I'm from America and I say Brilliant! Thank you Derek, Harry, Claire,Charlotte, John and family. You are setting the pace, opening minds and hearts. Thank you so much for helping our planet and consciousness towards plant based and compassion. And great healthy food!
@@elenaserrato5558 There is always a mean one who embarrasses my ancestors. Nancy means the United States of America (North America to be exact) or EU as you put it. This man has a beautiful soul, and I love what he teaches, don't bring your ugliness to this channel especially when I am trying to learn to cook. You cannot be vegan and have an ugly soul, I don't think that is possible.
I saw a video where they are working with chicken farmers here in the USA in one of the Carolina's or both? The chicken farmers are sick and tired of being exploited by "Big Chicken" and of course the grossness of the massive horrible raising of chickens to be eaten.
Bravo and thank you from Denver, Colorado USA. I discovered your channel when u were in lockdown in Tucson. When I made my annual trip to Tucson to visit my brother and family I had him take me to BKW Mushroom Farm and I proceeded to make your Mushroom Steaks for the family. A real eye opener for the Tucson carnivore family. It is an annual tradition upon each visit 😊 you're the best.
I literally never cook mushrooms. I always wanted to, but when I tried they looked and tasted terrible. Yesterday, I cooked oyster mushrooms for the first time, following one of your recipes, and they tasted incredible. This is a new beginning for me, so thank you!!!
Love this adventure with the mushrooms! Definitely something I’m putting on my list of things to grow to sustain myself after I move to Texas in a couple weeks!
Mushrooms are like fruits and veggies. It's okay if you don't like some of them. It's okay if you don't like the most popular ones. But there are A LOT of mushrooms out there, there's probably at least one you can enjoy if not love out there.
@plurabelle5 This report is about the use of the facility, not the farmer's bio. Giving the chicken farm a new, cruelty- free life is just a welcome irony.
Yes, been waiting for this, as someone desperately wanting to encourage a transition to plant-based food systems, and not just as a consumer. We can do this! We can! Thanks so much for posting 🙂
We have a big, old unused shed on our property. I am really motivated to look into mushroom growing! It would obviously be VERY small scale, but hey - providing mushrooms to my neighbours is a start in the right direction!
YOU DID IT! Derek, I am overcome with gratitude for you and all of the folks you have supported. I was thrilled to see this and how genuinely excited all parties were so happy to be doing what they are doing. Thank you, thank you, thank you and thank you to all of the mushroom growers! xx
I loved all of it! The cinematography, repurposing the building, the sustainability, making a healthy vegan option more available, and Derek sharing his recipes and knowledge about mushrooms. We need more of this! I hope this catches on in the US because this is 🔥🔥🔥. I cannot thank Derek enough for his generosity in sharing all of this with us. Thank you to all involved, including Miss Frankie. 💜
Thanks to you, Derek, my disabled son has me makin barbecued mushroom/onion burgers for him, three days in a row. I am thrilled with your recipes, with your mushroom farm conversions, and with the possibility of healthier people in the future.
I got emotional with this one! You show your passion with every video you make. You really are an inspiration for everyone!!! It's now the time for the viewers to play their part and demand different mushrooms in the supermarkets to help build the empire. Thank you Derek and the team, not forgetting Frankie ✌️
Derek, you are just so wonderful! My son and I are setting up a small, local, commercial mushroom operation on our farm in Hawaii. This video was both inspiring and helpful. We have a real problem with food sustainability in Hawaii, though our visitors don't see that. At any given time, we have only 2 weeks of food on the island (Hawaii,) and storm systems or shipping worker strikes could leave a lot of people desperate. We are creating some projects around that, and I hope the mushroom farm can contribute to that!
I used to say at work, “I’m like a mushroom, knee deep in shit and kept in the dark”. So happy to see this becoming a reality for you and all of us. May this be the future that we all need.
Oh my, those pink oysters are gorgeous! I live in western Washington, this little documentary has me inspired to order some mushroom kits for my backyard. Thank you so much for this wonderful channel, Derek❤️
Wonderful piece. It is heart warming to see these barns transformed from literal torture chambers to a sustainable growing solution that will benefit the animals, the environment, and human health.
