In January 1991 the magazine carried a piece by Christine J Haydock the senior food technologist at Loughry College of Agriculture and Food technology. Technical support was offered to anyone considering setting up a mushroom processing facility- “the Department of Agriculture actively supports the development of this sector”. Hauser, International, Darmycel, Sylvan, Euro-Semy and Le Lion were all offering spawns - it was a diverse field. The weather back then in England was gales, blizzards and snow-blocked roads, not unlike this year then.
It was a cold winter too, back in January 2001 - with temperatures in Northern Ireland hitting minus 15C in some places. Iriish food and drink exports were reaping in Ir£5.4 billion (€6.85 bn). The science article was by Martin Duffy of Amycel on “The Importance of Air Movement in Mushroom Production”.
Back in January 2011 Neil Scully was announcing a charity Golf Classic in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care. Food and drink exports from Ireland had reached €7.9 billion. The Ear to the Ground programme on RTE featured Codd Mushrooms in the first progr
