Michael Heim is a mushroom enthusiast that was hooked on Fungi the very first time he ever went morel hunting in 2008. He’s a longtime member of the Colorado Mycological Society (2010) and has served in a variety of positions; board member, president, and editor. For twenty years he cut his teeth in the restaurant industry fueling his appetite for all things wild, propelling him to start his own mushroom foraging and education company in 2015, Enso Farm and Forage.
Every summer, Michael guides culinary forays in the Rocky Mountains and teaches people the wonders of mycology. He is one of only a handful of CDPHE Wild Mushroom Expert Certificate holders, allowing him to sell wild foraged mushrooms to Colorado restaurants and markets alike.
His experiences in the field are as diverse as Fungi itself. Ranging from big commercial operations, to small-scale Community Supported Ag (CSA) along the Front Range of Colorado, to consulting on a burgeoning food forest along the southern coast of Sweden, Michael’s passion for plants and mushrooms is certain. He believes wholeheartedly what Hippocrates once said, “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”
Michael co-founded MyCOLove Farm, an organic mushroom farm and extract supplement company with 3 others in 2021. He is stoked to be playing a part of this super exciting emerging industry and to explore the virtues of mycology, nature, culture and community, and science.
