Stalker was intrigued by a story from Japan that involved snow in the mushroom production process.
There was 150,000 tons of snow collected during the winter months in the town of Numata.
To preserve the white stuff for future use, the snow hill is covered with straw and wood waste.
In the summer the snow is trucked to a mushroom growing facility and to the rice factory to use in the production of snow-cooled rice.
Considering the amount of the white stuff that has fallen here in recent years, maybe we should be looking at utilizing this resource, instead of shovelling it into ditches.
