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Over one hundred participants from almost twenty countries attended the First All Africa Scientific Conference on Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms, held at the MakerereUniversity in Kampala, Uganda, from 25 to 29 October 2006. A report by Magda Verfaillie was published in Mushroom Business nr. 20. Here, you can find the pictures.

On Saturday, September 30, 2006, the shared business location of Laura International and C.C.N. Organic Products B.V., was officially opened in Zuilichem, The Netherlands.Read about the opening and the story behind it, in Mushroom Business nr. 19, 2006. Here are some more pictures of the building and the festivities.

On May 19th-20th 2006, the 12th edition of the Polish Mushroom Days was held in Sielinko. Some 58 companies, mainly from Poland and the Netherlands, participated in the fair. Traditionally, a mushroom festival is organised in nearby Wielichowo. Here are a few impressions from the relaxed and sunny events. Pictures taken by Roel Dreve and […]

From May 30th – June 2nd, the 30th edition of the traditional Dutch Champignondagen was held in Den Bosch, The Netherlands. At the fair, the largest of its kind in the world, some 59 companies presented themselves. 3000 visitors were counted. Here are some of the stands and faces in pictures. More on the Mushroom […]

In Mushroom Business nr. 20, theres an article on Leckford Mushrooms in Hampshire, United Kingdom. Here is a report in pictures.

In Mushroom Business nr. 15, we reported on the international trade fair Fruit Logistica, which was held from 2-4 February in Berlin. Here you find some extra pictures from the event. Much more on Fruit Logistica 2006 in the February issue of Mushroom Business and Vakblad Paddestoelen.

From 6th tot the 8th of October, the 57th Jahrestagung of the German mushroom growers association (BDC) was held in Geldern (Mushroom Business nr. 13, October 2005). The participants were welcome to visit the very modern farm of Hans Deckers near Geldern Pont. In MB nr. 6, we published an article on the Deckers farm.You can […]

The first mushroom fair ’Mushrooms and mushroom growing’ was held 7-11 October at the All-Russia  Exhibition Center in Moscow. Sixteen companies from Russia, Ukraine, The Netherlands and Italy presented machinery, spawn, fresh and processed mushrooms, peat and mushroom journals for more than 1000 visitors from all-over Russia, Ukraine, Bellorussia, Kazakhstan, Poland and Bulgaria. Within the […]

On Friday 16th September, the members and board of the VPN (Dutch Mushroom Growers Association) convened for the last time at a general meeting. The aim of the meeting was to dissolve the association and formally transfer its activities to a specialised group in the ZLTO (the agricultural and horticultural organisation for the south of […]

From April 8-12, 2005, the Fifth International Conference on Mushroom Biology and Mushroom Products (ICMBMP) was held in Shanghai, China. The event, housed in the Everbright hotel, was extra large in every respect. Mushroom Business was there, and we published a special on the conference and developments in China, in the June issue (nr. 11). […]