WoodFungi: a big success
June 12, 2018
On 3-6 June, WoodFungi 2018 was held in Belgium, the first conference on the cultivation of lignicolous mushrooms in Europe. The event offered interesting lectures, panel discussions, company visits, a nice partner programme and plenty of networking time for some 200 participants from all over the world. All this in the historic city of Ghent. […]
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Takeover Dalsem Mushroom Projects
January 31, 2018
Investors Strong Root Capital, in cooperation with CommonWealth Investments, have acquired all the shares in Dalsem Mushroom Projects (DMP) from the Dalsem Group and became the new owner of this leading supplier to the international mushroom industry with effect on 1 January 2018. DMP is based in Horst, the Netherlands. Parallel to this development, Ron […]
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‘Dutch’ Pieczarkalia 2017
September 13, 2017
Once every year the city of Siedlce in the east of Poland becomes the heart of the Polish mushroom industry and hosts suppliers, growers and visitors all interested in the further development of this still very prosperous sector in Poland. This year, on 7 and 8 September, the exhibition – despite rainy and windy weather […]
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Young Dutch growers visit Ireland
July 11, 2017
A selection of a Dutch studyclub of Mushroom Office recently visited Ireland. For two days, the young mushroom growers toured the Green Island. The group was welcomed by companies Custom Compost, Codd Mushrooms, Monaghan and McDon Peat (see photo). The guys were impressed by quality and production of the Irish growers. “I’d rather had seen […]
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The 24th NAMC: a great success!
July 11, 2017
The chic, historic Fairmont Le Château Frontenac hotel in Quebec formed the epicentre of mushroom growing from 21-23 June. The biennial North American Mushroom Conference was visited by some 300 growers, suppliers and researchers from all over the world. There were two days of lecture sessions, and an expo of around 30 exhibitors, knitted together by […]
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Dutch Mushroom Days 2019
January 2, 2017
The board of the Mushroomdays Foundation announced on 30 December that the next edition of the largest global mushroom tradeshow ‘The Mushroom Days’ in The Netherlands, will be held on 22-23-24 May 2019. The location for it remains ‘The Brabanthallen’ in ‘s-Hertogenbosch. The board concluded from the questionnaires sent out to the participants and the […]
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Sylvan Workshop in Hungary
November 11, 2016
Spawn producer Sylvan held a workshop for modern mushroom farm growers in Hungary at the end of October. The topic ‘How to maximise the yield of Sylvan A15 by measuring evaporation’ was presented to 18 participants from Hungary and Romania by well known mushroom growing consultant Harry Hesen from Sylvan Holland. Hesen: “Measuring evaporation and […]
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Dutch PM offered mushroom handbook
October 7, 2016
While in Korea the Dutch Prime Minister Rutte of the Netherlands was offered the book Mushroom Signals by a representative of PETC+. The Dutch Prime Minister was in Korea from 26-28 September on a trade mission. Meanwhile Mark den Ouden, author of Mushroom Signals, was training Korean mushroom growers at the KNCAF University commissioned by […]
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Support the Charity Bike Ride!
October 4, 2016
2016 sees the return of a charity bike ride before the start of the Australian Mushroom Growers’ Conference. The ride departs from Vineyard in Sydney on 6 October, arriving in Mildura on the 12th in time for the AMGA Conference. This time, the Great Ride includes The Great Ocean Road and the Great Alpine Way. […]
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Opening Upcycling Gemert
September 13, 2016
On Monday, September 12th, Upcycling Gemert, established at the mushroom farm of the Van den Boomen family, was officially opened by the Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs Henk Kamp. Upcycling Gemert has developed a new innovative process, that turns biomass, in this case the Spent Mushroom Compost of the mushroom farm, into heat and fertilizer and […]
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