This is so wonderful - revolutionary actually. Food should be grown, not raised. Helping farmers transition means livelihoods are protected, animal lives are saved and people still get to eat delicious food 💚 😊 🙌
I've been growing them at home since lockdown and it's so magical. The water content of mushrooms while they're growing before being dried is about 85-95%. Because water responds to frequency you can literally talk to them, pray over them and imbue them with love and healing properties. It's become one of my favorite hobbies. I don't eat meat either and there are so many wonderful vegan chefs preparing mushrooms in ways that would amaze most meat eaters. You just have to experiment.
Amazing Derek. You Rock. The world is a better place for you being in it. Thank God you went Vegan. You will help transform the meat eaters of this world. Mushrooms are the future. The footprint of mushrooms compared to raising beef, chicken and eggs is so much more sustainable and easier on our planet. Love to you and Miss Frankie. ❤❤
I would love to see mushroom farms become a thing here in the US! There is such opportunity to feed people and get people healthy. Thank you for such an amazing video, and for everything you do. 🙏🏻❤️
This is great! Thank you Derek for making these food goals more attainable to the mainstream population. Your passion for cooking plant based will help so much. I love hearing more about the farm and how it came to be. 💖
❤ Derek, you surely are stoking demand for mushrooms! Your creations all look AMAZING, and I can't wait to try them myself! I grew up in a steak-loving family where we always cooked button mushrooms to serve over steak. Before I went vegan, I had grown to enjoy eating the mushrooms MORE than the steak. I had put all this effort into perfecting my rib eye by salting it in advance and cooking it sous vide. But the portabellas I grilled along with it were far more delicious. With near-zero prep time and effort, too! It's so much work and time to make the perfect steak, but so quick and easy to make a MORE delicious portabella. Your video where you grill mushrooms and veggies was a game changer. You show that vegans don't have to miss out on ANYTHING - including grilling. I'm not a burger person, so Beyond burgers are not going to cut it for me. Mushrooms are it! Long live the mushrooms!
This is so very amazing. BRAVO!! One giantic step forward. The heavens are singing. So many souls saved from suffering. There is a Sanskrit word ‘seva’ meaning selfless service towards all living beings. Derek, you personify this in all you do. Thank you for being a such a beautiful and kind man. If you ever make it to CA, I’d love to say hello. -ThisGirl (55 years vegan).
Be proud of what you've accomplished and continue to do for the world, Derek! You're making a huge change for the better, for humanity, the animals and Mother Earth! THANK YOU!!!
A wonderful transition to plant based agriculture. I love mushrooms and have learned a lot watching your videos on various ways to cook them. The higher the demand, in theory the cost will come down and this will further promote adoption of mushrooms into every diet.
Derek, I remember your HSH presentations @ SPK WFM (2011).I have found work to be inspirational for over a decade!!! Wishing you continued success and happiness for many decades to come!!! Keep the videos and recipes coming!!!!! Thank you!!!!!
My husband has cancer. I am learning to cook for him from watching you! He has gormet tastes. Im a vegan, but more of the just eat what's easy. Thank you for making this new way of cooking fun (and tasty)!
This Docu was pristine. You should feel proud. I genuinely think you started something that will change the world. I'm sharing far and wide. I wish I had the capital to accelerate its implementation. I just know this it's going to take off. You're a legend, Cuz.❤
@cidergirl67 Ditto on the searching for growers, but here, by me (southern USA), the mushroom growers are quite far away and rather small operations. The most promising one shows up online as "sold out" of stock and says to check back in a few days. I LOVE this video and hope the repurpose trend spreads fast globally!
The good thing is that mushrooms don't get bored, feel cramped, breathe their urine and their poop and don't peck one other till bleeding. They actually get plenty of air and they are really harvested, not killed.
By far the best video I’ve watched on TH-cam, and it is also inspiring me to do something similar that will help me to finance my dream of a sanctuary, where I can rescue as many animals as possible. Thanks Derek, and as always, thanks for the shots of Mrs America in the video
This is amazing Derek! We need more mushroom growers in the US as the few we have are seemingly always out of stock. Mushroom farming is probably the most sustainable crop known to man! Just think most of the mushroom lives in the growth medium (which is stuff we normally throw away) as mycelium so the fruiting body they produce is like nature's gift to man. You cannot harm a mushroom as this is just like a fruit from them hence the name fruiting body. The protein composition is very similar to animal protein even though it has a lot more water. Speaking of water it requires way less water than regular vegetation crops. It's nature's perfect food!
