George asks…
I grow shiitake mushrooms, and i use them for cooking but my production is so big im growing more than i can eat. so i would like to know where i can sell my mushrooms. Also ive considered selling them at the farmers market but i cant find a price for a vendors spot. So how much is a farmers market spot on average, and where can i sell my mushrooms besides a farmers market?
Farmers market charge between zero and $50 a day for a spot-it depends on the market. Ypoy need to go to whichever market where ypu wish to sell and find the market mahager and ask if they have room for you, costs, etc..
Also unless you are certified organic or are following the USDA NOP to the letter. That means you are keeping track of where you get all your inputs-spores, compost, anything you might be feeding the shrooms and everything you use is OMRI approved-if you don’t know what I am talking about than don’t call your product Organic or may well get a $10K fine for each offense. Mushrooms usually sell themselves any way.
You can also check out restaurants by physically going to them with samples of what you have.Locally owned health food stores may also take them
Maria asks…
I have been planning on making spore prints of a few different mushroom types and had a question. I wanted to start my own mushroom farm for personal use. I have a few dried crimini mushrooms and was wondering if re-hydrating them would allow them to start giving off spores again. If now how would i go about extracting the spores from them?
Your best bet for growing your own mushrooms would be to contact a company that produces mushroom spawn. That way you are guaranteed to get the proper mushroom. Do a search for mushroom spawn starters or kits and you should get a good number of sources.
Betty asks…
I’ve been looking for information on growing mushrooms at home (yes, legal mushrooms). Everything I’ve found says you have to buy a kit, but why cant I make my own kit?
Yes- you can make your own kit. You may want to buy specific types of mushroom spawn (kinda like a seed would be to growing a tomato).I’ve been wanting to try this also-
And found this great article- and yes – you can download a free pdf version.
Hay- I’d love to hear how you make out.
Elizabeth
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