Gabe DeGange and Allison Dunbar started Far North Fungi  in January 2017. Their mushroom journey began much earlier. They were both inspired to pursue mushrooms from a speech given by a famous mycologist at the Bioneers conference in 2011. Allison watched in the audience in California, while Gabe watched remotely in Alaska. Two years later, Gabe and Allison would meet at Paul Stamets’ Fungi Perfecti mushroom cultivation conference. Their connection over mushrooms grew stronger as Allison worked on a mushroom farm in Atlanta and Gabe dreamed of starting his own mushroom business.

In the Summer of 2014, Allison came to visit Alaska and see the progress Gabe was making on his business. After networking and exploring the great Alaskan outdoors, they decided it was advantageous to combine their skills and become business partners.  Through much hard work, second jobs, trials and errors, the mushroom vision was realized and Far North Fungi was born.

We are committed to serving our community and can be found at the South Anchorage Farmers Market or Fire Island Market in the Summer months.  We currently grow four varieties of mushrooms, Lions Mane, Blue Oyster, King Oyster, and Black Poplar. We also forage for Morels in the Spring and Hedgehog mushrooms in the Fall.

We are extremely thankful and fortunate to have such supportive families and friends. They have been with us since the beginning of this journey and we simply would not be where we are today without them.