Amazing and uplifting! Thanks to Derek and the whole team! Our family is plant based, and your recipes help us learn how to cook like a pro. This film is inspiring to all! Thank you!
I've been waiting for this video, and it is wonderful. You've inspired me to start cooking more with regular and exotic mushrooms. I just made my first Lion's Mane steak this week and boy oh boy was it good. Thanks for the recipes, techniques, and your compassion. I started out making your nutritional yeast seasonings (I love that video!), and could not believe how GOOD they make tofu taste. In fact, I just ate one of the breakfast sandwiches with tofu & mushroom "sausages". I've only stopped eating meat & dairy at the beginning of August 2024, so I'm still a noob, but I'm not missing a thing. My A1C thanks you Derek & Chad. I'll be ordering those books of yours soon. Nam Myoho Renge Kyo.☮
This is amazing! It’s projects like this that make me realize how far behind the US is compared to other countries. Elmhurst converted from a dairy farm to a plant milk company in 2017 and never looked back. More companies should be getting on board with that program. Thanks for sharing this! I’m sure we are all equally excited to see what comes next!
Wonderful! It's clearly one of the delicious and viable ways to shift this world into a new era of a mindful, conscience-based, sustainable form of agriculture, in which all are easily and healthfully fed without harming animals, and the overall environment on Earth is much improved. Bravo! Thanks for sharing this, Derek. May many, many farmers shift into organic mushroom farming and may they do well. A win-win for all.
Thank you Derek Sarno. This man who "Didn't say boo to a goose..." has inspired me in many ways to cook more plant based and mushrooms are a staple in my repertoire now. This video is well made and is a lesson for us all that we can create the change that we want in this world.
Seeing him standing inside that barn, devoid of all the prior suffering, brought a lump to my throat and tears to my eyes! Hallelujah, and thank you sincerely to everyone involved!!! 💜
thank you, Derek! thank you, wonderful mushroom growers! no more pain, no more fear, no more suffering inside these buildings. hopefully many more farmers will follow this example once they see how great it works.
Just amazing!! WOW! Inspirational! Here's hoping that poultry farmers get inspired too!! Long live the Mushroom! And the Chicken! Contratulation on this beautiful work, Derek! Thank you!
Mepkin Abbey, a Trappist Monastery in South Carolina, made the same transition almost 18 years ago. Went from chickens to Golden oyster and other mushrooms. The Abbey is realizing a greater income from the mushroom business. They provide to the Charleston restaurant community and, when harvest is plentiful, they also sell through the local Whole Foods.
Thanks for creating such an inspiring film. There must be loads of older buildings out there which are ripe for conversion. Now to move the conversation beyond the field mushroom options lots of pubs offer and move onto mushroom steaks, and all the other fantastic ingredients you showcase…
Dear Derek, there are _so_ many neglected/empty former grocery stores/properties in the USA and other countries awaiting...practically begging...to be "new farms" for plants. Keep pushing for reuse and sustainable farming initiatives. 🌱💪
I'm glad you stated "Its not right for ME" rather than everyone else. I always liked how your approach to veganism doesn't make this habit of turning away those who eat meat but are curious about the alternatives by not shaming that part of the audience.
This is amazing to see! It’s further proof that change is possible and we can make a more ethical food system that doesn’t cause unnecessary harm to animals! ✌️🌱
I couldn't help but become emotional watching this. My heart is so full for the teams involved. I am cheering everyone on and will be sure to buy double from my local grower to show the demand IS here in this little town in Florida. Thank you again for everything that you and Frankie Ms. America do to spread the message of compassion.
Since I started watching these videos, I’ve explored entirely new ways to cook my vegan meals, and I’ve been eating some of the most delicious meals of my life. I didn’t have the imagination to cook these meals before, but this channel has given me that now, and I’m happy to say I’m almost entirely vegan now. Thank you Derek! You’re a total inspiration ❤
Rural Spain here - I have just bought 2 kits and a set of dowels from a supplier in Finland (sorry UK - BREXIT has made importing so expensive/impossible in the case of many companies) so that I can grow my own, and, hopefully, replicate techniques on my own channel. Love you, Derek. Love Frankie even more though!
