BIONEER BOUNTY
11/30/2006 Stalker was un-amazed to learn that mushrooms stole the show at the 17th annual Bioneer Conference that was held at the end of October.
I-PLOD
11/30/2006 Stalkeris always interested in stories where technology saves lives.
A TRUFFLING SUM
11/30/2006 November saw the truffle buying season reach a new zenith in the money stakes. A Hong Kong tycoon reportedly paid Euro125,000 for a 3.3lb Italian white truffle.
SNUFF MOVIE
11/30/2006 Anyone watching the Planet Earth natural history series on BBC1 will have been stunned by the many natural wonders that are on show.
PRODUCE PRICING DOWNER
11/15/2006 With the optimism generated in the summer months by some better pricing for the local produce, things were looking a bit rosier for a change.
STILL A BUSY BEE
11/15/2006 One of Stalker’s roving agents recently bumped into a highly regarded industry personage of yesteryear.
MUSHROOM CLOUDS
11/15/2006 Funny how when one hears the international news reverberate with stories of nuclear weaponisation in North Korea, the only mushrooms one thinks of are the mushroom clouds attendant to nuclear blasts.
ROLLOVER JACKPOT?
11/15/2006 Stalker is reluctant to mention Joe Cullen again, as he seems to get into too many scrapes to note.
MYCOLOGUE SITE
11/15/2006 Stalker was interested to come across another mushroom website devoted to all things mycological and mushroomy.
KNEES UP?
11/15/2006 Reen’s technical rep Robert Wilson has been missed out and about during some of this month.
WARWICK HRI VID
11/15/2006 Stalker was impressed with the online video from Warwick HRI outlining the usefulness of their latest innovation for the mushroom industry.
THE FUNGEROS
11/15/2006 It could be the name of a spaghetti western, Los Fungeros. But the word Fungeros is a real word used by Mexican mushroom pickers in the USA to refer to themselves.
TEMPERATURE CHECK
11/15/2006 Stalker’s compost spies have been noting a bizarre trend of late in some mushroom houses.
WEATHER WATCH
11/15/2006 September was the warmest for over 100 years in many parts of Ireland according to Met Éireann.
LORRA LORRA LORRY
11/15/2006 Stalker was practically floored upon seeing a fully liveried McGeary Compost lorry trundling through Armagh city one fine Friday afternoon in October.
