Programme and keynote speakers ISMS 2016
May 23, 2016
The 19th Congress of the International Society for Mushroom Science is poised to start in Amsterdam. International delegates will gather on Sunday, 29 May for registration and a Welcome Reception (sponored by Global Roel Media) at Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ. This will kick off a very full week of lectures, company visits, celebrations and visits […]
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Mushroom Week Registration
April 8, 2016
With only weeks to go before the start of Mushroom Week in The Netherlands, it’s time to register for both the Mushroom Days and ISMS 2016, if you haven’t done so allready! Mushroom Week starts on May 29th, when the 19th ISMS congress opens its doors. The ‘Olympic Games’ of mushroom science will be held […]
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Farmwalks Mushroom Week!
March 4, 2016
On Tuesday, May 31st, four parallel company visits will be organised for delegates of the 19th ISMS Congress in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, as part of the Mushroom Week programme. The four parallel bustours will depart from ’t Muziekgebouw aan het IJ in Amsterdam, the venue of the ISMS congress around 15.00 hrs, and will be […]
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Agro Food and Technology Award for Vullings Systemen
December 12, 2014
Last Wednesday December 3rd Vullings Systemen won the Agro Food & Technology Award with the Multiflex Water Supply System (WSS). It concerns an improved total concept for supplying water in the mushroom growing industry. The concept generates a perfect and equal water distribution on the growing bed, which can be supplied in the right quantity […]
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Change of plan for Mushroomdays
December 12, 2014
The Dutch Mushroom Days in 2015 and 2017 are cancelled by the organisation, “Stichting Champignondagen”, in favour of a big international event in combination with the ISMS congress in the Netherlands in 2016. “Mushroomdays” had planned to organise the event in 2015, with the ISMS congress in Amsterdam in 2016 and Mushroomdays again in 2017. […]
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1st Ukrainian Mushroom Conference
November 22, 2014
The 1st International conference “Ukrainian mushroom growing: a strategy of success” is finished. The event has gathered 200 people from 8 countries, foremost, of course, from Ukraine. Amongst the companies that have sponsored the event were Sylvan, Mykogen Ukraine, Amycel and Euromycel. The three-day event was filled with presentations and discussions. In particular, the situation […]
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Dohme and CNC Grondstoffen to collaborate
October 6, 2014
Dutch CNC Grondstoffen BV and Dohme Pilzzucht GmbH in Germany will be collaborating on the production and distribution of phase III compost and phase IV trays, according to a press release by CNC on October 6th. The two companies believe that working more closely together will open up new growth opportunities as European trade relations become […]
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Strong growth organic mushrooms sales in US
August 25, 2014
A recent report of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) about the 2013 – 2014 season, shows that the production of mushrooms in the US reached close to 900 million pounds (408 million kg). Compared to the previous seasons, this is an increase of 1 %. The production of organic mushrooms went up by […]
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EC fines producers of canned mushrooms
June 25, 2014
The European Commission has found that Lutèce, Prochamp and Bonduelle participated in a cartel to coordinate prices and allocate customers of canned mushrooms in Europe during more than a year and has imposed fines totalling € 32 225 000. Lutèce was not fined as it benefited from immunity under the Commission’s 2006 Leniency Notice for […]
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Dutch National Mushroom Day 2014
June 17, 2014
On 16 May, the Sikes mushroom farm in Ysselsteyn, the Netherlands, hosted the fifth edition of the Dutch National Mushroom Day. Several hundred Dutch, and a few Belgian visitors registered to attend. The theme at this edition was ‘Innovation’. The successful combi-formula seen at the previous edition – a small-scale conference organised on a mushroom […]
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