What a game changer. I adore what you are doing with vegan food generally and mushrooms in particular. Hats off to Smithy Mushrooms and The Little Mushroom Company. You are all inspirational.
🥹 this is so emotional. Seeing the aisles and rows where normally anguish and pain lives, flourishing with beautiful mushrooms, growing with intentions of love and peace, makes me tear up. Thank you, Derek 💚 Thanks to Little Mushroom Compny, and Smithy’s too👍🏼
The evidence of the true spirit of your beliefs are awe-inspiring. You are a role model that we, as a culture, are so painfully lacking. Best wishes, Namaste.
Nothing but love for this exceptional idea and all the wonderful people involved in the project. We all need to work together to be better people and to make the world a better place! Hugs to you and Frankie Ms. America! 💚
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2:50 “it’s not what comes first, it’s what comes next” what a great quote!!
My favorite quote
The chicken or the egg or rather the spore or the mushroom hehe
It needs to be on a T-shirt!
Love it too
thats copyrighted
Hats off to your cinematographer. This video was gorgeous
SERIOUSLY this is beautiful.
I know! Best intro he’s ever had. I could never get enough of him and Frankie😊
Appreciate the kind words :) It's an incredible project to have been part of.
@@nanny8675309 That look Frankie gave him on their walk 💗
I'm from America and I say Brilliant! Thank you Derek, Harry, Claire,Charlotte, John and family. You are setting the pace, opening minds and hearts. Thank you so much for helping our planet and consciousness towards plant based and compassion. And great healthy food!
What country of all America Continent? Canada, EU, México,Brasil, Peru, Colombia, Argentina etc....
@@elenaserrato5558 There is always a mean one who embarrasses my ancestors. Nancy means the United States of America (North America to be exact) or EU as you put it. This man has a beautiful soul, and I love what he teaches, don't bring your ugliness to this channel especially when I am trying to learn to cook. You cannot be vegan and have an ugly soul, I don't think that is possible.
I saw a video where they are working with chicken farmers here in the USA in one of the Carolina's or both? The chicken farmers are sick and tired of being exploited by "Big Chicken" and of course the grossness of the massive horrible raising of chickens to be eaten.
@@ritabutler1951 It emotionally and mentally takes so much from you. Also, it isn't good for your physical health, either!
Bravo and thank you from Denver, Colorado USA. I discovered your channel when u were in lockdown in Tucson. When I made my annual trip to Tucson to visit my brother and family I had him take me to BKW Mushroom Farm and I proceeded to make your Mushroom Steaks for the family. A real eye opener for the Tucson carnivore family. It is an annual tradition upon each visit 😊 you're the best.
I literally never cook mushrooms. I always wanted to, but when I tried they looked and tasted terrible. Yesterday, I cooked oyster mushrooms for the first time, following one of your recipes, and they tasted incredible. This is a new beginning for me, so thank you!!!
Good luck!
@@Goozeeeee thank you!
Quick tip for mushrooms broadly, cook in a preheated well oiled pan on high heat. Add, cook hot and fast until brown. Deglaze and you're done.
Love this adventure with the mushrooms! Definitely something I’m putting on my list of things to grow to sustain myself after I move to Texas in a couple weeks!
Mushrooms are like fruits and veggies. It's okay if you don't like some of them. It's okay if you don't like the most popular ones. But there are A LOT of mushrooms out there, there's probably at least one you can enjoy if not love out there.
I came out of this video wanting to start my own mushroom farm.
Same!😅
Same here 😂
Me too😂
me too and I'm in canada
I want this to catch on in the US - Thank you, Derek for being the light we need!
Transfarmation is currently working on this in the US, and has been for awhile now :)
Where is all the young people working on this project?.....it was like the average age shown here was 50 years old.
@@rgsxyz1105 the two things that this type of venture needs is land, and money. Neither of which is readily available to young people in the UK.
BRAVO!!! They say we're "adaptable". So let's adapt!
Lol, I was literally just having a conversation about adaptability in a different channel....
Yes!
This is such a necessary adaptation!
