2019 Fair Speakers

We had a great lineup of speakers for the 2019 Fair. For the list of talks, check out the 2019 Speaker Schedule.

Talks:

Sunday: Mushrooms of Mexico

Alan Rockefeller

Researcher and Photographer

Talks:

Sunday: Cooking Demonstration and Wine Pairing
Sunday: All you wanted to know about mushrooms and how to cook with them

Chef Chad Hyatt

Chef and Author

Talks:

Sunday: Civilizations' Ten Most Dangerous Fungi
Sunday: Longevity

Christian Schwarz

Research Associate | UCSC

Talks:

Friday: Best of mush-roaming's eco-adventures
Saturday: Medicinal Mushrooms of North America
Sunday: Flavorful, Fancy, and Foul Fungi from Far Flung Forests

Daniel Winkler

Author, Photographer, Educator

Talks:

Saturday: The Top Ten Edible and Poisonous Wild Mushrooms

Douglas Smith

Photographer, Educator, and FFSC Science Advisor

Talks:

Saturday: Herbal Spirit Medicine (Saturday)
Monday: Herbal Spirit Medicine (Sunday)

Dr. Christopher Hobbs, Ph.D., L.Ac

Faculty, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Talks:

Sunday: Cooking Demonstration and Wine Pairing

Jeff Emery

Santa Cruz Mountain Vineyard

Talks:

Saturday: Hallucinogens as Entheogens (Saturday)
Sunday: Hallucinogens as Entheogens (Sunday)

Michael Beug

Professor Emeritus, Evergreen State College

Talks:

Friday: California, Land of the Year Around Mushroom Forage
Sunday: Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast
Sunday: Longevity

Noah Siegel

Speaker, Author, Mycologist

Talks:

Friday: An Introduction To Mushroom identification (Friday)
Saturday: An Introduction To Mushroom Identification
Sunday: All you wanted to know about mushrooms and how to cook with them

Phil Carpenter

FFSC Science Advisor, NAMA Representative, and past CEO

Talks:

Saturday: Mushrooms of the Sierra Nevada Mountains

Thea Chesney

Naturalist

Talks:

Saturday: An Introduction into Mushroom Cultivation

Vellany Pierce

FFSC Prime Minister