Tour of a Commercial Mushroom Farm I

Learn more about commercial mushroom farming here: fungi.myshopif...
Do you want to learn more about commercial mushroom farming? We have an online course that will teach you the process! You can learn more about this course here: fungi.myshopif...
In this online commercial mushroom growing course you will:
- Learn how to grow 5-500 pounds of mushrooms each week, depending on your goals
- Learn the mushroom life cycle and ecological roles
- Receive an outline to the stages of mushroom cultivation
- Discover successful cultivation methods for growing shiitake on logs, oyster on straw, wine cap on wood chips and other at-home techniques
- Know how to cultivate mushrooms on high yield substrates like supplemented sawdust
- Develop a mission, goal, and strategies based business
- Know the specialty mushroom industry and opportunities to plug into it
- Learn how to sell mushrooms as a stand alone business or in conjunction with other crops
- Make a business plan and start growing/selling mushrooms
About the Instructor of the Online Commercial Growing Course
Willie Crosby has been cultivating mushrooms for the last 9 years. He started Fungi Ally in the basement of his house and grew out to a 3,000 square foot warehouse with 5 tractor trailers attached, a total of 5000 square feet. Fungi Ally grew 500 pounds of mushrooms a week until September of 2018, when that aspect of the business was sold. Now Fungi Ally focuses on education and spawn production. Willie has taught online for Cornell University and UMass Amherst for the last 3 years. Willie taught mushroom cultivation in person at UMass for 4 years. Willie has received 5 SARE grants and 6 other grants over the last 5 years for growing mushrooms and educating the public about mushrooms.
Learn more about commercial mushroom farming here: fungi.myshopif...

[@deanchen6485]

bravo guys.......absolutely loaded with info! thankyou everyone who is involved in this making, she is an incredible sensei.

[@ovic8737]

can't believe all of this info is for free!! Thank you guys! She is really good.

[@noongourfain]

I love this lady!

[@Travybear1989]

Other than the constant barrage of "uh" and "um" it was very informative for sure!

[@Quasar10018]

Great video, lots of detail ! Thank you

[@jeremyschissler337]

totally enjoyed seeing you at Mycofest ....loved the stamets mushroom hat ....Im a regenerative entrepreneur and a student of Matt Powers and look forward to becoming an affiliate to assist in the distribution of your products via my regenerative soil and bio amendment supply company. I would rather support you than Stamets because he doesn't need the support and i believe the fruit bodies are the way to go ....sooo much love to you and keep kickin ass like only yeww can

[@nielvanzyl]

Thank you Julia and Willy

[@raytry69]

9:21 Hmm PC... We love that. :)

[@marleychad4727]

Very informative video. I appreciate all parties involved. Keep up the good work

[@TZ15784]

Thank you for all the information :) Greetings from Germany

[@glennplatvoet7111]

Nice set up looking good

[@silverleapers]

So well explained. Great tat too!

[@patriciahogg5763]

Impressive operation!! 👏👏👏

[@SiothaVest]

Unicorn bags are in Plano texas, woot woot.

[@apile0fb0nes36]

Thank you for showing this I wanted to know how they are farmed for stores!

[@ikadamonday3476]

Informative and educative video you have here.

[@fungially]

Thanks so much!

[@williamkreth]

Loved this. thanks

[@lexolotlgod]

That equipment seems fun to work with lol.

[@gonzalorigada2561]

thanks guys :)

[@corygetz8484]

I want to work here... Amazing!

[@emformoon]

This is amazing! ❤❤❤

[@johnshipe4337]

She seemed nervous but she is a wealth of knowledge.

[@fungially]

So much knowledge!

[@JD-dw1dr]

Where do they sell the mushrooms? Distributors?

[@Beinhartwie1chopper]

Potato chips yesterday, Gourmet mushrooms today. There is hope for America!

[@chelseaarnorld8407]

I got mine from👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

[@chelseaarnorld8407]

#Mycojims#

[@chelseaarnorld8407]

#🅼🆈🅲🅾🅹🅸🅼🆂¿

[@chelseaarnorld8407]

hes on instagram¿

[@chelseaarnorld8407]

🅱🅴🆂🆃 🍄💊 🅿🅻🆄🅶

[@happydudeyoga7652]

There seems to be a huge amount of plastic bags used in mushroom growing. Are you familiar with alternatives?

[@yeheshuawilliam]

what track is that beat at 14:26

[@kurtmagnus5243]

4:16 boom in the shot. That’s what happens in partaking of psychedelic mushrooms 😄

[@thedirtyrooster3611]

Holy shit that massive pressure cooker blew my mind

[@fungially]

Yeah that thing can do some serious WORK!