This is so encouraging. Such a large operation for cruelty free food. Thank you for sharing your vision
Thanks for sharing
Our world needs more mushroom farms! Thank you for showing us that change is possible.
It would be fantastic if more farmers were interested in this idea.I belive there are plenty of them who would love a cruelty-free business.❤🌱
We agree!
..... and I would like to find a reasonable resource. We need more mushrooms! 🙂
Especially the ones who label themselves "cruelty free" while filling warehouses with sentient slaves
@plurabelle5 This report is about the use of the facility, not the farmer's bio. Giving the chicken farm a new, cruelty- free life is just a welcome irony.
@plurabelle5Whatever gets people to move towards Plant based that’s what life’s all about one step at a time❤
Yes, been waiting for this, as someone desperately wanting to encourage a transition to plant-based food systems, and not just as a consumer. We can do this! We can! Thanks so much for posting 🙂
We have a big, old unused shed on our property. I am really motivated to look into mushroom growing! It would obviously be VERY small scale, but hey - providing mushrooms to my neighbours is a start in the right direction!
YOU DID IT! Derek, I am overcome with gratitude for you and all of the folks you have supported. I was thrilled to see this and how genuinely excited all parties were so happy to be doing what they are doing. Thank you, thank you, thank you and thank you to all of the mushroom growers! xx
I loved all of it! The cinematography, repurposing the building, the sustainability, making a healthy vegan option more available, and Derek sharing his recipes and knowledge about mushrooms. We need more of this! I hope this catches on in the US because this is 🔥🔥🔥. I cannot thank Derek enough for his generosity in sharing all of this with us. Thank you to all involved, including Miss Frankie. 💜
Just a few minutes in - beautifully shot and edited - top-drawer quality.
This makes me so happy - I'm so very, very proud of you Derek!
Thanks to you, Derek, my disabled son has me makin barbecued mushroom/onion burgers for him, three days in a row. I am thrilled with your recipes, with your mushroom farm conversions, and with the possibility of healthier people in the future.
Love it, thanks for watching and tell your son thank you 🙏
I got emotional with this one! You show your passion with every video you make. You really are an inspiration for everyone!!! It's now the time for the viewers to play their part and demand different mushrooms in the supermarkets to help build the empire. Thank you Derek and the team, not forgetting Frankie ✌️
Derek, you are just so wonderful! My son and I are setting up a small, local, commercial mushroom operation on our farm in Hawaii. This video was both inspiring and helpful. We have a real problem with food sustainability in Hawaii, though our visitors don't see that. At any given time, we have only 2 weeks of food on the island (Hawaii,) and storm systems or shipping worker strikes could leave a lot of people desperate. We are creating some projects around that, and I hope the mushroom farm can contribute to that!
This is amazing, so encouraging. Thanks Derek for all you do for the animals 💜💜
I used to say at work, “I’m like a mushroom, knee deep in shit and kept in the dark”. So happy to see this becoming a reality for you and all of us. May this be the future that we all need.
Oh my, those pink oysters are gorgeous! I live in western Washington, this little documentary has me inspired to order some mushroom kits for my backyard. Thank you so much for this wonderful channel, Derek❤️
Wonderful piece. It is heart warming to see these barns transformed from literal torture chambers to a sustainable growing solution that will benefit the animals, the environment, and human health.
This is a professional document📽 If he's not on TV yet, he should definitely appear there📺
Hoping hundreds follow your example! ❤❤❤
Let’s grow that to thousands…. Then millions
This is so wonderful - revolutionary actually. Food should be grown, not raised. Helping farmers transition means livelihoods are protected, animal lives are saved and people still get to eat delicious food 💚 😊 🙌
Very cool, Derek - such a great idea, transitioning existing infrastructure into a more sustainable and compassionate future. Thanks for all you do.
I've been growing them at home since lockdown and it's so magical. The water content of mushrooms while they're growing before being dried is about 85-95%. Because water responds to frequency you can literally talk to them, pray over them and imbue them with love and healing properties. It's become one of my favorite hobbies. I don't eat meat either and there are so many wonderful vegan chefs preparing mushrooms in ways that would amaze most meat eaters. You just have to experiment.
I love this!
