Nature Lovers
Creators & Misfits
(Changing the World)
Mushrooms are revolutionizing our food system, the building blocks of our society, and our very understanding of consciousness. Our mission is to bring people together from all walks of life to educate about these gifts of nature and build a more sustainable world
We do this by hosting forages, festivals, and feasts across the Northeastern United States and beyond


2020
2021
2022
2025
2024
Volunteers hold first video call to contact Somerville City Councilors together after meeting via LinkedIn
We successfully pass our first measure in Somerville, which becomes the first city to decriminalize mushrooms east of the Mississippi. Shortly thereafter, we decriminalize Cambridge too
Our group successfully ended arrests for growing and sharing mushrooms in Northampton in April and again in Easthampton in October
As pandemic measures loosen, we began holding in-person cook outs and grow trainings
Bay Staters events grow in scope with its Party Against Imperialism and Plant Medicine Palooza, bringing hundreds of people into our growing, decentralized education movement
We successfully pass a measure in Worcester, the second largest city in New England, as well as Amherst
2023
Our coalition files eight state bills to legalize psychedelic treatments, allow home growing, and roll back the "War on Drugs," building on our legacy as the first to ever file such legislation in Massachusetts in 2021
We successfully pass a measure in Salem, securing the right to grow and share mushrooms in our sixth city. This is shortly followed by successfully passing our coalition measure in Portland, Maine and Berkeley, California as well
Bay Staters Festivals and Forages continue to grow and we officially recieve notice of our nonprofit status
We successfully pass another measure in Medford, decriminalizing our tenth community across the U.S.
Bay Staters officially celebrates its 100th event, commemorating four years of bringing together over 5,000 people to learn about plant medicines & nature








Bay Staters launches its facilitator network, mentoring thousands in the safe and reverent use of plant medicine
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