Five star mushroom hotel in South Africa
July 13, 2009
In the beautiful town of Stellenbosch, near Cape Town in South Africa, the mushroom experience is taken to another dimension by the launch of the Wild Mushroom hotel. The gourmet mushroom academy, a South African organisation to promote exotic mushrooms, has been the driving force behind this new project. The hotel, a restored manor house […]
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Successfull Dutch Mushroomdays
July 3, 2009
From the 10th to the 12th of June, after a 3 year break, The Dutch Mushroomdays were once again a good event to meet everybody in the mushroom industry. The days were held in the “Brabanthallen” in ‘s Hertogenbosch, a lively city in the centre of the Netherlands. What once started as a Dutch event, […]
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VVD Euro-parliamentarian to speak in Den Bosch
June 5, 2009
Jan Mulder, Euro-parliamentarian for the Dutch liberal party (VVD), and fourth on the list of candidates, will give a speech during the official opening of the Dutch Mushroom Days on Wednesday 10 June 2009. He will explain his vision of the mushroom sector in the context of promotional activities on a European scale. Date: 10 […]
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Dutch Mushroom Days poised to start
June 5, 2009
The Dutch Mushroom Days in Den Bosch promises to be a great success. Here’s the latest on this event. Due to the huge interest shown by international companies in the mushroom business in participating, the organisers have hired an additional hall in the Brabanthallen exhibition complex. There are currently 69 international and national participants. On the home page […]
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Company visits Mushroom Days
May 27, 2009
C point is organising company visits during the upcoming Dutch Mushroom Days. These farm walks take place on Friday, June 12th, 2009. The guided bus tour will take visitors to CNC Moerdijk, a big modern indoor composting plant, and Maasland Champignons in Hedel. Maasland has 14 growing rooms of 300 m2, and produces 30-32 tons […]
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Dr. Hans-Joachim Tschierpe passed away
May 19, 2009
The mushroom industry loses a worldwide well-known scientist and consultant by the death of Dr. Hans-Joachim Tschierpe. Tschierpe died on April 15 at the age of 78 after a short but severe illness. Tschierpe studied at the agricultural faculty of the Humboldt University in Berlin and made his name by researching the influence of CO2 levels […]
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IMMC5 postponed
May 19, 2009
The 5th International Medicinal Mushroom Conference (IMMC5), which was scheduled from June 18th -21st, 2009 in the city of Nantong, China, has been postponed because of the H1N1 epidemic. Since the first influenza A(H1N1) virus infection human case was confirmed in the middle of April , 39 countries have officially reported 8480 cases of influenza A(H1N1) […]
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Potential risks for public health due to the presence of nicotine in wild mushrooms
May 15, 2009
The European Commission has been informed by food business operators that dried wild mushrooms may contain levels of nicotine higher than 0,01 mg/kg on a fresh weight basis. According to EFSA, the European Food Safety Authority, the amount of nicotine was above the default maximum residue level (MRL) in 99% of cases. No clear reason […]
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Who’s who at the 17th ISMS
May 14, 2009
More than 300 delegates are expected at the upcoming 17th ISMS Congress in Cape Town. Find out who’s coming, who they represent and where they are from in the list below. Name Organisation Abbiati, Mauro Sylvan Italia Srl Italy Abrahimpour, Farshad PNU University Iran Adedokun, Olutayo Bezaleel Network Limited Adenipekun, […]
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Innovation and co-operation central at Dutch Mushroom Day
May 14, 2009
Thursday 24 April 2008 saw the second edition of the – exclusively Dutch – Nationale Paddestoelendag (National Mushroom Day), this time in the new research facilities of PRI in Wageningen. Some 350 growers and other interested parties could use the occasion to discover the latest techniques offered by various suppliers, attend lectures and do some […]
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