Amazing Derek. You Rock. The world is a better place for you being in it. Thank God you went Vegan. You will help transform the meat eaters of this world. Mushrooms are the future. The footprint of mushrooms compared to raising beef, chicken and eggs is so much more sustainable and easier on our planet. Love to you and Miss Frankie. ❤❤
I would love to see mushroom farms become a thing here in the US! There is such opportunity to feed people and get people healthy. Thank you for such an amazing video, and for everything you do. 🙏🏻❤️
This is great! Thank you Derek for making these food goals more attainable to the mainstream population. Your passion for cooking plant based will help so much. I love hearing more about the farm and how it came to be. 💖
❤ Derek, you surely are stoking demand for mushrooms! Your creations all look AMAZING, and I can't wait to try them myself! I grew up in a steak-loving family where we always cooked button mushrooms to serve over steak. Before I went vegan, I had grown to enjoy eating the mushrooms MORE than the steak. I had put all this effort into perfecting my rib eye by salting it in advance and cooking it sous vide. But the portabellas I grilled along with it were far more delicious. With near-zero prep time and effort, too! It's so much work and time to make the perfect steak, but so quick and easy to make a MORE delicious portabella.
Your video where you grill mushrooms and veggies was a game changer. You show that vegans don't have to miss out on ANYTHING - including grilling. I'm not a burger person, so Beyond burgers are not going to cut it for me. Mushrooms are it!
Long live the mushrooms!
This is so very amazing. BRAVO!! One giantic step forward. The heavens are singing. So many souls saved from suffering. There is a Sanskrit word ‘seva’ meaning selfless service towards all living beings. Derek, you personify this in all you do. Thank you for being a such a beautiful and kind man. If you ever make it to CA, I’d love to say hello. -ThisGirl (55 years vegan).
55 years vegan? You are awesome. Thanks for carrying the torch! ♥️🇨🇦
This. Is. Dope. Encourages me to start a mushroom farm in the US. This is the future, so let's keep it pushing 💪
Beautiful! Absolutely beautiful. Keep it going and growing. Thank you, Derek!
"Let the beauty we love be what we do..." ~Rumi. Thank you. 🧡
Commenting to boost up the algorithm. This needs to be seen.
I agree! However, please stop repetitive music! So distracting!
Truly believe you and team are on the futuristic path for feeding planet.
Be proud of what you've accomplished and continue to do for the world, Derek!
You're making a huge change for the better, for humanity, the animals and Mother Earth!
THANK YOU!!!
Beautiful! Much love and respect, Derek! 💚🌿
We love to see it! The world needs more farm transitions!
I buy Fable Meaty Pulled Mushrooms & honestly find them tastier (& healthier) than beef brisket. Mushrooms are amazing.
A wonderful transition to plant based agriculture. I love mushrooms and have learned a lot watching your videos on various ways to cook them. The higher the demand, in theory the cost will come down and this will further promote adoption of mushrooms into every diet.
Fun guy agriculture 😁
Derek,
I remember your HSH presentations @ SPK WFM (2011).I have found work to be inspirational for over a decade!!!
Wishing you continued success and happiness for many decades to come!!!
Keep the videos and recipes coming!!!!!
Thank you!!!!!
thanks man
My husband has cancer. I am learning to cook for him from watching you! He has gormet tastes. Im a vegan, but more of the just eat what's easy. Thank you for making this new way of cooking fun (and tasty)!
Fantastic business! This is so heartwarming to watch. No animals harmed, plenty of people fed.
YES! Wonderful presentation, and makes total sense. Sending love from the USA ~ Now we all need to share this video!!
Please do!
@@DerekSarnoChef I just did!
Our future obviously^^ ATB to all of you, my friends🍀❤️🔥
Amazing!!!!!! Thank you for helping the animals, the planet and the humans with kindness, creativity and solutions! 💚 🌱
This is amazing Derek! Love the idea of 'compassionate action' ❤
This Docu was pristine. You should feel proud. I genuinely think you started something that will change the world. I'm sharing far and wide. I wish I had the capital to accelerate its implementation. I just know this it's going to take off. You're a legend, Cuz.❤
Derek is a true hero of humanity.
Keep going.
Because of you, I searched and found a local-ish mushroom grower. Thank you for introducing the world to this game-changer!
