Services
We are now offering forest management services. Trail creation, invasive removal, hazardous tree removal, mushroom yard installation, deer fencing, and more!
Interact with your woods, learn what's growing, and discover how to care for your forest friend.
Please send inquiries to: contact.overstory@gmail.com

About Ryan, Overstory's founder and forest farmer
Plant and fungi nerd. Born and raised in Upstate, NY. Forest farmer by day and couch potato by night.
My passion started at a young age. I always loved walking around in the woods, being in the garden, and eating all the tasty treats that came out of them.
I pursued a career in the plant world and completed my bachelors in plant science at SUNY Cobleskill. By that point I had already helped start an herb farm, now called Apis Apotheca.
I took that combined knowledge and started my own business. Taking what I learned from school and combining it with my love for medicinal plants and fungi.
Having always struggled with gut issues and anxiety (the two go hand in hand), my way of managing them is being outside. Creating Biome Broth was an ode to the forest and a tasty tonic for my stomach.
This whole process, from my childhood to the present, has been a lesson in learning how to care for myself. I'm still learning, but starting Overstory has propelled me further along than I could have ever hoped for.