Here are some news clips of opportunities given us to educate the public about making better food choices. Below that are studies on medicinal mushrooms we grow and make into extracts.

Television

• Organic farm grows hops and mushrooms – RFD-TV – May 7, 2014
• Tennessee grower uses native solitary bees to pollinate orchard - RFD-TV – May 14, 2014
• Living Green Tennessee – WCTE – September 2016

Newspaper

• Half Hill Farm receives USDA organic certification – Cannon Courier – June 5, 2013
• Weather delays Farmer’s Market Grand Opening – Cannon Courier – August 21, 2013
• ‘Just like in the good, old days’ – Half Hill Farm wholly organic – Cannon Courier – September 25, 2013
• Compost making really easy for any farmer – Cannon Courier – September 25, 2013
• Half Hill Farms Specializing in Medicinal Mushroom Extracts – Nashville Scene – April 3, 2014
• Farmers Turn To Cancer-Fighting – Cannon Courier – April 9, 2014
• Half Hill Certified for Hemp – Cannon Courier – July 7, 2015
• Specialty Food Store Planned – Shelbyville Times Gazette – November 15, 2017
• Half Hill Farm expands to new Woodbury location – Cannon Courier – May 14, 2018
• ‘I’m tired of trying to survive’: Opioid users seek alternative to manage pain – Daily News Journal – April 23, 2018
• Legalization of hemp opens door for thriving industry – UPI – December 17, 2018
• Half Hill Farm Inc. / Wellness Emporium opens on High St. - Cannon Courier - January 5, 2019
• Construction begins on local hemp testing and extraction lab - Cannon Courier - March 21, 2019
• Tennessee’s Half Hill Farm to open Murfreesboro store selling CBD and Kombucha – Daily News Journal – April 23, 2019
• Wellness Emporium expanding to Murfreesboro – Cannon Courier – April 28, 2019

Magazine

• Meet The Makers – Murfreesboro Magazine – November 2016
• Organic farmers build community and sustainability in Middle Tennessee – Murfreesboro Magazine – May 2014
• Two men on a mission at Half Hill Farm – Focus Middle Tennessee – July 18, 2017
• Made in Tennessee: Kombucha – AAA Living Magazine – March 2018
• Growing a Healthier Tennessee – Local Table – 2018

Radio

• Organic farm grows hops and mushrooms – Rural Radio (SiriusXM 30) – May 8, 2014
• VERY COOL: Local Farm Certified to be Organic – WGNS-AM – May 28, 2013

Research on Lion’s Mane (Hericium erinaceus) mushrooms:

• Improving effects of the mushroom Yamabushitake (Hericium erinaceus) on mild cognitive impairment: a double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial - Phytotherapy Research - March 2009
• Hericium erinaceus, a medicinal mushroom, activates peripheral nerve regeneration - Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine - October 2016
• Reduction of depression and anxiety by 4 weeks Hericium erinaceus intake - Biomedical Research - August 2010
• Anticancer potential of Hericium erinaceus extracts against human gastrointestinal cancers - Journal of Ethnopharmacology - April 2014
• Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Ethanol Extract of Lion’s Mane Medicinal Mushroom, Hericium erinaceus (Agaricomycetes), in Mice with Ulcerative Colitis - International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms - 2016
• Anti-Gastric Ulcer Activity of Polysaccharide Fraction Isolated from Mycelium Culture of Lion’s Mane Medicinal Mushroom, Hericium erinaceus (Higher Basidiomycetes) - International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms - 2015
• Hericium erinaceus enhances doxorubicin-induced apoptosis in human hepatocellular carcinoma cells - Cancer Letters - November 2010
• Chemistry, Nutrition, and Health-Promoting Properties of Hericium erinaceus (Lion’s Mane) Mushroom Fruiting Bodies and Mycelia and Their Bioactive Compounds - Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry - August 2015
• Isolation and identification of aromatic compounds in Lion’s Mane Mushroom and their anticancer activities - Food Chemistry - March 2015
• Hericium erinaceus: an edible mushroom with medicinal values - Journal of Complementary & Integrative Medicine - May 2013
• Mechanism of Hericium erinaceus (Yamabushitake) mushroom-induced apoptosis of U937 human monocytic leukemia cells - Food & Function - June 2011
• High molecular weight of polysaccharides from Hericium erinaceus against amyloid beta-induced neurotoxicity - BMC Complementary & alternative Medicine - June 2016
• Hericium erinaceus (Lion’s Mane) mushroom extracts inhibit metastasis of cancer cells to the lung in CT-26 colon cancer-transplanted mice - Journal of Agriculture & Food Chemistry - May 2013