@cidergirl67 Ditto on the searching for growers, but here, by me (southern USA), the mushroom growers are quite far away and rather small operations. The most promising one shows up online as "sold out" of stock and says to check back in a few days. I LOVE this video and hope the repurpose trend spreads fast globally!
Love what you're doing, Derek. This is incredible and I'd love to see something similar in the states!
Compassionate Action. Yes. So too will I bring forth the awakened mind, and in those same precepts, train and abide. Rock on Derek!
The good thing is that mushrooms don't get bored, feel cramped, breathe their urine and their poop and don't peck one other till bleeding. They actually get plenty of air and they are really harvested, not killed.
Derek rocks! ❤
❤🍄🟫❤ THANK YOU Derek!!
By far the best video I’ve watched on TH-cam, and it is also inspiring me to do something similar that will help me to finance my dream of a sanctuary, where I can rescue as many animals as possible. Thanks Derek, and as always, thanks for the shots of Mrs America in the video
This is amazing Derek! We need more mushroom growers in the US as the few we have are seemingly always out of stock. Mushroom farming is probably the most sustainable crop known to man! Just think most of the mushroom lives in the growth medium (which is stuff we normally throw away) as mycelium so the fruiting body they produce is like nature's gift to man. You cannot harm a mushroom as this is just like a fruit from them hence the name fruiting body. The protein composition is very similar to animal protein even though it has a lot more water. Speaking of water it requires way less water than regular vegetation crops. It's nature's perfect food!
Amazing and uplifting! Thanks to Derek and the whole team!
Our family is plant based, and your recipes help us learn how to cook like a pro.
This film is inspiring to all!
Thank you!
Thank you for sharing this information and your heart too.
I've been waiting for this video, and it is wonderful. You've inspired me to start cooking more with regular and exotic mushrooms. I just made my first Lion's Mane steak this week and boy oh boy was it good. Thanks for the recipes, techniques, and your compassion. I started out making your nutritional yeast seasonings (I love that video!), and could not believe how GOOD they make tofu taste. In fact, I just ate one of the breakfast sandwiches with tofu & mushroom "sausages". I've only stopped eating meat & dairy at the beginning of August 2024, so I'm still a noob, but I'm not missing a thing. My A1C thanks you Derek & Chad. I'll be ordering those books of yours soon. Nam Myoho Renge Kyo.☮
You've got a long beautiful journey ahead.
My biggest regret is not becoming vegan sooner.
Going on a decade soon here
I've never experienced a food addiction like the nutritional yeast seasonings, they are like crack 😂😂 just an amazing "tool" in the kitchen
Thank you Derek and a big thank you to all non animal farmers around the world!!!!
This is amazing! It’s projects like this that make me realize how far behind the US is compared to other countries. Elmhurst converted from a dairy farm to a plant milk company in 2017 and never looked back. More companies should be getting on board with that program. Thanks for sharing this! I’m sure we are all equally excited to see what comes next!
Wonderful! It's clearly one of the delicious and viable ways to shift this world into a new era of a mindful, conscience-based, sustainable form of agriculture, in which all are easily and healthfully fed without harming animals, and the overall environment on Earth is much improved. Bravo! Thanks for sharing this, Derek. May many, many farmers shift into organic mushroom farming and may they do well. A win-win for all.
Deep gratitude for you all! Let’s transform the world 💕🌎🐾🌿Thank you! 💕💕💕💕💕
This is Fantastic Derek! Awesome video Thanks for sharing!
Great concept. Brilliant work by yourself and everyone involved. The future is fungi 👍
Amazing documentary, so well made!
Thank you Derek Sarno. This man who "Didn't say boo to a goose..." has inspired me in many ways to cook more plant based and mushrooms are a staple in my repertoire now. This video is well made and is a lesson for us all that we can create the change that we want in this world.
Just wow... i am left speechless... thanks to everyone involved! Just one word: AMAZING
Seeing him standing inside that barn, devoid of all the prior suffering, brought a lump to my throat and tears to my eyes! Hallelujah, and thank you sincerely to everyone involved!!! 💜
thank you, Derek! thank you, wonderful mushroom growers! no more pain, no more fear, no more suffering inside these buildings. hopefully many more farmers will follow this example once they see how great it works.
