I embarked on my agricultural journey of growing mushrooms at home by delving into indoor hydroponics. It all began with my homemade deep-water culture system housed in a Sterlite tote bin. An indoor ...

As an avid gardener and (very) amateur cook, learning how to grow edible mushrooms at home seemed like a no-brainer. Little did I know how little I knew. I ordered fungi guru Paul Stamets’ definitive ...

If you've ever considered growing mushrooms from home, you likely know how difficult it can be to get started. The fact is, mushrooms require specific conditions to grow, and even the slightest ...

For most home cooks (admittedly, myself included), mushrooms generally arrive in the kitchen in one of two ways: you either purchase them at a supermarket or farmers’ market, or occasionally, you ...

Spawn plugs before and after the mushroom mycelium has grown on them. Learn how to make mushroom spawn at home on a mushroom grow log to kick-start your backyard permaculture forest. If you’re ...

As we become more aware of how our favorite foods are made and where they come from, taking an active role in growing and producing our own food at home will undoubtedly become more widespread. Recent ...

Shawn McDyre harvests a cluster of blue oyster mushrooms in his grow room at Sun Hands Farm on Monday, Feb. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake) Shawn McDyre harvests a cluster of blue oyster ...

Liz Nail has a confession: When she went to college, she sorta, kinda, didn’t like mushrooms. But one night at a potluck dinner with friends, she saw her peers eating chanterelles and thought maybe ...

Golden oyster mushrooms, with sunny-golden thumbprint caps, branch-like gills and clusters of fruiting bodies, are originally from Japan, Eastern Russia and Northern China, and they are prized for ...

Peruse through your kitchen pantry and you’re likely to notice that nearly all of your ingredients are store-bought. Bananas, peanut butter, cheese — many food staples are simply too difficult to grow ...

Mushrooms, it seems, are everywhere. From the potential health benefits to the burgeoning vegan dining culture, the global mushroom market is expected to grow from $57 billion in 2022 to $62.4 billion ...