Peaceful Harvest Mushrooms is a family-run farmstead business co-owned by Karen and Brian Wiseman that crafts small-batch medicinal mushroom tinctures and powders in Worcester, VT. Brian began growing mushrooms in 2008 as a hobby when he became a stay-at-home father. In 2011, the Wiseman family moved to Vermont and realized no one was growing mushrooms year-round. This sparked Brian into action as his children began elementary school, freeing up time for him to study commercial cultivation. After building a clean lab and cultivation building, they started Peaceful Harvest Mushrooms in 2015 and began making tinctures in 2018.  

Quality, honoring nature, and serving others are the guiding principles of Peaceful Harvest Mushrooms. Drawing upon Karen’s background as a chemical engineer working in pharmaceuticals, the Wiseman family brings decades of experience in pharmaceutical engineering, training at the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, mushroom cultivation, and working in FDA-regulated environments to be a trusted resource for the health and well-being of our community.  

All Peaceful Harvest mushrooms are grown by the Wiseman’s or harvested locally from two carefully selected wildcrafters. Most of the raw materials they use are unavailable locally, but they try to source raw materials from the Co-op when possible. “For us, freshness is key; harvesting only when the mushrooms are ready and processing right away,” says Karen. Working in small batches and keeping a limited inventory on the shelf helps to ensure freshness and create safe, effective, high-quality products.  

Making, marketing, and distributing their dietary supplement products instead of using a contract manufacturer is challenging for their small farm business. They must also follow FDA Dietary Supplement regulations for manufacturing, adding a lot of work. Still, they are grateful that they grow mushrooms and serve the community by making their products as affordable as possible and paying a livable wage to staff. Driven by feedback about how their products have helped customers, Karen and Brian look forward to cultivating other mushrooms and developing new products like mushroom honey and mushroom-herb combination products. 

Peaceful Harvest blends are based on clinical research to support various health concerns. Their powders work great in smoothies, food, or hot beverages like coffee. The tinctures can be put into any beverage or taken directly. People can reach out to them anytime via their website or social media on Facebook and Instagram.