The Team

Julia

Julia started SCM because she needed to settle down for a bit while her kids went to school. With farming in her blood and innate attraction to anything delicious she thought it might be a good way to redefine adventure after 15 years on the road. After 6 years of equally punishing and magic fungal lessons she can confirm it has not disappointed.

Marcus

Markus moved in to the SCM farm space to kick start his grain spawn business ’Spawn to Grow’ as a part of our incubator program. A brilliant nerd with a ridiculous sense of humour, he is up for helping out with whatever he can and sharing wondrous stories. You can geek out with him at Alphington farmers market first Sunday of the month.

Carlo

What Carlo lacks in admin skills he makes up for in the kitchen. A seriously talented chef who cut his teeth in London and found us after 6 years at Tipo 00 -  he just rolls his eyes when I worry he might be tired after working 12 hrs at his real job to come and make mushroom delicacies until midnight with us. Not sure why this scrappy ragazzo sticks around but super glad he does.

Sam

Sam is the legend that keeps turning up to save us from drowning in a nest of rotting mushroom juice. When not washing old mushroom bags to be 100% recycled by the team at Reground they are generally off at a gig, in the bush or planning adventures.

Alex

Alex makes the juggle of study, jobs and life look so easy and beautiful. She came on in early 2025 to help out with farmers markets and with her friendly, kind and reliable demeanor has turned my life around - giving me my weekends back and selling like a star, rain hail or shine.

Hazel

We totally lucked out when Hazel threw her hat in the ring for our marketing and sales role. With no professional experience in sales and marketing she was a perfect fit for us -  fine artist with a discerning eye and strong can do attitude, a very welcome force behind SCM growth and wellbeing.

Advisory board