Jeff is the founder, president and CEO of Nammex as well as being Real Mushrooms’ founder, Skye Chilton’s, father. Jeff has been actively involved in studying, growing and researching mushrooms since 1973. In 1989, he founded Nammex, the leading supplier of functional organic mushroom ingredients to the Supplement, Nutraceutical and Food and Beverage industry. Throughout his career, Jeff has continually focused on quality. His published research on the medicinal compounds in mushrooms and his focus on developing testing methods to identify and measure these compounds has helped bring greater knowledge and integrity to the functional mushroom product category. His expertise in mushroom science, cultivation, and quality control helps Real Mushrooms deliver not only the highest quality products but the most reliable information about the medicinal constituents in mushrooms.
- Studied Ethno-mycology at the University of Washington, 1971
- Large scale commercial mushroom grower – Production manager 1973-1983
- Fellowship to the Dutch School for Mushroom Growers in 1976
- Founder and CEO, Nammex Organic Mushroom Extracts, 1989 to present
- Organized the first Workshop for organic mushroom certification in China, 1997
- Presentations at the International Society for Mushroom Science in 2016 and the International Medicinal Mushroom Conference in 2019.
- Interviewed on hundreds of podcasts
- Book co-author, The Mushroom Cultivator, 1983
- Published, peer-reviewed papers
- Published Editorials & Online Papers