FungiFix

This grant will support FungiFix’s next round of pilot projects using fungi to clean up toxic soil (mycoremediation) in wildfire-impacted and industrially polluted LA communities. We’ll restore contaminated sites, repurpose post-remediation mushroom biomass into sustainable concrete for green building, and engage local communities through educational outreach, climate tech training, and green space revitalization as we come together to rebuild LA from the wildfires into a stronger and greener city for all.

The grant will support soil remediation pilot projects in South Central LA. We will offer community organizations and small businesses our clean-up services of planting mushrooms on contaminated soil to remove organic and inorganic toxins from the environment. We will then harvest the mushrooms and use them to create our sustainable building materials, including bricks, to contribute to a cleaner, greener, more affordable future of construction.