The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Guimaras has launched its first Shared Service Facility (SSF) of 2025, aimed at boosting mushroom processing capabilities for the Avila Farmers Agrarian Reform Cooperative (AFARCO) in Brgy. Avila, Buenavista, Guimaras.

The ceremonial turnover of the facility on June 23 was led by DTI Guimaras Officer-in-Charge Juvy Benliro, alongside Vice Mayor Cyril Beltran, Brgy. Captain Aster Brian Hiponia, AFARCO Chairman Alfredo Ferrer, Business Manager Teresita Martinez, and members of the cooperative.

The SSF includes specialized food-grade machinery for cleaning, slicing, dehydrating, and packaging oyster mushrooms, designed to improve productivity and maintain consistent product quality.

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Source: DailyGuardian

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Key stakeholders, members of the AFARCO Cooperative, together with the technical and support staff of DTI Guimaras during the official launching of the Shared Service Facility (SSF) on Mushroom Processing.

MYCO, a UK producer of Hooba, an oyster mushroom protein, announces that it has secured a 20,000 square feet former facility in Leeming Bar, North Yorkshire, with plans to transform it into a vertical farm unit and a product development plant for sustainable meat alternatives.

“This new site is a food industry first”

The plant will be specifically repurposed to support the company’s next growth phase, creating 70 jobs in the next few years “to cope with the expected influx of demand for plant-based foods.” According to the company, it will be the first site of its kind in the UK.

“This new site is a food industry first, and the concept of combining both the growing of the raw materials and the manufacturing of the finished product under one roof will pave the way for more sustainable food manufacturing practices in the future,” said John Shepherd, co-founder and chairman of MYCO.

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Source: Vegconomist