Our Mission
Since 2019, we have served clients, students and partners in connection by providing access to effective natural medicines, including fungi and herbs alike.
We are committed to offering functional wellness remedies, education, and inspired wisdom to a diverse range of communities. Our work is founded upon the synthesis of laboratory sciences, public health, mycology, herbalism and community wellness.
Our products are sourced, cultivated and hand-crafted in Portland, Oregon with a prioritization of sustainable and local ingredients. We specialize in organic extraction and formulation that brings a unique and innovative element to our products.
Combining both evidence-supported findings of scientific rigor with an intuitive approach, our products are designed to uplift your well-being in a myriad of ways.
Our Approach
Celebrating the co-evolution of humanity alongside the natural world
Empowerment
Empowerment
Our mission is to equip you with the best tools and education to support your own healing and wellness – on your terms.
Natural Resilience
Natural Resilience
We are here to help optimize your system for to effectively manage any stressors, challenges and obstacles life may have in store
Transparency
Transparency
Through tried and true methods, testing and education, you know exactly what it is you're taking and why it's matters
Integrity
Integrity
We source as locally as possible and use organic ingredients at every step of the way to help ensure optimal quality
Founder, Jonathan Fredette
B.S Health Sciences, Mycologist, Community Educator, Herbalist, Entrepreneur
My Story
From an early age, I was searching for ways to heal myself and grow out of some of the hardships in my own health that arose from living in our modern culture. I became fascinated with Biology and the Life Sciences and ultimately found a way forward through natural medicine. While studying Health Sciences and working as an assistant in a Pathology Lab, I simultaneously dove headlong into the field of Mycology, studying and cultivating mushrooms that I used to help myself and those around me. In 2019 I founded Evolved Mushrooms in an effort to support my community with the potency of the Mushroom kingdom. Since then, I developed unique mushroom extracts alongside herbal medicines and led numerous cultivation and Mycology workshops. Through the past 5 years we developed wholesale relationships with clients, hosted community events, online cohorts and mycology education programs in higher education. Evolved is our next phase of deepening our practice and dedication to supporting our community with natural medicine and education.
How We Evolved to Get Here
For the past 5 years we have been working primarily with functional mushrooms via Evolved Mushrooms, leading cultivation workshops, educational seminars and connecting our community with functional mushrooms. Although mushrooms our one of our cornerstones, we are allowing natural medicine as a whole to be our north star, expanding into the herbal and medicinal plant kingdoms. Our mission is to help you with your own healing journey and explore natural remedies alongside you. Through education, content, while working directly with these herbs and mushrooms, we are very much here to share this journey with you. Our Evolved logo reveals our passion for wellness and natural medicine with the leaves resembling fire and our appreciation of working with Nature in symbiosis.
Mushrooms have sturdy cell walls made of chitin and often have very woody texture. In order to make the medicinal compounds within mushrooms bioavailable, the cells walls must be broken so the compounds can be captured. Extracts in liquid and powder form have been shown to have much greater effectiveness than other products.
Mushrooms have sturdy cell walls made of chitin and often have very woody texture. In order to make the medicinal compounds within mushrooms bioavailable, the cells walls must be broken so the compounds can be captured. Extracts in liquid and powder form have been shown to have much greater effectiveness than other products.
A tincture is a really beautiful way to work with natural medicine. You can get to know the medicine you're working with by site, taste and fairly immediate biofeedback. We craft our liquid extracts using organic cane alcohol, which is not only a carrier of alcohol-soluble compounds, but a very effective preservative. We aim for just enough to be effective at both without it being too overwhelming of a sensation.
A tincture is a really beautiful way to work with natural medicine. You can get to know the medicine you're working with by site, taste and fairly immediate biofeedback. We craft our liquid extracts using organic cane alcohol, which is not only a carrier of alcohol-soluble compounds, but a very effective preservative. We aim for just enough to be effective at both without it being too overwhelming of a sensation.
Many of the mushroom products on the market are mycelium-based and are simply the mycelium grown on grain, such as rye and wheat. Because many people within the US have sensitivities to grain and because a higher majority of medicinal compounds are derived from the mushroom fruiting body as opposed to the mycelium, we work with 100% mushroom fruiting body extracts. Mycelium products on the market cannot really separate the mycelium from the grain, so a large percentage of what you're ingesting isn't actually the mushroom or mycelium.
Many of the mushroom products on the market are mycelium-based and are simply the mycelium grown on grain, such as rye and wheat. Because many people within the US have sensitivities to grain and because a higher majority of medicinal compounds are derived from the mushroom fruiting body as opposed to the mycelium, we work with 100% mushroom fruiting body extracts. Mycelium products on the market cannot really separate the mycelium from the grain, so a large percentage of what you're ingesting isn't actually the mushroom or mycelium.
No! It is completely ok to add tincture to tea, coffee, water or any other beverage or even food!
No! It is completely ok to add tincture to tea, coffee, water or any other beverage or even food!