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UWI FST/Field Trip Opens ‘World-First’ Mushroom Research Lab

The ‘Field Trip Natural Products (Ja) Limited Research and Development Laboratory’ was formally launched on Tuesday, February 9, 2021. The Lab, located in the Faculty of Science and Technology at the UWI Mona, is the world’s first legal research and cultivation facility dedicated exclusively to psilocybin-producing mushrooms and other plant-based psychedelics. The lab is the latest outworking of a partnership between the West Indies (UWI), Mona, and the Canadian company Field Trip Ventures Inc.

To read more about the launch and the lab: https://www.loopjamaica.com/content/uwi-mona-partners-mushroom-research-firm-field-trip-ventures

To read about the partnership: https://jamaicans.com/jamaica-launches-the-world-magic-mushroom-center/

To read more about Field Trip Health: https://www.fieldtriphealth.com/

Published on 11 Feb, 2021

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