ABOUT FUNGAL FOCUS
Fungal Focus was formed in 2019 to support and expand Salt Lake’s community of mushroom cultivators and fungal advocates. We are hyper-local, growing only species that will do well in our unique Utah climate. All of our kits are handcrafted in the Glendale neighborhood of Salt Lake City, and all of our gardening and farming workshops are geared toward our climate.
MEET OUR TEAM
Katie Lawson
Katie lawson
Katie graduated from McDaniel College with a BS in Environmental Science and Political Science in 2009. She began working on organic vegetable farms in 2011. Farming took her all over the country, including stops in Oregon, Maine, Georgia, and Utah. Her focus shifted to fungi after taking a three day mushroom cultivation workshop with Radical Mycology in 2016. Since then, she has completed two certificates in Fungal Ecology and Mushroom Identification through MYCOLOGOS. Most recently, she completed a 6 week bioremediation class through Earth Activist Training. Katie started Fungal Focus in 2019 to help make mycology a bigger part of our daily conversations. Katie’s work has been featured on KRCL RadioACTive, PBS Utah Modern Gardener, SLUG Magazine, Salt Lake Magazine, and Catalyst Magazine.
In addition to Fungal Focus, Katie is a Certified Food Safety Manager and runs Salt Lake Canning Co. She also served as a Salt Lake City Resident Food Equity Advisor.
Artemis enjoying Liberty Park
Artemis ulmarius lawson-Carter
Artemis wears many hats and is really good at everything he does. His primary roles are morale booster, receiver of good boys, and substrate shredder. You may see him pop up from time to time in Fungal Focus powerpoints.