Live More with Livespore

From Outsider to Mycologist

I’ve never fit neatly into the box. I was the outsider, the black sheep, the one who always felt more drawn to the less-travelled path — or to making my own.

Growing up with asthma and allergies, my body often felt like a limitation. I loved animals but couldn’t get close to them. I wanted to live more fully, but my immune system kept pulling me back.

That changed when I discovered medicinal mushrooms like reishi and chaga. Over time, I felt my resilience growing. I was getting sick less often, recovering faster, and slowly reclaiming the parts of life I thought I’d have to give up.

A Closet, a Tent, and a Wonder

In my last year of high school, I set up a secret mushroom grow tent in my bedroom closet. One day my mother found it. Instead of shutting it down, she was curious — and genuinely impressed.

From that moment on, she became my strongest supporter. Without her encouragement, there would be no Livespore. Her belief in me gave me the courage to keep going when it would have been easier to quit.

Twelve Years of Mushrooms, Non-Stop

It’s been over twelve years since I saw my first cultivated mushroom fruiting body. Since then, I’ve been growing continuously — in spare rooms, converted garages, rented houses, and now, on Vancouver Island in a facility built with my own hands.

Along the way, I studied sustainable agriculture and holistic nutrition, but mushroom cultivation kept pulling me back. I learned basic carpentry, metal work, welding, fabrication, system design, electronics, hydronics, environmental control, and lab practices — not to become a master of everything, but to become truly excellent at one thing: innovative, science-driven mushroom cultivation and extraction.

Why Livespore Exists

Today, Livespore operates out of a dedicated space on Vancouver Island with a bio lab, extraction lab, and large cultivation areas for ongoing experimentation and production. It’s the result of sleepless nights, blood, sweat, tears — and a stubborn belief that fungi can help people live more of the life they’re meant to live.

I created Livespore for people who are where I once was: exhausted, inflamed, or looking for a way to feel like themselves again. My work is to produce the highest quality medicinal mushrooms and extracts I possibly can, so you can get more out of your days, your energy, your focus, and your life.

This is the heart of our motto:
Live more with Livespore.

— Farhad, Founder of Livespore