The holidays end not with a clean break but with a gradual winding down. Decorations come down in stages, leftovers get eaten (or thrown away), and the house slowly returns to its usual state. For many people, this transition period between the last celebration and the return to regular routines creates its own kind of exhaustion.
Winter dryness comes from a simple reality about temperature. Cold air holds less moisture than warm air, which means stepping outside in December and January exposes skin to air that contains a fraction of the humidity during summer months. Coming back indoors doesn't offer much relief. Heating systems warm rooms but pull even more moisture from the air, creating environments where your skin faces the same challenge it did outside.
When they met in 1976, Malcolm Clark was running a biological laboratory in Toronto, and David Law was studying business at the University of Wisconsin. Neither of them knew much about farming, but they both saw an opportunity in mushrooms.
