Author Archives: Collar City Mushrooms

The Summer is fully upon us and the mycelium has been happily spreading everywhere… and so have we!  Our products have found new markets, we’ve explored new forests, and lots of new people have visited for a variety of activities from dinner to dancing! Read on to see what we did in July, and whatContinue reading “July Flurries”

The summer rains have begun to fall and mushrooms are popping up everywhere!  We’ve been doing a bit of popping ourselves!  From prepared food pop-ups to music and art celebrations, June was an exciting month indeed! Chef Ria Ibrahim-Taylor curated a beautiful evening of mushroom delights for our June dinner on the Farm. The CapitalContinue reading “June Fruiting”

May is always such an exciting month.  The forests and fields spring vibrantly back to life, people start spending more time outdoors, and there is food to be found everywhere!  Our 2nd annual Foraged New York Festival was a huge success!  People all over the Capital Region enjoyed wild harvested treats at 15 different bars,Continue reading “The Forest Called… We Answered”

There are buds on the trees, wild leeks poking through leaf litter, and mycelium forming mushrooms!  Time to get in the forest and find some fungi and foraged greens! Preparing for Foraged New York is one of our favorite times of the year!  Supplying foraged goods to area restaurants and sampling them ourselves is suchContinue reading “Foraging Season Is Upon Us!”

The days are getting longer and warmer!  Spring is approaching!  We are getting ready to hit the forests for some fungi forays!  In the meantime, we continue to grow and expand!  March was a month full of furious activity!  From growing record amounts of mushrooms to advocating at the Capitol for Psilocybin access, read onContinue reading “The Power of Fungi”

February may be the shortest month of the year, but we certainly packed a lot in! Many new visitors and fungi friends stopped in to see what we’re growing!  Our sold out February Dinner was a taste bud delight and we did a lot of planning for events coming down the pike! We also officiallyContinue reading “February Fungi”

2023 is off to a solid start! We are entering our third year of operation and have 23 months of ever increasing growth.  With that data it is time to move forward with buying 333 2nd avenue and spread our mycelium into the second floor! Our meeting with the SBA and city representatives went veryContinue reading “Laying the Groundwork”

December was a month of vigorous activity!  We gathered at the farm for a wide range of events, grew our restaurant customer base, and produced record breaking (for us) amounts of mushrooms! Our dinner on the farm curated by Chef Ria was an incredibly delicious evening! Mushrooms very prominently took the stage in every course! Continue reading “DECEMBER: No Time to Hibernate”

During the month of November we were showcased through so many news and media streams!  News Channel 6, News Channel 10, the Times Union, Indian Ladder Farms’ Podcast, Cynthia Pooler’s ‘Local Everywhere” Youtube Channel, and the Hudson Mohawk Radio Station!  The Mycelium is spreading!  There are paywalls to the Times Union articles, but you canContinue reading “November Notoriety”

October is one of our favorite months at Collar City Mushrooms.  The fall’s cooler weather and northeast rains make the landscape really pop with beautiful colors! It is a  perfect time for leaf peeping and fungi foraging!  It also means we’ve been at 333 2nd Ave for 2 full years!  Our team has grown, we’reContinue reading “October Celebrations“