Research on Chaga (Inonotus obliquus) mushrooms

• Ethanol extract of Innotus obliquus (Chaga mushroom) induces G1 cell cycle arrest in HT-29 human colon cancer cells – Nutrition Research and Practice – April 2015
• Chemical characterization and biological activity of Chaga (Inonotus obliquus), a medicinal “mushroom” – Journal of Ethnopharmacology – March 2015
•  A study of the antiherpetic activity of the chaga mushroom (Inonotus obliquus) extracts in the Vero cells infected with the herpes simplex virus – Voprosy Virusologii – Mar-Apr 2014
• Liquid extract from a Chaga medicinal mushroom, Inonotus obliquus (higher Basidiomycetes), prevents herpes simplex virus entry through inhibition of viral-induced membrane fusion – International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms – 2013
• Anticancer effects of fraction isolated from fruiting bodies of Chaga medicinal mushroom, Inonotus obliquus: in vitro studies – International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms – 2011
• In vitro antitumor activity and structure characterization of liquid extracts from wild and cultivated Chaga medicinal mushroom, Inonotus obliquus – International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms – 2011
• Chaga mushroom extract inhibits oxidative DNA damage in lymphocytes of patients with inflammatory bowel disease – Biofactors – 2007
• Immunomodulatory Activity of the Water Extract from Medicinal Mushroom Inonotus obliquus – Mycobiology – September 2005

Research on Turkey Tail (Trametes Versicolor) mushrooms

• Novel medicinal mushroom blend suppresses growth and invasiveness of human breast cancer cells – International Journal of Oncology – December 2010
• Compound Derived From a Mushroom Lengthens Survival Time in Dogs With Cancer, Penn Vet Study Finds – University of Pennsylvania – September 10, 2012
• Phase 1 Clinical Trial of Trametes versicolor in Women with Breast Cancer – NIH – May 30, 2012
• FDA Approves Bastyr Turkey Tail Trial for Cancer Patients – Baastyr University – November 30, 2012
• Turkey Tail mushrooms and our personal fight against cancer – Half Hill Farm – December 6, 2013
• Complete clinical summary: Turkey Tail – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

Research on Shiitake (Lentinula edodes) mushrooms

• Shiitake Mushroom Extract Kills Off HPV In Cervical Cancer Cells – AHCC Research Association- March 23, 2014
• Shiitake Extract May Treat HPV – Univ. of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School – October 2014
• A novel polysaccharide from Lentinus edodes mycelia exhibits potential antitumor activity on laryngeal squamous cancer cell line Hep-2 – Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology – November 2013
• Complete clinical summary: Shiitake- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• Photobiology of vitamin D in mushrooms and its bioavailability in humans – Dermatoendocrinol – January 2013
• The use of lentinan for treating gastric cancer – Anticancer Agents in Medincinal Chemistry – June 2013
• In vitro assessment of shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes) extract for its antigingivitis activity – Journal of Biomedicine & Biotechnology – Sept 2011

Research on Red Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum) mushrooms

• Antitumor and anti-inflammatory activities of polysaccharides isolated from Ganoderma lucidum - Acta Pharmaceutica – September 2011
• Red Reishi alters gut bacteria to reverse weight gain and insulin resistance – Nature Communications – May 14, 2015
• Ganoderma lucidum destroys leukemia, lymphoma and multiple myeloma cells - NIH – July 2006
• Antagonizing beta-amyloid peptide neurotoxicity of the anti-aging fungus Ganoderma lucidum on Alzheimer’s disease – Brain Research – November 2007
• Reishi Mushroom (WebMD) uses, interactions, side effects and doseage
• Reishi mushroom cited effects – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• Ganoderma lucidum (Reishi) in cancer treatment – NIH
• Ganoderma lucidum: a potent pharmacological macrofungus -  – Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology – December 2009
• Ganoderma lucidum stimulates NK cell cytotoxicity – Innate Immunity – April 2014
• Randomized clinical trial of an ethanol extract of Ganoderma lucidum in men with lower urinary tract symptoms - Asian Journal of Andrology – September 2008
• Ganoderma lucidum exerts anti-tumor effects on ovarian cancer cells – International Journal of Oncology – May 2011
• A water-soluble extract from cultured medium of Ganoderma lucidum (Reishi) mycelia attenuates the small intestinal injury induced by anti-cancer drugs - Oncology Letters – January 2010
• Chemical Characterization and Antitumor Activities of Polysaccharide Extracted from Ganoderma lucidum – International Journal of Molecular Sciences – May 2014
• A water-soluble extract from culture medium of Ganoderma lucidum mycelia suppresses the development of colorectal adenomas – Hiroshima Journal of Medical Science – March 2010
• The Effect of Mushroom Beta-Glucans from Solid Culture of Ganoderma lucidum on Inhibition of the Primary Tumor Metastasis – Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine – April 2014
• Genome sequence of the model medicinal mushroom Ganoderma lucidum – Nature Communications – June 2012