Dutch Mushroom Days 2011 ready for kick-off
May 20, 2011
The 32nd Dutch Mushroom Days will take place on the 25th, 26th and 27th of May in the Brabanthallen in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands. With 80 stand holders, not only from the Netherlands but also from other countries, it will be one of the biggest “Mushroom Days” ever. The organisation, Stichting Champignondagen (Mushroom Days Association), expects […]
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Dinner Party Dutch Mushroom Days
May 17, 2011
The organizing committee of the Dutch Mushroom days will, as has been common practice in the past, organise an evening programme on Thursday, May 26. This “Get Inspired” dinner party will be held for exhibitors and their relations. On this occasion, a stylish venue has been chosen to host the event, the “Orangerie” in the […]
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All Ireland Mushroom Conference 2011 to be held in October
April 22, 2011
The All Ireland Mushroom Conference 2011 has been confirmed last month at a meeting of the Organisation Committee in Dublin. The date is set at Thursday, 20th of October, and the conference will take place at the Hillgrove Hotel in Monaghan, Republic of Ireland. The format is going to be as in previous years with […]
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Japanese mushroom industry hit by disaster
March 22, 2011
On Friday, 11 March 2011, Japan was hit by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake off the coast, followed by a severely destructive tsunami. The enormous disaster has caused damage to Japan’s mushroom industry as well. The multiple earthquakes and the following tsunami waves of up to 14 meters took a heavy toll on Japan’s Pacific coast, […]
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Mushroom Days Registration
March 9, 2011
Within a few months the Dutch Mushroom Days will open their doors. As a visitor, you can now register online, for free entrance to the fair. The world famous Mushroom Days will be held from Wednesday 25 May – Friday 27 May, 2011 in the Brabanthallen in Den Bosch, The Netherlands. The leading […]
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100 years of Italian Mushroom Growers Association (A.I.F.)
March 3, 2011
The Associazione Italiana Fungicoltori is organising a motorcycle tour to celebrate its 100th anniversary in June this year. It will be the 2nd mushroom motor bike ride in Italy. The ride arrives in Verona on Thursday the 23rd of June, and the celebration of the centennial of the A.I.F. will be on Friday the 24th. […]
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Dutch standard for harvesting?
February 15, 2011
On the 31st of January the Dutch Rabobank had invited several parties that are active in the Dutch mushroom industry to initiate negotiations that have to lead to a “fair harvesting” standard in the Netherlands. This as a reaction to the ongoing issues with constructions to harvest and pack mushrooms. During this meeting mushroom companies […]
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Fancom Farm Manager software ready for the future
February 11, 2011
Fancom BV from Panningen, The Netherlands, has updated the FarmManager program. After 15 years the F-Central was outdated, especially with the use of the new generation personal computers and therefore could not keep up with the rapidly changing technical possibilities. Fancom has been working on a successor for F-Central for a number of years now, […]
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Banken Mushrooms will move in 2012
January 7, 2011
The family-owned Dutch company Banken Mushrooms and the councils of Nijmegen and Wijchen (NL) have agreed for Banken to buy 2 hectares of land on the industrial area Bijsterhuizen, located at the A73 motorway. The agreement was signed in December. The land will be used to build a new distribution centre and head office for […]
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New future for mushroom research in the UK
December 23, 2010
Kerry Burton and Ralph Noble, both well recognized as important mushroom researchers, have made the move to the private owned East Malling Research (EMR) in Kent. The future of mushroom research in the UK is therefore guaranteed. Their former employer, HRI Warwick, will cease to exist in its current form. HRI Warwick, according to Dr […]
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