The first person to introduce the cultivation of mushrooms in the town was William Swayne, a Quaker who had been growing carnations for years. Swayne, a mushroom enthusiast, began growing mushrooms to utilize space under elevated beds. After importing mushroom spawn from Europe, he began experimenting. Today, Kennett holds an annual Mushroom Festival in early September.

Throughout the years, the mushroom industry in Kennett Square has grown to an international level. The city has a long history of integrating new immigrants into its economy. Many immigrants in the past have been Quakers, while others have been Latino and Guatemalan. Today, the city is home to a robust food supply, robust healthcare system, and a thriving mushroom industry.

Kennett Squares Mushroom Industry

Today, 65% of all the mushrooms in the United States are grown in the town of Kennett Square, PA. Other towns have indeed produced mushrooms, but only Kennett Square has the title of The Mushroom Capital of the World. However, a little-known fact is that the town became the Mushroom Capital of the World by accident, as settlers from Italy and Mexico settled the area after the Quakers.

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The hands that grew a brew are now raising fungus for survival in northern West Bengal. Sabitri Toppo and Mausumi Minj are among 700 plantation workers who lost their jobs when the Madhu Tea Estate in West Bengal’s Alipurduar district.

The tea estate is one of 26 in the district’s Kalchini block, many of them in a bad shape due to low yield, quality and labour issues.

“We formed a cluster of women from 50 families, some of them from the closed tea estate, and trained them in organic mushroom farming more than a fortnight ago. We also provided them a permanent mushroom-growing shed and home-delivered spawn,” Binoy Dhar, a farm specialist with the Assam-based Mushroom Development Foundation (MDF) told The Hindu from the Kalchini area.

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Since May 2019, after it’s festive opening, the Lambert Spawn plant in The Netherlands is operative and has been supplying the European, Russian and Chinese market since then. Ies Hooglugt and his team have been improving and increasing the sales step by step.

On January 1st 2021 Guido Stevens joined the Lambert Spawn family. Guido Stevens will be responsible for the sales, customer service and other commercial activities. This will give Ies Hooglugt the chance to invest more time in the development of the company, new markets and innovations. Guido has worked for 4 years in the mushroom industry in positions within export and sales He is 27 years young, enthusiastic and full of new ideas; and brings a broad experience in sales, export, marketing and customer service to the table.

Lambert Spawn is market leader in Northern America and wants to increase it’s market share in Europe, Russia, Middle- and Far East. With their premium quality products they have been the mushroom growers resource since 1919, when Lambert Spawn was founded as America’s oldest independent spawn company. But; with the most modern spawn factory in the world.

Premium quality products and customer service are two important pillars of Lambert Spawn. Therefor Lambert Spawn will keep investing in both of these areas to bring even more additional service to their partners worldwide. Consultation and guidance in combination with premium quality spawn to reach the best yields will be the key.

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