied Fine Arts in Connecticut and loves all things paint, clay, metal, glass, fabric, wax...you name it. When she's not covered in paint you can find her outside star gazing, rock-hounding, fossil hunting and of course mushroom hunting while stopping to examine any and every little odd thing along the path. Part of the production team here at North Spore you'll always know she's around with her larger-than-life laugh.