Tags: Agribusiness, Cottage Industries, Horticulture
By Alexander Villafania
ANTIPOLO CITY, RIZAL – Because of the temperate and humid climate, the Philippines is an ideal country for edible mushrooms which grow all year round. This means mushroom farming has a lot of potential and can even be considered a revenue-generating industry.
Incidentally, the Philippines still has a long way to go when it comes to exporting. In 2006, Dr. Renato Reyes of the Department of Science and Technology said the Philippines has no major mushroom exporting industry as barely 600 metric tons of mushroom is produced every year, way behind Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand.
The demand for mushroom worldwide remains strong as these are consumed as healthy alternatives to meat. They have been used for both gastronomic and health purposes for thousands of years. While not exactly plants (mushrooms are actually fungus) they are classified as agricultural products.
Edible mushrooms such as shiitake and oyster mushrooms are good sources of riboflavin, niacin, and selenium. They can also be processed for medicinal purposes. More information can be garnered about the health benefits of mushrooms here.
For those interested in using mushrooms for certain recipes, the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCARRD) has a nifty section in its website for cooking mushrooms. It also includes tips in handling freshly harvested mushrooms.
It’s not yet too late for the Philipppines to become a major player in the mushroom industry. In fact, mushroom farming can be more of a collective effort by backyard growers. There are lots of information on the Internet about farming mushrooms. It’s also a simple process as it only requires a small space.
The Department of Agriculture has basic information about putting up a small backyard mushroom farm. Meanwhile, the local business website EntrePinoys Atbp has a more expanded mushroom process, which also includes caring and harvesting.
There are also training sessions offered by some mushroom farmers. One of the most regular is the Aani Herbal Garden at the Quezon Memotial Circle in Quezon City. They can be contacted at telephone number +632497-2755 and mobile numbers +639099343049 and +639278099701.
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I am interested on mushroom home production. Are there seminars for it here in urdaneta city?
ACF conducts daily Hands-on Training Seminars on Mushroom Growing using Tissue Culture Technology
Venues: Brgy. Sto. Nino, San Mateo, Rizal &
Anabu II, Imus, Cavite
Date/Time: Daily, except Sundays, 8:00 AM – 5:30 PM
We also sell spawns & ready to fruit bags, wholesale & retail (by order)
Contact person: Anne Valencia, ACF Owner/Gen.
Manager @ CP No. 09287341350
if u want to buy fruiting bags ready to care contact @ my no.09219702300 or email at ricflores18@yahoo.com….
im very interested in mushroom raising.i want to learn how to grow mushrooms.would you send me a complete information about cultivation or how to get spores or a training program here in davao city.tnx
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Please e mail me printed materials on how to grow mushroom on small lot, or in a refrigerator, for the first time. This is my first time to inquire about mushroom growing.. I want to learn how to grow mushrooms.
Thanks.
eddie v
iam interested in mushroom raising. could you send more info as well as the schedule of your training and fee, if any. thank you
May i have an update for any work shop for mushroom business in the philippines.
Im working in abroad and looking for a micro business back home during my retirement.
please send me printed materials on mushroom raising.Im interested to venture mushroom business
EMG offers FREE Hands-on Training Seminars on Mushroom Growing to Cooperatives & other organized groups in LUZON, VISAYAS & MINDANAO areas.
For queries on its details, pls. contact:
Anne Quitan, Marketing Coordinator, MP No. 09287341350, Email add: annabelle_quitan@yahoo.com & Robert Verzosa, Operations Manager, CP No. 09206118418
We also conduct Daily Hands-on Training Seminars for Individuals for a modest fee; sell mushroom spawns/spores & inoculated fruit bags & training manuals…
EMG also offers CONTRACT GROWING arrangements to business persons who owns idle lots & has capital but no knowledge on Mushroom Growing & ITS MARKET….
For queries on its details (in Luzon, Visayas & Mindanao areas), pls. contact:
Anne Quitan, Marketing Coordinator, MP No. 09287341350, Email add: annabelle_quitan@yahoo.com & Robert Verzosa, Operations Manager, CP No. 09206118418
We also conduct daily Hands-on Training Seminars; sell mushroom spawns/spores & inoculated fruit bags & training manuals…
Hands-on Training Seminar on Mushroom Growing/Production using Tissue Culture Technology (8 varieties)
Full Package Seminar
hp 3,000.00 per person (includes a 8 hour hands-on lecture/training; original colored print-out copy of training manual; starter kit of 1 bottle PDA & spawn & fruiting bags with sprouting mushrooms; morning snacks & lunch; & continuous monitoring/supervisory by phone during start-up operations)
Daily seminar duration: 8 AM to 5 PM
Venues: Brgy. Esperanza Ibaba, Palocpoc Road, Alfonso, Cavite & Brgy. Sto. Nino, San Mateo, Rizal
For other seminar packages in LUZON, VISAYAS & MINDANAO, details & advance booking, pls. contact:
Anne Quitan, Marketing Coordinator, MP No. 09287341350, Email add: annabelle_quitan@yahoo.com
We also sell mushroom spawns/spores & inoculated fruit bags & training manuals…
I am interested in growing mushrooms at our farm in Tacunan, Davao City. I would like to know where I could buy spawns to use in raising mushrooms here in Davao City. I do not know of any supplier. Can you help me?>
Mushroom farming is so great. I have tried this before when I was still a student.
Very nice.
Greetings! Right now I am already a mushroom grower. My problem now is how to turn my dried mushroom into powder. Anyone could help me. This my cp # 09194791826. I will be very grateful to anyone who could extend to assist me to pulverized my mushroom. Thank you so much.
PLease send me information on seminar I can attend for mushroom farming. Thanks!!!
i need more detail in venturing in mush.
room farming. would you e mail more info.
thank you,
benilda
I am interested in joining the seminars, kindly send more details and contact persons in my mail. I am interested in venturing mushroom farming in my vacant lot.