Top Hat Mushrooms is a third-generation family farm that focuses on helping people. Robin Gillette, CEO and founder of the company, bought the farm he grew up on from his father in 1991 and converted what was a hog farm into a shiitake mushroom farm. Robin’s wife, Carrie, manages the company’s finances and spends a day each week with the packaging team, ensuring quality control of our mushrooms prior to distribution. Their son Casey is now the Chief Operating Officer and spends much of his time overseeing production, constantly refining our spawn line that is developed in-house. Their daughter, Katie, also works on the farm doing bookkeeping and office administration. There are now three generations working and living on the 200+ acre farm.

Top Hat Mushrooms is relentless in the drive to improve efficiency while never wavering on their commitment to produce quality mushrooms 365 days a year for distribution throughout North America. Top Hat Mushrooms is the largest organic shiitake grower west of the Mississippi River.

They have installed an 88-solar panel array at their Scio farm and continue to look for innovative ways to use their by-product. They are currently utilizing spent mushroom blocks to produce worms, worm castings, and plant-based compost; all of which are used to naturally enrich the Earth’s living soil.