William Padilla-Brown: Mushrooms, MycoSymbiotics & Truthtelling, Episode 102, The Psychedelic Entrepreneur Podcast 
William Padilla-Brown is a Multidisciplinary Citizen Scientist practicing social science, mycology, phycology, molecular biology, and additive manufacturing. William founded and is the current CEO of MycoSymbiotics, a permaculture research and production business based in Central Pennsylvania focused on innovative practical applied biological science.
In this episode, William Padilla-Brown and Beth Weinstein discuss…
- William’s realization as a young man that he had spent more time interacting with human ideology than the wild reality
- William’s early development as an entrepreneur, beginning with selling cultures of edible mushrooms he found in the wild
- How William used permaculture design principles to design his own alternative higher education
- The intense hunger for knowledge that led William to develop expertise in foraging, cultivation, medicine-making and much more
- William’s entrepreneurial approach: how he handles automation, communications, marketing and human resources
- Bringing new foods and medicines into agriculture, such as mushrooms, algae and insects
- Creating ecologically regenerative systems to counter the “antibiotic” culture we were born into and depend on
- Anti-biopiracy – how DNA barcoding of the medicine you make legally protects it
- William’s thoughts on psychedelic legalization and the venture capitalists who are moving into the psychedelic space
- How the projects William designs sink carbon, reduce methane, clean the soil and produce compost
- The real meaning of the word “advertisement”
- Being an independent producer vs. a dependent consumer
- The real roots of the anxiety and depression running rampant in our world today
- The importance of knowing the source of your mushrooms, whether culinary, medicinal or psychedelic
- Synthetic vs. naturally grown psychedelics
William Padilla-Brown’s Links & Resources
Website ▶ : https://mycosymbiotics.com/
Instagram ▶ : http://instagram.com/mycosymbiote
Instagram ▶ : https://www.instagram.com/mycosymbiotics/
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