Saint Petersburg plans to build a mushroom nursery soon. The project with a capacity of 10,000 tonnes also includes a department for raw materials.

The agreement has been signed by the local government and the company Vyborgec. "Mushroom production is a new area for us. We cultivate mushrooms and shiitake," says Alexander Drozdenko, Governor of the region. He stressed that St. Petersburg produces 40% of all the food in the northwestern region. St. Petersburg meets 60% of the demand for cucumbers and 40% for tomatoes. "Soon we will double the production," said the Governor.

Recently, in Hongli village, Ruyang County, Henan Province of China, staffs have been engaged with mushroom picking in Jiajiale Company.

According to know, Ruyang County holds considerable ecological environment, after it was affirmed as quality safety demonstration zone of mushroom export, it has been grasping the new channel that directly connects oversea mushroom markets and vigorously developing mushroom industry. Superior Shiitakes have been exported to Japan, Korea and other international markets, annual exchange earnings come to over 100 million CNY. Shiitake cultivation has veritably become the new path for mountainous people to end poverty and grow rich.

At present, it is the picking time of Bamboo fungus in base of Hangcun Village, Jiangxi Province of China, cultivators are immersed with joyfulness. According to know, the village holds 190 mu of Bamboo fungus area, 12 poor households join in mushroom cooperative, which brings about annual average incomes of over 8000 CNY per household.

Since this year, under the propulsion of industrial poverty alleviation policy, mushroom industry has been quickly developed in Shangzhou District, Shanxi Province of China. Now, Shiitake, Oyster mushroom, Black fungus, King oyster mushroom and other mushrooms are being cultivated in an area of 2456.3 mu, besides, 2459 mushroom greenhouses have been established, 75 mushroom cooperatives, 7 mushroom companies, 66 industrialized and specialized mushroom bases have been successively registered and built in the district.

For years, Guannan County, Jiangsu Province of China has been grasping mushroom industry as the leading industry that booms masses, now, the county holds over 50 mushroom enterprises, of which provincial leading enterprises account for 6, city-level leading enterprises occupy 18 and main varieties include King oyster mushroom, Button mushroom, Enoki mushroom and others. In first half of this year, gross output on fresh mushroom obtained 294,000 tons while output value exceeded 2.65 billion CNY in Guannan County. 

“Our annual sales volume comes to over 200 million CNY and average daily output on fresh mushroom obtains 40 tons, besides, mushrooms are always in short supply in virtue of superior quality and graceful appearance,” introduces the principal of Lisha Mushroom CO., LTD, one of dozens of outstanding mushroom enterprises in Guannan County.