Shulgin Farm, home of the late Ann and Alexander “Sasha” Shulgin, has become a nonprofit organization to help safeguard the legacy of two of the most influential figures in psychedelic history. The property, perched in the rolling hills of the San Francisco Bay Area city of Lafayette, has long been a gathering place for scientists, researchers, and psychonauts who were drawn to the Shulgins’ commitment to openness, community, and multidisciplinary inquiry.

Sasha Shulgin synthesized over 200 psychoactive compounds and tested them with friends, assiduously recording their effects. Ann joined him in this work, contributing a perspective that anticipated current psychedelic-assisted therapy protocols. They published their experiences and the formulas for these compounds in two comprehensive volumes — PiHKAL and TiHKAL. 

Wendy Tucker, Ann Shulgin’s daughter, is seeking to preserve the property. For many years Tucker has supported the research and production of the Shulgins’ books, and currently leads Transform Press, the Shulgins’ publishing company.

Together with a group of supporters, she has established Shulgin Farm, a nonprofit organization that aspires to purchase the property from Ann Shulgin’s four heirs and develop it as an active community space for fellowship, research, and events that can contribute to the ongoing evolution of psychedelic culture.

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