Wild mushrooms
Mushrooms protect yields from extreme weather events
2023-09-07 00:00
Mushrooms can save plants from extreme weather events, according to research coordinated by the Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences at the Catholic University of Piacenza and Cremona, carried out in collaboration with theLeibniz Center for Agricultural
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Using mushrooms to make more sustainable surfboards
2023-09-06 00:00
Amelia Martin loves to surf. She’s also an environmentalist and a budding researcher. Martin is the founder of Mud Rat, a company that makes surfboards with cores made of something you might not expect: mushrooms.
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"We know our mushrooms are truly organic and ethically grown"
2023-08-21 00:00
"We have been working on this project for 18 months now. We're doing this project to take back responsibility and control of our supply. We could easily import from 'organically certified' farms across the globe, but we know that this is truly organically made and in an ethical manner," says
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The Mushroom Bureau has launched a new campaign to market the vegetable as this summer’s energy-boosting ‘super food’. As some 38 per cent of UK adults claim they sometimes lack energy in the summer months, at the same time 76 per cent are unaware that mushrooms contain energy-boosting B
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Mushrooms positioned as energy-boosting ‘super food’
2023-08-09 21:00
The Mushroom Bureau has launched a new campaign to market the vegetable as this summer’s energy-boosting ‘super food’.
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"First shimeji productions show promising quality"
2023-08-07 00:00
Kernser Edelpilze GmbH has expanded its product range with two new varieties of edible mushrooms. In addition to herb mushrooms, shiitake, oyster mushrooms, nameko and pom pom, the mushroom cultivation company based in Kerns (Central Switzerland) now also produces enoki and shimeji in organic
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Swap strawberries with mushrooms, using the same system?
2023-08-07 00:00
"Being able to follow the fluctuating product demand, it's great to have a variety of produce that's affordable and viable in different seasons. For growers, it's a great benefit to fill seasonality gaps with a product, and once it's saturated, they can move on to the next main crop. We just
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TopControl, Intelligent Packing Solution small
2023-07-26 12:00
TopControl presents IPS small, the packaging line optimised for berries and mushrooms. Thanks to modern technology, the new smart packaging line consists of increasingly intelligent and proactive machines that can be automatically controlled by means of clever in-house software and adjusted to
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"This is the first Oyster mushroom farm in South Australia"
2023-07-21 00:00
South Australia enjoys a year-round supply of Oyster mushrooms thanks to the new facility built by Epicurean Food Group. It is a vertical farm inside what used to be a Holden Car Factory paint shed.
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Launching clear, sustainable packaging for mushrooms
2023-07-05 00:00
Highline Mushrooms, a grower of organic mushrooms, is addressing plastic concerns by taking significant steps toward sustainability. Recognizing the urgent need for environmental advancements and the well-being of future generations, the grower is committed to finding better and more
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Smallhold earns B Corp Certification
2023-06-29 00:00
Smallhold, a company which grows specialty mushrooms sustainably, has announced its official designation as a Certified B Corporation, marking a significant milestone in the company's dedication addressing our planet’s greatest challenges.
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New Zealand firm strives to make handbags out of mushrooms
2023-06-28 00:00
New Zealand startup Sapro-Tech has discovered a way to grow fungi into a textile that has the same properties as leather. According to founder Keith Hudson, it had discovered a way to produce layers of mycelia that could be grown together in sheets. This will allow Sapro-Tech to create a variety
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Limited edition White Grill Caps hit market for summer
2023-06-26 00:00
Highline Mushrooms has launched its limited-edition White Grill Caps in time for 4th of July. Grilling caps offer an easy way to incorporate mushrooms into summer holiday cookouts.
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Irish mushroom sector to receive €6 mln in BAR funding
2023-06-26 00:00
Two new mushroom sector schemes have been launched in Ireland, with a combined budget of €6 mln. The budget was drawn entirely from the Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR) fund.
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Mushrooms, towards an extended seasonality
2023-06-23 00:00
While mushroom consumption used to be limited to certain times of the year, the seasonality of this product is now increasingly extended to the summer period. An increasingly longer calendar that means more opportunities for the product and for companies
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The Schneebeli family's organic farm in Obfelden, Canton of Zurich, has been growing fine mushrooms for more than 40 years. His father started mushroom production, explains Fabian Schneebeli: "In the past, we only produced in spring and fall and could deliver seasonally to wholesalers," the farm
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"We are now sourcing chanterelles from Sweden and Estonia"
2023-06-20 00:00
Despite the weather, this has been a good start to the Eastern European wild mushroom season. "The chanterelle campaign has started particularly well. The desired calibers are all available in sufficient quantities and the prices have also been particularly pleasing so far. We are currently
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Banks of mushrooms: The chanterelle season begins again
2023-06-20 00:00
The chanterelle, also known as Girolle, Hanenkam and Cantharel, is a wild mushroom and is hand-picked in the forests of Europe. It has a light and fresh apricot aroma with a slightly spicy and peppery taste. With banks mushrooms lie the first chanterelles
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"Summer reduction balances mushroom supply"
2023-06-09 00:00
Usually, as summer approaches, mushroom sales slow right down. "From when asparagus arrives in greater numbers until September, sales normally decline somewhat. This year, however, due to inflation, supermarkets are selling even fewer mushrooms than in other years. Sales to restaurants and food
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"If straw prices continue as they are now, they may become close to unviable for mushroom production"
2023-06-08 00:00
One of the many consequences of the severe drought that Spain is suffering, which, fortunately, has been recently alleviated by some rainfall, is the reduction in the harvest of cereals and green fodder, which is having a direct impact on all sectors that need straw as a raw material, including
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