Bay Staters for Natural Medicine

Bay Staters for Natural Medicine Grassroots volunteers educating about ways to live more healthfully and naturally · Mushroom forages, feasts, and fests 🍄🌿

New Walk Dropped 🍄‍🟫✌️Shinrin-yoku, also known as “forest bathing” in the West, has been prescribed as an official preve...
06/17/2026

New Walk Dropped 🍄‍🟫✌️

Shinrin-yoku, also known as “forest bathing” in the West, has been prescribed as an official preventative health treatment in Japan since 1982

Time among the trees exposes us to their pheromones, including phytoncides, that combat respiratory illness. Walking in nature as well as reflective time spent with others both stimulate neuroplasticity as well- the ability to alter beliefs and gain inspiration

So join us for our forever donation-based walks to learn about the wonderful world of fungi and connect with awesome people 🍄🌿

Some locations require an RSVP to release the meeting point, so you can do so here or at the link in our instagram bio:
Tinyurl.com/baystatersmeeting ⬅️

A better world starts with us
Let Mother Nature be our guide 🌎🍃

Three new forages 🍄🍄‍🟫🌿Massachusetts has legendary forests to hike and explore, and our favorite thing is helping people...
06/11/2026

Three new forages 🍄🍄‍🟫🌿

Massachusetts has legendary forests to hike and explore, and our favorite thing is helping people learn new ways to see the magic of this majestic nature

Join us in Lowell, Worcester, and Saugus in the weeks to come to celebrate your dad, make new friends, and breathe easy under the trees 🌳🌳

We’re especially grateful to Bay Staters teammate Darren Massachusetts Mushroom Forager James James Paul Davis as well as Christine Christine Sparks and Colin with the Greater Worcester Land Trust for helping us make our second Worcester one possible

We have new nature and mushrooms walks dropping soon for Purgatory Chasm, Western Mass, and the Blue Hills. So watch out 💃🕺

To sign up for updates and addresses, please follow the link in our bio or go here:
Tinyurl.com/baystatersmeeting ⬅️

Magic in the Air 🍄🌿We’re excited to welcome you to our three year celebration of plant medicine access in Salem, where o...
06/09/2026

Magic in the Air 🍄🌿

We’re excited to welcome you to our three year celebration of plant medicine access in Salem, where our team brought together people of all flavors to restore access to these gifts or nature

Fun for all fungi lovers, this community event is open to all ages and stages with grow kits and merch for donation to support community🤘

So invite a friend and sign up for updates and calendar reminders of events near you in North Shore or beyond ⬇️

Tinyurl.com/baystatersmeeting

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Mushlove 🍓🍄‍🟫Together we found Witch’s Butter, Turkey Tail, False Turkey Tail, De/ad Mans Fingers, Inky Caps (Coprinellu...
06/01/2026

Mushlove 🍓🍄‍🟫

Together we found Witch’s Butter, Turkey Tail, False Turkey Tail, De/ad Mans Fingers, Inky Caps (Coprinellus), Wolf’s Milk Slime Mold, Elf Cups (Blue stain), dyer’s polypore, mycena, candle flame and green shield lichens, garlic mustard, stinging nettle, lawnmower mushrooms, and burdock (root)

We also manifested for the week to come, getting in touch with our senses and learning how the field of mycology built our world and revolutionizes technology 🌎🤘

Thank you to all the wonderful people who joined us in Worcester and Boston to celebrate nature. In particular, thank you to Samara Christine who normally leads nature walks for the Greater Worcester Land Trust .sparks.74 Hantoa Darren and James .jpd and all the people who help promote our work by sharing with friends and to forums

New forages dropping soon in the Blue Hills, Purgatory Chasm, Breakheart, Lowell, and Central-Western Mass as well as festivals in Arlington, Salem, East Boston, and Quincy ✌️🌿🍄

Want a forage or festival in your area? Reach out. We plan events based on who we connect with to assess enthusiasm in the area

Food, Art, Nature 🍄‍🟫🎨🌿Thank you to all the wonderful community members who joined us at our recent CREATE 2026 eventsSh...
05/28/2026

Food, Art, Nature 🍄‍🟫🎨🌿

Thank you to all the wonderful community members who joined us at our recent CREATE 2026 events

Shout out to Kimmy Alex Brenda Kanaya Cole .with.cole Colo and James .jpd for making these programs possible ❤️

And thank you to those who give to support this work, since 93% of our funding comes from grassroots supporters like you so we don’t have to rely on institutional power centers 💅✌️

Together, we made plant-based foods like Zuchinni Banana Bread and Spring Rolls to give to families on Dudley Street in Dorcester. We made art with those dropping by Neponset River Park. And we learned as we enjoyed herbal teas and grounding exercises to bring us closer to nature and our senses

Hope to see you at upcoming mushroom events, where we will be integrating much of our new arts, herbalism, food, and gardening programming ✌️🍄

Become a Mushroom 🍄‍🟫🌿We’re excited to welcome you in Worcester or Boston this Sunday to explore the wood wide web that ...
05/26/2026

Become a Mushroom 🍄‍🟫🌿

We’re excited to welcome you in Worcester or Boston this Sunday to explore the wood wide web that makes most plant life possible, and our lives by extension. Together we’ll become mushrooms, and if you wear your best mushroom garb we will have special prizes for you

If you’re looking to start off your week celebrating nature and relaxing with groovy people, bring a friend and drop on in

We’ll also have grow kits and guide books too

Mushlove ☮️🍄🤘

Three Forages, One weekend 🍄🌿🌧️Thank you to all the shining souls who joined us in Medford, Cambridge, and Waltham to sc...
05/26/2026

Three Forages, One weekend 🍄🌿🌧️

Thank you to all the shining souls who joined us in Medford, Cambridge, and Waltham to scout for mushrooms together in the rain

From deeper conversations about the meaning of it all to shared laughs about the bizarre world of fungi, we’re glad you joined and welcome you to the next one too

Shout out to Darren and James .jpd for leading snd our attendees like Hubter for helping us take pictures too

Feed the people 🍄‍🟫☮️Want new cooking skills?Looking for a fun Boston-area cooking class?Want some tasty food to take ho...
05/20/2026

Feed the people 🍄‍🟫☮️

Want new cooking skills?
Looking for a fun Boston-area cooking class?
Want some tasty food to take home to your family?

Baystaters.org/cook ⬅️

Action makes impact 🦉🚨As nature lovers and advocates for healing, we’re excited by the potential of our communities to l...
05/19/2026

Action makes impact 🦉🚨

As nature lovers and advocates for healing, we’re excited by the potential of our communities to lead the way with science and compassion

We’re proud of our volunteers and many, many others from Arlington to Maynard, from the Berkshires to the Cape, whose work made this moment posssible

Please take action and share your reflections and questions below ⬇️

Link to petition in bio 🌎

Watertown Mushroom Fest 🍄☀️Huge gratitude for all who joined us to celebrate the healing power of mushrooms and super fo...
05/18/2026

Watertown Mushroom Fest 🍄☀️

Huge gratitude for all who joined us to celebrate the healing power of mushrooms and super foods. The Musroom movement in Massachusetts thrives on

Inspired by stories of healing, we got dozens of mushroom grow kits out to the community, delicious veggie pakoras and soup from and deep education on how we can accelerate collective well-being, together ✌️🌎

Mushlove to our organizers Kimmy Colo and James .jpd

See you at the upcoming forages and cooking class

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