Twenty years ago in 2004 - the implementation of the Mushroom Task Force recommendations was high on the agenda in the South, with Minister Brendan Smith calling for “renewed vigour”.
The Monaghan Mushrooms Equip team were fitting out some fancy new units in Tipperary.
It was all Christmas parties and newborn babies back in ‘04. There was also an interesting article on a fungi facility in the US that held 72,000 strains for global scientists to research.