Our Story
Forest Origins started with a summer job.
I grew up around mushrooms. My father has spent four decades in the mushroom industry, and some of my earliest memories are of the mushrooms he brought home from work. The summer before my junior year of high school, I took my first job on a mushroom farm. Watching a crop grow from the inside sparked something that never left me: a love of growing, a fascination with the world of fungi, and a deeper connection with my dad.
In 2017, during my junior year of business school at San Jose State University, I turned that passion into a class project. The goal was simple: make it easy for anyone to experience the magic of growing gourmet mushrooms at home. That project became Forest Origins.
A small family business
Today, Forest Origins is a small family business devoted to indoor mushroom grow kits. My father's experience still guides how we grow, and every kit is handmade in small weekly batches and quality-checked at every step before it ships to your door.
We keep our batches small on purpose. It lets us watch every block closely, catch problems before they ever reach you, and hold each kit to the standard my father taught me.
Why we do it
For us, this has never been just a business. It is a passion we have shared as a family for most of my life. When you open your kit and watch the first pins appear, we hope you feel the same wonder I felt on that farm years ago.
Mush love,
Alan M.
Founder, Forest Origins