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Phase 1 of the cordyceps militaris cultivation process includes prepping the spores, rice, and bins for growth
Rice and water are sterilized in a pressure cooker while the cordyceps spores are diluted out in liquid. This liquid is referred to as a "culture"
The liquid culture and rice are mixed together in a dough kneading bag, placed in a bin, and moved into a dark tent to incubate.
Phase 2 of the cordyceps militaris cultivation process is simulating the natural growth process using temperature, light, and humidity controlled environments
After incubating in total darkness for about 3-5 days, the bins are moved to a lighted tent kept at around 85% humidity.
These beautiful little orange delights take about two months to fully develop into something we are able to harvest.
Phase 3 of the cordyceps militaris cultivation process is the harvest! If everything is done right, you're left with these beautiful orange flushes. This is the fruiting body. The fruiting body is freeze dried to retain nutritional potency, then sealed and stored until ready for use.
Here is our lead cordyceps cultivator, Adam, emerging from one of our grow tents with a beautiful flush of ready to harvest cordyceps militaris
After harvest, the cordyceps miltaris fruiting bodies are spread out onto a tray and freeze dried using our commercial Harvest Right freeze drier.
Anything truly worthwhile can't be done alone, right? At Bffd, we believe it's crucial to work with high quality people. We've had the priviledge to partner with Justin Knaub and Christian Rockey at MMM-Labs. After completion of our cultivation process, we entrust Justin and Christian with the next steps. They perform a hot water, an alcoholic, and an ultrasonic-assisted extraction on our cordyceps and the other compounds used in Bffd tinctures. Finally, MMM-Labs completes the bottling and labeling process ensuring the finished tinctures are ready for delivery.
Here is a look into the ultrasonic-assisted extraction process with Justin and Christian at MMM-Labs
Here is Justin from MMM-Labs formulating, bottling, and labeling one of the Bffd Dial-In tinctures.
After bottling and labeling are complete, MMM-Labs returns the tinctures to us at Bffd.
Whenever we receive an order, we package up the product, throw on Bffd branding, and get the cordyceps out to you so you can benefit from all the wonderful effects Cordyceps militaris extracts can provide!
The Bffd Web App currently contains two tools:- A growers database- A sales dashboard
The Bffd Database is what we use to improve upon our grow processes, track our inventory, track our production numbers, and determine what strain of genetics to use.
The sales dashboard is what we use for wholesale orders. This dashboard allows our sales team to set prices, customize orders, and automatically receive commission payments.
The sales dashboard is what we use for wholesale orders. This dashboard allows our sales team to set prices, customize orders, and automatically receive commission payments.
Here is what the home page of what our application looks like:
Upon receiving Cordyceps militaris genetics, the genetic strain name and the company we bought the genetic strains from are input into our database.
Occassionally, we will try different liquid culture and substrate recipies. The contents of these recipies are input into our database so we can refer back to them if we are seeing success or failure with certain recipies.
After prepping our liquid culture, substrate, and bins for growth...this information is put into the database.
The database is updated again when bins are moved from incubation to growth
When ready to harvest, a picture is taken. The weight of the fruiting body pre-freeze drying and post-freeze drying is noted. If analytics are done, this is stored also. Finally, the dried weight is added to inventory.
Centralizing all grow data in a single location enables us to pinpoint the optimal genetics, cultures, substrates, and environmental conditions for cultivating top of the line Cordyceps militaris. This approach allows us to experiment with different grow inputs and refer back to our findings to ensure we consistently yield high quality mushrooms. In addition, we are able to track our production numbers and inventory ensuring we are always able to meet the needs of our customers.
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