• African Society for Edible & Medicinal Mushrooms (ASEMM)
• American Mushroom Institute (AMI)
• Association Nationale Interprofessionnelle du
• Associazione Italiana Fungicoltori (AIF, Italy)
• Associação ANPC Brazil
• Australian Mushroom Growers Association (AMGA)
• Bund Deutscher Champignon- und Kulturpilzanbauer (BDC)
• British Growers
• Canadian Mushroom Growers Association (CMGA)
• Champignon de Couche (ANICC - France)
• CMP Ireland
• CNC The Netherlands
• China Edible Fungi Associati
• Coöperatie Funghi U.A.E.
• Fairproduce
• Groupement Européen Des Producteurs de Champignon
• Icar Directorate of Mushroom Research India
• International Society for mushroom Science
• Japanese Mushroom Growers Association
• Mushroom Council USDA
• Mushroommarket
• Mushroom Office
• Mushroom Society of India (MSI)
• Mushroom growers association from the north of Spain
• Mushroom Growers Federation New Zealand
• Mushroom association Zimbabwe
• Mushroom research Wageningen UR Netherlands
• MRCA (Mushroom Research Center Austria)
• Northwaymushrooms
• Ukrainian Public Association of mushroom Ukraine
• South African Mushroom Farmers Association (SAMFA)
• Stowarzyszenie Branzy Grzybów Uprawnych (Poland)
• Swedish Mushroom Growers Association
• The Mushroom Research Centre Thailand
• The South African Gourmet Mushroom Academy
• Verband Schweizer Pilzproduzenten (VSP)

It is a great pleasure and a privilege to welcome you to the 9th International Medicinal Mushrooms Conference, which will be held in Palermo, Italy, from 24 - 28 September 2017.

The city is located in the northwest of the island of Sicily and is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy (in particular street food is also a great way to learn about traditions and culture of Palermo). The city is well connected to international travel hubs and offers a great range of hotel accommodations as well as a stimulating atmosphere.

In mushroom growing there are many roads that lead to Rome. The key question is not which road you take but why you take it. This question is often difficult to answer. The answer will give you an understanding of your composting and growing processes and how to improve them. I guide you through all this with training and advice. And together we discover ways of improving your bottom line. Because that is ultimately what it is all about.

Visit my website Mushroom Office for tips and advice.

On 1 January 2017 Wauwiler Champignons will take over the Swiss Fine Funghi in Gossau, Canton of Zürich. Fine Funghi has 20 employees and is specialized in the production of edible gourmet mushrooms.

Contracts were signed at the beginning of December and on 1 January 2017 the change of ownership will take place. Wauwiler Champignons AG expands its portfolio with the purchase of Fine Funghi, a company specialized in the production of mushroom spawn and edible gourmet mushrooms.

Independent subsidiary company
The current owner of Fine Funghi, Patrick Romanens, started the production of mushroom spawn and the cultivation of edible mushrooms in 1988. He is renowned all over Europe for his pioneering work in the cultivation of shiitake and king oyster mushroom. His company has made a significant contribution to expanding the knowledge and use of originally Asian mushrooms in the Swiss cuisine.

Now the company’s founder and owner has sold his life work to ensure his succession. The takeover arrangements were quietly agreed upon. Patrick Romanens will be the managing director of Fine Funghi as an independent subsidiary of Wauwiler Champignons, and the company continues with its 20 employees.

Wauwiler Champignons continues to grow
The takeover of Fine Funghi will result in an expansion of their pool of employees to 200. In the future the company will produce 55 metric tons of button mushrooms in Wauwil per week and about 2 metric tons of gourmet mushrooms in Gossau per week. The weekly trade in 10 metric tons of cultivated and wild mushrooms in Switzerland and abroad complement the range.

Wauwiler Champignons AG also owns a 40% share in Gotthard Bio Pilze in Stansstad, founded in the summer 2016. Wauwiler Champignons is one of the largest producers of Swiss mushrooms and is member of the VSP (Association of Swiss mushroom producers), as are Fine Funghi and Gotthard Bio Pilze.

In the future, Wauwiler Champignons will start various projects together with Fine Funghi. For instance, the increase of the production of mushroom spawn and the supply of organic mushrooms produced in Switzerland too.

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The mushroom industry in the United States is worth around $1.19 billion and consists of only 346 growers. Donald Simoni owns and runs "Mushroom Adventures" where he grows the fungi on his farm in Marysville. He states that mushrooms are not grown using seeds and require special compost to grow. Grown indoors, they also require controlled humidity and temperature.

Over the last ten years the price of mushrooms stagnated but sales have grown 13 percent nationwide, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Simoni also noted that the cost of waste products used in cultivating mushrooms have risen as more companies look to recycled products. Simoni believes this could raise the price of mushrooms, but unlike other vegetables people won't notice the rise as they aren't a main course and are only bought a quarter of a pound at a time, he said.

source: abc10.com

Watsonville, Calif.-based Monterey Mushrooms has added Dana Giacone as a sales manager and has promoted Jill Moran to national customer service manager.

Giacone will be the sales manager of Southern California, Arizona and Hawaii, according to a news release. “We are thrilled to have a professional with Dana’s background join our team,” Kevin Eichele, western sales director, said in the release.

“We look forward to working with her to identify new business opportunities in the very important Southern California market.”

Monterey promoted Moran from her previous position as western region customer service manager. She has been with the company since 1991. “The customer service team is the voice of Monterey Mushrooms to our customers,” Mike O’Brien, vice president of sales and marketing, said in the release.

“The customer service team, under the leadership of Jill Moran, will play a leadership role in communicating to customers, as well as operations and sales regarding new projects, best practices and new items, following them through to execution. These are key resources for the sales team.”

Dana Giacone has been hired by Monterey Mushrooms as a sales manager, and Jill Moran has been promoted to national customer service manager.