On Friday September 15th, the new Champi'mer plant in Kesteren was opened on a festive basis.

Henk Roodbeen from Champi'mer welcomed the invited guests at their plant, after which Jan Klerken from trading partner Scelta Mushrooms told the colorful history of the company. He emphasized the prospective view, when in the 80's Champi'mer set up the processing of frozen mushrooms, the warm relation between the companies - "we think in generations" and the top position of Champi'mer worldwide. Mayor Kottelberg of Kesteren praised the perseverance of the company innovating over the years. After the speeches a concrete mushroom was revealed, including the footsteps of the men who were at the base of success, after which confetti cans and fireworks concluded the official program. In different groups the guests visited the plant.

The plant in Kesteren, near the A15 built in 2007, has almost doubled their capacity with two new state-of-the-art automatic production lines and cooling facilities. Only six employees run the entire process of receiving the mushrooms up to and including the packaging in 1000 kg bins.

The invited guests enjoyed an upscale lunch and further festivities juring the day.


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On September the 7th and 8th, the Polish conference for the Mushroom Industry in the city Siedcle took place with a complete Dutch theme. This as a sign of respect that the Dutch mushroom business has a great influence on the Polish sector. A lot of typical Dutch features were exposed, like windmils, tulips and dutch painters like Vincent van Gogh. 60 participants showed and demonstrated their products and services which was well received by the many visitors from Poland and the Netherlands.

The Pieczarkalia 2017 event is one of the most important events for the Polish Mushroom industry, and offered attendees a wide range of lectures, workshops and trade discussions. Even mushroom soup was provided in the city centre of Siedlce.

In the future the conference will be held every two years, the next one will be in 2019.

On Thursday, September 21st, the official Kick Off meeting of Mushroom Valley took place at Melderslo Museum de Locht. The over 110 invited guests participated in an interesting program with various speakers and Brain & Eat sessions in the mushroom pavilion.

After the launch in April and many inventory talks with partners, ambassadors and other companies and agencies that play a role in mushroom cultivation, it was time for the official Kick Off and presentation of Mushroom Valley plans on Thursday, September 21st.

Under the general background of tough economic situation, Inspection and Quarantine Bureau of Dongying City, Shandong Province of China positively propels local mushroom industry, optimizes industrial structure and lifts quality of products.

In order to develop and utilize mainland ingredients of mushroom cultivation, gradually get rid of the dependence of exotic cottonseed hulls while easing the increasing supply tension on weed-tree sawdust.

In recent years, Guangzong County, Xingtai City, Hebei Province of China has been leading farmers to grow well-off through building modern agriculture that integrates cultivation experience, picking, leisure and entertainment, fitness regimen and population of science into one. 

Till now, Guangzong County has developed over 500 mu of area for cultivation of White fungus, Oyster mushroom, Shiitake, Ganoderma and other varieties, annual output on fresh mushrooms comes to nearly 3000 tons while over 2000 households are leaded to embark on mushroom cultivation and increase earnings.