About Golden Gills

Golden Gills is a woman-owned and woman-led mushroom cultivator in Lake County, IL that specializes in growing gourmet and functional mushrooms and mushroom related products. Sustainably sourced by building partnerships with high-waste businesses, farms and cafes for resource recycling and recapturing still viable waste streams in a closed-loop. Golden Gills mushrooms are handcrafted in small batches and picked fresh for distribution. We take pride in producing quality gourmet mushrooms using agricultural and forestry byproducts as our primary growing mediums. Our natural methods of production accelerate decomposition, building soil and cycling nutrients – critical processes for healthy ecosystems. We donate our exhausted substrates as soil amendments to our friends in farming that we work in cooperation with. Buying Golden Gills mushrooms keeps your dollar local and supports local farming and sustainability. Read their story