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MushroomLink Bulletin October 2024

In this edition:

  • NEW ISSUE OF MUSHROOMLINK: The Spring issue is out now

  • THAT’S A WRAP: NZ conference

  • UPDATED WEBSITE: Our updated site makes finding what you need easier

  • MARKETING CAMPAIGN LAUNCH: Missed out? Recording link available to Australian growers

  • MUSHROOM FUND ANNUAL INVESTMENT PLAN: Available to download

  • MUSHROOM HEALTH SCIENCE WEBSITE: Launching this Thursday


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MushroomLink Bulletin April 2024

In this edition:

  • Feature article: Mushrooms in health care settings

  • Publication: Supporting mushrooms as a food-based solution to vitamin D deficiency in dietary guidelines

  • Marketing: New strategy to inform FY2025

  • NEW Podcast: Dr Mark Loftus from Sylvan Bioscience

  • Training: Mini series - mushroom farm hygiene 

  • Webinars: Save the date for the mushroom supply chain webinars

  • AMGA Conference 2024

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MushroomLink Bulletin March 2024 - Magazine Autumn Issue

In this edition:

  • MushroomLink magazine: Autumn issue out now

  • Feature article: Cold mushrooms are quality mushrooms

  • Marketing: What’s planned in the coming months?

  • Podcasts: Revisit the MushroomLink podcast back catalogue

  • Fact sheet: Actions points to control Sciarid and Phorid flies

  • AMGA conference scholarship 

  • Nuffield scholarships now open

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MushroomLink Bulletin February 2024 - FY25 Marketing strategy webinar recording

In this edition:

  • Launch of the 2022/23 Australian Horticulture Statistics Handbook

  • Webinar: Catch up on last week's webinar with Monique Emmi

  • Feature article: It’s not easy being green. New advances in Trichoderma research

  • Audio article: Phorid ecology and management

  • Dr Agaricus: What is foaming disease?

  • MushroomLink 2024 publication schedule

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MushroomLink Bulletin January 2024 - Marketing webinar

In this edition:

  • Marketing webinar: REGISTRATIONS OPEN

  • New developments from the mushroom SIAP

  • Feature article: Growing mushrooms with AI assistance 

  • Listen: NEW: Audio article - Chemical storage

  • NEW resource: Taking your mushrooms' temperature

  • Research from around the world: New biofilm that improves postharvest quality 

  • ISMS conference with side symposium 

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MushroomLink Bulletin November 2023

In this edition:

  • Marketing webinar: Registrations open for the first MushroomLink marketing webinar

  • Marketing campaign: Miguel Maestre on the radio waves

  • Feature article: Bringing mushrooms to centre stage in the Australian Dietary Guidelines

  • Watch and listen: What makes mushrooms so special? Revisit our podcast and webinar with nutritionist and scientist Dr Flavia Fayet-Moore and Dr Damien Belobrajdic

  • Factsheet: Mushroom nutrition and health messages

  • Case study: Monaghan Mushrooms

  • Research from around the world: Mushroom mathematics

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MushroomLink Bulletin September 2023

In this edition:

  • Feature: Can mushrooms really help lower our cholesterol?

  • Event wrap: Mushroom production workshop

  • Mushroom Fund Annual Investment Plans 2023/24

  • Podcast: Global perspectives from Erik de Groot

  • Podcast: Geoff Price and the American mushroom industry - part two

  • Resource: MU16003 Fact sheet: Internal Stipe Necrosis

  • Upcoming webinar

  • Shape the future of the mushroom industry - EOIs

  • Horticulture women leadership courses, scholarships open

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Project MU22010 – Mushroom International Study Tours – Inbound and Outbound

Part of the in- and outbound International Study Tours project, the inaugural Mushroom Production workshop, facilitated by Erik de Groot, was held in Adelaide and Sydney at the end of August

Figure 1: Robert Tolson at Premier Mushrooms explaining the room-filling procedure and machinery on his farm (Umberto Calvo)

US-based international consultant and mushroom expert Erik de Groot delivered the 2-day workshops to industry members eager to learn.

Elbows deep in compost and mushrooms since his childhood in the Netherlands, Erik’s knowledge and experience range from compost production to harvesting and everything in between, with clients spread across five continents.

With the aim to educate and inspire the Australian mushroom industry and promote collaborative problem solving, attendees were asked to work together in small groups. Participants were split into these groups depending on their role (compost production, growing, harvesting) to encourage conversation within their areas of expertise and generate new ideas and solutions to current issues.

The first day of the workshop focussed on compost production, phase II and III compost, tunnel and growing room filling, and the optimal conditions of the various stages (temperature, humidity, ventilation). The attendees involved in compost production were the most active throughout the first day, while growers and harvest managers were able to better understand the dynamics of the phases that precede their entry into the crop cycle.

Figure 2: Attendees were invited to "have a feel" of good quality peat with adequate moisture (Umberto Calvo)

Day 1 also included a farm visit to Costa Monarto in South Australia and Premier Mushrooms in the Hawkesbury, with the farm staff showing the facilities, machinery, and explaining the various steps of their mushroom production and management.

The second day was centred on growing and harvesting practises to optimise yield and quality, with a particular focus on harvest efficiency and planning.

At the end of the session each group had to elaborate on the actions they were planning on taking back to their farm with the newly acquired knowledge from the workshop.

The event was very well received by all attendees, both thanks to the broad scope of themes and the opportunity to expand their network vertically with people from their own farm and peers across different farms.

The opportunity to network with colleagues from different parts of one’s own workplace was viewed as an important outcome. Communication and collaboration throughout every step of the process, from compost production to growing and harvesting, can have a big impact on the overall result, and ultimately determine the farm’s and farmer’s bottom line.

At the end of the two-day workshop the participants were asked to complete an evaluation and suggestion form, which will assist AMGA as it plans the next events. Attention will be placed on the topics and issues identified by the Australian mushroom industry as the most relevant right now.

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