Mushrooms are having a moment. Not only is Liv Sisson’s book about Aotearoa's fascinating and freaky fungi storming up the best-seller charts, but mushrooms are one of just two vegetables among the chosen consumables in a supermarket price freeze. Fruit and vegetable marketer Glenn Forsyth told Nathan Rarere earlier this week that…

BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Meati Foods™, the producer of delicious, animal-free, whole-food meat made from mushroom root, today announced that its Eat Meati™ products are now available across 260 Meijer stores throughout Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Wisconsin. The partnership represents Meati’s first mainstream grocery availability and the next step in…

image: Wikimedia Commons Researchers from The University of Queensland have discovered the active compound from an edible mushroom that boosts nerve growth and enhances memory. Professor Frederic Meunier from the Queensland Brain Institute said the team had identified new active compounds from the mushroom, Hericium erinaceus. “Extracts from these so-called…

Libre's mycelium bacon alternative is supposedly 70% less fatty, 52% less calorific than actual pork. Libre founder Alan Ramos became intrigued by sustainable meat alternatives during a spell travelling the Far East. Taking a graduation sabbatical in China and Taiwan, where he no doubt chewed over differences in cuisine, Ramos…

"It was destined for me to be here," former Bronco Jake Plummer told CBS4's Romi Bean. These days, Plummer is about as far away from a football field as you can get. The former Broncos quarterback spends his days hard at work at the MyCOLove mushroom farm in Fort Lupton.jake-plummer-mushroom-farmer-former-bronco-qb.jpgCBS…

The truffle is a tuberous fungus that grows underground, on the roots of various tree species such as oak, poplar, or hazelnut bushes. Truffles grow from truffle spores that are spread by insects and maggots, among other things. Furthermore, the truffle also uses the nutrients of plants and trees. The…