During 15-16, June, Anhui Comprehensive Straw Utilization Expo was smoothly held in Anhui Hefei Binhu International Convention and Exhibition Center. During the expo, a giant Ganoderma whose diameter reaches 1.2 meters aroused a lot of encirclements in front of the booth displayed by Anhui Tiandu Ganoderma Products Company.

“The Ganoderma was cultivated by straws, it is the largest Ganoderma in China and values millions of CNY. In addition to that, we also show up Bamboo fungus, Monkey head mushroom (Hericium), Cordyceps sinensis and other high-end varieties during expo time,” introduces principal from Anhui Tiandu Ganoderma Products Company passionately.

Anhui is the main province on aspect of agriculture and grain production, the province holds abundant nutrition on agricultural straws and annual collective volume comes to 48 million tons or so. In 2017, comprehensive utilization rate on straw reached 87.3%, its industrialized utilization volume accounted for 27.59% of gross volume.

Comprehensive utilization of straw is the crucial measure which stimulates the green development of agriculture. Now, in China, annual output on forage-straw comes to 150 million tons, which equal to 40 million tons of feed grain by calculation of nutritional value, the measure relieves the stress on supplement of feed grain and land resources, and it also exploits a significant path for farmers to get jobs and generate profits.
 

On July 5, in production workshop of Zishan Mushroom Silicon Valley Industrial Garden, a series of works such as rinsing, disinfection, slicing and canning on production of mushroom cans are in fierce operation.

In 2012, Zishan Mushroom Industrial Garden was invested and built by Fujian Zishan Group Corporation which is known as Top Ten in China’s Canning Industry. Now, the garden occupies 500 mu of area, absorbs 158 mushroom houses and a workshop for processing of mushroom cans, and it mainly engages in industrialized (factory-mode) production of Button mushroom and deep-processing equipment.

“Production line of mushroom cans was put into operation in March, workshop for processing of mushroom cans holds 50 million CNY of gross investment, occupies 30 mu of area and it has newly increased 117 sets of production equipment by now. After the project is formally put into operation, the estimated annual output on mushroom cans and concentrated solution respectively comes to 15,000 tons and 500 tons, which contributes to the expected sales income of 240 million CNY,” introduces principal of  Zishan Mushroom Silicon Valley Industrial Garden passionately, adding that now, mushroom cans produced in Zishan Group occupy 70% of share in Japanese market of mushroom cans, the operation of production line also promotes an integrative development. In the future, the group is going to stimulate the industrial upgrading and optimization with the support of high and new technology, build the factory of organic fertilizer and constantly lift its core competitiveness.

Move over carrots and lettuce, the garden is no longer an exclusive place for neat rows of vegetables. North Spore, an urban mushroom farm in Westbrook, has been announced as the winner of Greenlight Maine Season 3. North Spore plans on using the $100,000 prize to increase their spawn (think ‘seed’ of a mushroom) production and get more people growing mushrooms in the garden.

Started in 2014 by three college friends, North Spore produces spawn, fresh mushrooms, medicinal mushroom products, and kits to get people growing mushrooms at home. While North Spore’s fresh mushrooms are often featured at restaurants in Portland and at farmers markets throughout Maine and Massachusetts, their winnings will be used to grow the mushroom spawn side of the business. The $100,000 will go towards new equipment to make spawn production more efficient and to expand their facility to increase production capacity.

Greenlight Maine is a collaboration between entrepreneurs and business leaders across the state of Maine and is designed to mentor and support small businesses. The business development program required each contestant to pitch their business plan to a panel of judges who provided feedback and advice. Earlier this month North Spore won $50,000 from the Gorham Savings Bank Launchpad competition and has now become the only company to win both business contests. Eliah Thanhauser, North Spore’s Co Founder who represented the company in both pitching competitions says, “This is an amazing windfall for us, this capital will go a long way in helping us bring mushroom growing to the masses” And this recognition is a great honor and a testament to how far we have come since our humble beginnings in a 500 square foot garage in Westbrook. I worked hard on preparing for these pitches, but it is still a little hard to believe we won both.”

Along with their new ability to produce more spawn for mushroom farms and home gardens, North Spore will be rolling out high quality educational videos. The videos will be a resource for everyone interested in mushroom cultivation including beginners attempting their first mushroom project and experienced farmers experimenting with a new mushroom species. North Spore has a vision for the future of home gardens and it includes fresh mushrooms in everyone’s backyard.

North Spore is an urban fungi farm in Westbrook, ME producing fresh mushrooms, mushroom spawn, and other mushroom products. For more information visit North Spore (source)

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Czechs collected in 2017 more than 6.6 billion crowns worth of mushrooms and fruits in the country’s forests. In all, people picked 41,300 tonnes, which is 1.5 billion tonnes more than in the previous year. The news was reported by the website e15.cz on Friday, citing the annual report by the Czech University of Life Sciences. 

According to the report, mushroom picking remains hugely popular in the Czech Republic. It is estimated that Czechs harvested around 27,700 tonnes of mushrooms last year, which is about seven kilos per household, at a value 4.6 billion crowns.

Last year’s yields of the forest fungi were boosted by favourable weather conditions, which provided enough rain and humidity.

Apart from mushrooms, Czechs collected 7,100 tonnes of blueberries worth one billion crowns and 2,100 tonnes of raspberries and elderberries. They also picked 1,500 tonnes of blackberries and 400 tonnes of cranberries.

The highest forest yield to date was recorded in 1995, when Czechs collected 58,500 tonnes of mushrooms and other forest fruit.

Despite the increased amount of collected forest fruit, the number of Czechs spending time in the country’s forests has been decreasing in recent years, according to professor Luděk Šisák from the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences.

According to the analysis, Czechs visited a forest on average twenty times a year, while in 2016, that number stood at 26.

Source: Czech Radio

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For their new project The Fallout of the Food System, photographer Henry Hargreaves and stylist Caitlin Levin created photos to capture the threat of nuclear war to the global food system. The series shows images of mushroom clouds created with actual mushrooms.

“With the once unthinkable Nuclear threat re-entering the global discussion and the big little boys continue to throw their toys out of the pram, the threat to our global food system from nuclear war is real,” the artists tell PetaPixel. “The image of the mushroom cloud evokes the end of the world but fungi themselves have much to teach us about resiliency and adaptation in disturbed environments.”

Check for more pictures and information on this link

You can find more of the duo’s work on the artists website

On June 28, anti-season Oyster mushrooms cultivated in Haitangshan Specialized Mushroom Cooperative are gradually evolving into marketing phase.

Anti-season Oyster mushrooms are preferred by customers by virtues of green and superior quality, and good commodity. In early 2018, Haitangshan Specialized Mushroom Cooperative arranged 300,000 bags for anti-season Oyster mushroom cultivation, by 2018, the expected gross output on fresh mushroom comes to 400,000 kg while the anticipated output value hits 2.5 million CNY, after removing costs on material and labor, the estimated profits reach 600,000 CNY or so.

Founded in 2015, Haitangshan Cooperative transferred over 100 mu of land in accordance with the price of 850 CNY per mu, and it has signed agreement on investment cooperation with 34 local poor households. In 2017, the cooperative realized 1.3 million CNY of gross incomes. Besides, during the growth period of 4 months, the cooperative averagely absorbs 30 poor population to work per day, and gives out 100 CNY of daily salary, which helps them generate incomes at their hometown.