Gourmet Mushrooms, Inc.

2018

Nebrodini with Shrimp and Cilantro

By Ashley Powell Nebrodini Bianco is a beautiful mushroom with a rich, sweet flavor. When combined with garlic, shrimp, cilantro, and fresh tomatoes, it makes a truly delicious dish. Sometimes I will sprinkle it with cotija cheese if I happen to have it on hand, though the dish stands well on its own. Ingredients: 3…

2017

Automated Equipment for Mushroom Production

The Way of the Future? By Chris Bailey Approximately 20 years ago, we decided to begin offering the mushroom growing community an opportunity to increase its production capacity and consistency by providing them with machinery to assist in several parts of the process. A viewing of the video production on our website shows much of…

2017

An In-Depth Look at Gourmet Mushroom, Inc.’s Michigan Location

By Gary Mills Gourmet Mushrooms, Inc., Michigan operation, was formed in 2013 when the parent company purchased the existing mushroom plant located in Scottville, MI from Diversified Natural Products, Inc. The Scottville facility is located 10 miles from Lake Michigan in the heart of Michigan’s hardwood lumber industry. Fresh water and the byproducts from the…

2017

The Sexual Nature of Mushrooms

By Glenn Walker What is a mushroom? This is a question I always ask my Mushroom Cultivation and Identification students during the first class, so we all start off on the same page. The answer that is commonly given is that a mushroom is a fruiting body of a fungus. The common analogy is to…

2017

Sonoma Strong – Foodies, farmers, and facilitators step up for the fires.

By Aspen Madrone As the recent North Bay fires raged, confusion, grief and shock gripped the entire community. In the depths of this chaos, local businesses, farmers, chefs, and wellness professionals came together to support the evacuees, volunteers and first responders with hot meals, holistic services, child care, and moral support. It was truly inspiring…

2017

Celebrating 40 Years of Specialty Mushrooms

*EDIT* The Open House has been cancelled and will be rescheduled for Spring due to the fires in our area. Come join us on October 15th, 2017 as Gourmet Mushrooms celebrates its 40th year of growing some of the nation’s finest specialty mushrooms! As we began preparing for this celebration, we realized that we…

2017

SOMA Camp

By Justin Reyes Every year in January the Sonoma County Mycological Association (SOMA) hosts it annual Wild Mushroom Camp just outside of Occidental, CA in beautiful Sonoma County. The three day event is held each year over the 3 day Martin Luther King holiday weekend and features forays, speakers, and workshops covering a range of…

2017

Erygii Recipes

By: Paul Masuda I would like to share a few Trumpet Royale (Pleurotus eryngii) recipes with you. I will start off with the quick and easy recipes. The first recipe is a blackened Trumpet Royale recipe. I happened to watch a cooking show where the chef prepared a Cajun style blackened catfish. Having never tried…

2017

The Impending Myco-cultural Revolution, Part 2

By David Law In the last installment of this topic, I highlighted Dr. Foley’s recommendation for farmers to invest in revolutionary agricultural solutions to achieve the following: Incentives for farmers Precision agriculture New crop varieties Drip irrigation Gray water recycling Better tillage practice Smarter diets These objectives resonate closely with my notion of a Myco-cultural…

2017

Permission to Dream

By Clinton Ginn The possibilities for working with fungi have never been greater. From textiles, medicines, food, environmental remediation, art, and even space exploration, the novel compounds and myriad forms of the fungal kingdom allow for ever increasing novel applications to the context of the modern world. At Gourmet Mushrooms Inc., we continue the work…