By Lee Koelzer | Director
One of our many projects at the farm is Growing Mushrooms!
We have started growing a local variety of oyster mushroom using a mixture of cotton husk and coffee cherries as the growing medium. Both are common agricultural waste products here in Uganda so they are readily available. The medium is mixed with mycelium (the growing starter for the mushrooms) and hung vertically in plastic sacks to make hanging gardens.
The mushrooms can be harvested twice per week and are PACKED with vitamins so besides being delicious, they are healthy to eat, and anything that does not get eaten or sold can be dried in the sun for future use.
If out mushroom project is successful, it will be something that other local villagers can easily grow inside their own homes both for personal use, and to sell.
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