I began my mushroom farming journey in the most unconventional way—right in the back bedroom of my home. What started as a small experiment to grow gourmet mushrooms quickly became something much bigger. I had always been passionate about food production, and the more I explored the idea, the more I realized there was an opportunity to change how food is grown in the UK. My motivation was simple: to create a more secure, sustainable, and distributed food system, focused on high-quality, locally grown produce. I saw the fragility of our current system, with its reliance on imports, and knew there had to be a better way.