Mush Comb moves
March 13, 2014
Mush Comb is moving to a new location in The Netherlands. The new production facility is currently built (see picture) and will be in operation on 1st of April, the new office will be in operation on 1st of July. Bob Holtermans: “Since the start of making new machinery we have seen a steady growth […]
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Health discovery program
March 11, 2014
Under authority of the United States Department of Agriculture, the Mushroom Council (Council) and its funding partners conduct research to discover new and/or add validity to known health and nutrition benefits of eating mushrooms. Nutrition research provides the scientific support for practical/actionable consumer public relations and marketing messages that result in increased mushroom consumption. Research […]
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6th Iranian Conference in Tehran
January 1, 2014
On 23 and 24 November, 2013, the sixth Iranian Mushroom Conference was held in the Olympic Hotel in Tehran, Iran. On 23 and 24 November, 2013, the sixth Iranian Mushroom Conference was held in the Olympic Hotel in Tehran, Iran. Iran’s mushroom industry is on the rise. At the moment, some 75 million kg white […]
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Expansion Amycel France
January 1, 2014
A picture of the expansion of the spawn production facility of Amycel France. The spawn producing multinational is increasing its production capacities at Vendôme to produce 35.000 litres spawn extra per day. The new facility will be in operation by the end of March 2014. Amycel Vendôme supplies all European and Mid-East customers of the company, and […]
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Recent fires in New South Wales, Australia, also influenced local mushroom industry
November 18, 2013
The 2013 New South Wales bushfires were a series of bushfires in Australia across the state of New South Wales primarily starting, or becoming notable, on 13 October 2013, followed by additional bushfire activity on 17 October and on 23 October 2013. High fuel loads, coupled with warm and windy conditions provided dangerous conditions which […]
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Peter Aerts to Coenegrachts
October 11, 2013
In June this year, Peter Aerts joined Coenegrachts Substraat in Riemst, Belgium as commercial manager/plant manager. Aerts started his career 15 years ago at compost supplier Sterckx, where he gained experience at the Sterckx farm in Stekene and working in the compost tunnels. After two and a half years he started working at C point […]
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New Chairman for German BDC
October 7, 2013
On their 65th Annual General Meeting in Bremen, Germany, Michael Schattenberg is elected chairman for the BDC (Bund Deutscher Champignon- und Kulturpilzanbauer), the German Mushroom Growers Association. At the same time previous chairman Franz Schmaus was named Honorary Chairman,and praised for his many achievements. “My finest moment is when all German growers decided to cooperate […]
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Magazine articles Mushroom Business on line
September 13, 2013
Over the years, we at Mushroom Business have provided you with valuable information on the business in our magazine. Those articles can now be viewed on line in the archives of this website. The past few months we’ve been working hard to get the articles on line. And there is more to follow soon, so […]
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Succesfull ISMS 2012 in Beijing
September 5, 2013
From August 26th – 30th, the 18th Congress of the International Society for Mushroom Science (ISMS) was held in the Beijing International Congress Centre (BICC). The 18th edition broke many records in ISMS’s history. According to the organization, there were double the amount of participants at this event in comparison with the Cape Town edition […]
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The 40th AMGA in Cairns
August 19, 2013
The 40 th Australian Mushroom Growers’ Conference will be held 11-14 September at The Pullman Reef Casino Hotel in Cairns. It promises to be another great Australian event! The AMGA looks forward to welcoming their regular attending delegates, as well as delegates who may have missed some recent conferences, along with first time mushroom industry […]
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