[@killerkennyas]

Awesome..how long did it take to get the business this scale? Love the autoclave

[@fungially]

Julia started her business, Mycoterra, around 2010 I think. Before that she worked for 3 or 4 years at Fungi Perfecti.

[@zed7389]

good video, thanks

[@valencia81750]

Does the sawdust come from pressure treated wood?

[@fungially]

no the sawdust comes from a mill that is milling oak. Pressure treated wood will not work as it has anti fungal compounds in it.

[@evanwalkling]

What a beautiful lady

[@kstsandstalks7822]

Wonderful farm .Good business.Is it possible to grow shitake in tropical humid latitudes

[@fungially]

Yeah sure is!

[@pratappathadeify]

Hi , Greeting from India. Just a quick question, can we make 10 kg bags of substrate and if yes, what are the pros and cons?

[@timechocolatekim1861]

Nice cool

[@johnathonuncapher7523]

This is so so tight

[@jackhyson]

um uh um uh um uh um uh... we get it

[@ttocs2100]

When will part 2 be posted?

[@ondrejv416]

Hey, great video! How these big producers make the spawn? I expect them to do the NSNS TEK, but are they shaking when its cooling down? I could never imagine how these big producers do these things

[@fungially]

No idea what NSNS Tek is. Spawn is made from agar to G1 grain to G2 grain

[@ondrejv416]

@@fungially ah, sorry, NSNS stands for no soak no simmer grain spawn recipe as I am trying to get an idea how the grain spawn is made on a larger scale (I cant imagine that they soak and simmer them to get the right moisture contant as stands in the most of the recipes online), or are they? :) thanks for the answer though

[@fungially]

@@ondrejv416 Yeah definitely NSNS. Some farms do soak overnight, most do not. We use vermiculite in our grain spawn 1000 grams grain then 200 grams vermiculite and finally 1000 grams water. Layered into the bag in that order, makes a 7ish lb bag of grain spawn in regular 14T unicorn bags. Then put it in the cooker.

[@ondrejv416]

@@fungially ok, man, thank you. Do you also put gypsum or hydratet lime in?

[@fungially]

@@ondrejv416 nope no gypsum or lime in that formula

[@DiAgri]

Wow..subbed you

[@Beinhartwie1chopper]

The people that did not hire her might have made a mistake!

[@metalrott324]

End Game plans. How many employees?

[@fungially]

She has something like 15 employees I think

[@suttonmorgan]

Where can I find info about your online courses?

[@fungially]

Hey Sutton sorry for the delayed response. Our online courses are here fungially.com/mushroom-cultivation-classes/

[@marketmania363]

Nice video. Do you use compost or uncompost saw dust?

[@fungially]

The oak sawdust is aged for about 4 months if there is time, sometime you just have to go for it!

[@GWAR1982]

Is Austin powers around?

[@dorfriedman9115]

Can i use sawdust from carpenter? it is a mix of all kind of woods

[@Omni-Kriss]

You probably can, just be sure that it doesn't contain any toxic chemicals that can concentrate in the fruit bodies, heavy metals etc..

[@fungially]

Most likely not. A lot of carpenters use pine and other conifers which are no good for mushroom growing

[@blankfaces256]

where did you buy the large scale steriliser?

[@richardtloots3630]

I think she said from a old canning factory.

[@fungially]

@@richardtloots3630 Yep there is a guy in the mushroom world who bought like 30 autoclaves and then resold them to farms all throughout the country. I don't think he does it anymore though

[@thiagorabello4985]

does she have any employees??

[@fungially]

Yeah a bunch! Maybe 15!

[@otisspunkmeyer2010]

they cooked the potatoes in it

[@frontsidebackside2107]

Yea funny mushroom farmers mostly think of pressure cookers only for sterilization never cooking 😂😂

[@investingthelike111]

My Girl friend grows fungi too, between her toes

[@bobbycampbell9044]

I have spent months studying growing mushrooms at home and found a fantastic resource at Gregs Mushroom Grower (check it out on google)

[@glm888]

Bobby Campbell mate it’s so evident you’re spamming all the different mushroom videos with different accounts to promote this Greg’s mushrooms . Not good man

[@microdickdave5853]

Um Yeah......Um Yeah.....Um Yeah..... Um Yeah.....

[@_Fadedpolo]

this s=is why you dress to impress lol everything was non sketchy but her and how she looks which makes everything else sketchy lol sad but true for me

[@calbonar211]

Dude she’s running an extremely successful business. I’m willing to bet you are not. Change your perspective.

[@Omni-Kriss]

@@calbonar211 Yep, why even bring that up. Besides, she is a very handsome woman if anything :)

[@noongourfain]

CAN YOU STERILIZE WITH OZONE?

[@fungially]

No ozone isn't a good method of sterilization