It is relatively difficult to obtain shiitake logs in Central Europe. There are few producers of blocks suitable for cultivation, and those that do produce […]
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Peat-free casing soil for sustainable mushroom cultivation
It is known that the casing soil used to cover the compost in button mushroom cultivation contains peat. The Fraunhofer IKTS Institute for Materials Research […]
MycoSense Spotlight, the AI-assisted mushroom picking system
The Swiss startup MycoSense, founded in 2021, aims to modernize the traditional manual mushroom picking technology using artificial intelligence. Equipped with specialized sensors and a […]
Shiitake, the healing mushroom
Native to East Asia, the shiitake (Lentinula edodes) has been a delicacy in China and Japan for around 2000 years. It lives exclusively on the […]
Cardboard tray in plastic’s place: replaced by Sainsbury’s
Sainsbury’s is making a significant environmental move by transitioning to cardboard packaging for its own-brand mushroom products. A change that is expected to eliminate the […]
The Dutch mushroom industry is the second largest in Europe
The Netherlands has again become the second largest producer of mushrooms in Europe for the 2022-23 season, according to market research by Dutch GroentenFruit Huis. […]
The first automated solution for mushroom harvesting
According to a Christiaens Group press release the Heereco, a pioneer in organic mushroom cultivation in the Netherlands, is implementing the most fully integrated automated […]
Shimeji mushrooms – have you tried them?
Shimeji mushrooms are usually a small, white or cream-coloured mushrooms with a white or brownish cap. In Europe, it is almost exclusively cultivated. Its distinctive […]