"supporting actress. frankie ms. america" 😁😍 - congratulations, chef derek. this is amazing. i admire you so very much!
Just amazing!! WOW! Inspirational! Here's hoping that poultry farmers get inspired too!! Long live the Mushroom! And the Chicken! Contratulation on this beautiful work, Derek! Thank you!
Mepkin Abbey, a Trappist Monastery in South Carolina, made the same transition almost 18 years ago. Went from chickens to Golden oyster and other mushrooms. The Abbey is realizing a greater income from the mushroom business. They provide to the Charleston restaurant community and, when harvest is plentiful, they also sell through the local Whole Foods.
Did a retreat there many years ago...beautiful place❤
Thanks for creating such an inspiring film. There must be loads of older buildings out there which are ripe for conversion. Now to move the conversation beyond the field mushroom options lots of pubs offer and move onto mushroom steaks, and all the other fantastic ingredients you showcase…
Right on! Changing the world one fungi at a time. ❤️❤️❤️
Fun girls, too! 😂
Thank you, Derek, for being the change in the world we want to see.
Dear Derek, there are _so_ many neglected/empty former grocery stores/properties in the USA and other countries awaiting...practically begging...to be "new farms" for plants. Keep pushing for reuse and sustainable farming initiatives. 🌱💪
I'm glad you stated "Its not right for ME" rather than everyone else. I always liked how your approach to veganism doesn't make this habit of turning away those who eat meat but are curious about the alternatives by not shaming that part of the audience.
Brilliant!
What comes next? I love this so much!
Me too, so clever
So excited for the future of plants! ❤
This is amazing to see! It’s further proof that change is possible and we can make a more ethical food system that doesn’t cause unnecessary harm to animals! ✌️🌱
Beautiful and compassionate work. Thank you to everyone taking these steps toward kind progress💚🌟
I couldn't help but become emotional watching this. My heart is so full for the teams involved. I am cheering everyone on and will be sure to buy double from my local grower to show the demand IS here in this little town in Florida. Thank you again for everything that you and Frankie Ms. America do to spread the message of compassion.
EXCELLENCE!!! This didn’t disappoint whatsoever! Thank you to all involved for championing a compassionate way of cooking and farming.
Since I started watching these videos, I’ve explored entirely new ways to cook my vegan meals, and I’ve been eating some of the most delicious meals of my life. I didn’t have the imagination to cook these meals before, but this channel has given me that now, and I’m happy to say I’m almost entirely vegan now. Thank you Derek! You’re a total inspiration ❤
Amazing, thank you for all you do to help animals!!
Thank you for watching
I was looking forward to it for a while. I love a good transFARMation story, well done! We must build the future we want to see!
Rural Spain here - I have just bought 2 kits and a set of dowels from a supplier in Finland (sorry UK - BREXIT has made importing so expensive/impossible in the case of many companies) so that I can grow my own, and, hopefully, replicate techniques on my own channel. Love you, Derek. Love Frankie even more though!
This is amazing. I hope more people are inspired to do this. he world needs more people like you. 🌿💚🌱
Interesting, informative, and inspiring 😊
What a game changer. I adore what you are doing with vegan food generally and mushrooms in particular. Hats off to Smithy Mushrooms and The Little Mushroom Company. You are all inspirational.
Magnificent! This idea of converting and repurposing could impact incredible changes in our growing food problem.
🥹 this is so emotional. Seeing the aisles and rows where normally anguish and pain lives, flourishing with beautiful mushrooms, growing with intentions of love and peace, makes me tear up.
Thank you, Derek 💚
Thanks to Little Mushroom Compny, and Smithy’s too👍🏼
I think those chickens in the video seemed alright?
The evidence of the true spirit of your beliefs are awe-inspiring. You are a role model that we, as a culture, are so painfully lacking. Best wishes, Namaste.
Tbis is an excellent idea!!! 😃👍🏼I have been vegan for 10 years, and I could be happier.
Derek congratulations on your Mushroom journey. you're showing the world there's a different and a better way thank you.
Nothing but love for this exceptional idea and all the wonderful people involved in the project. We all need to work together to be better people and to make the world a better place! Hugs to you and Frankie Ms. America! 💚