SALT SELLER
1/29/2010 The big freeze fairly took grip of the nation from early December to mid-January.
FARM TO FAMOUS
1/29/2010 As The Sunday Times item put it - Charlene McKenna went from a mushroom farm to screen success.
WORKING AWAY
1/29/2010 Stalker was heartened to hear that some people out there in the industry have plenty of work on their hands.
MAITAKE MAGIC
1/29/2010 Stalker noticed that The Irish Times followed up on the press reports before Christmas about the mushrooms being used to treat certain forms of cancer.
DEMAND STRONG
1/29/2010 There has been strong demand for the fresh Irish produce over the Christmas and New Year periods.
DAFF CHANGE
1/29/2010 In the Teagasc December bulletin there was news of personnel changes in DAFF in Ireland.
PRICES GOOD
1/29/2010 Freshplaza.com reports on Dutch mushroom growers being happier with the prices they are getting this month.
THE MULTIPLIER EFFECT
1/29/2010 As mentioned before in this column, there is always a worry over payments to suppliers and contractors being late.
MUSHROOM HUNTERS
1/29/2010 Stalker is always partial to a bon mot, a good pun, a joke or any type of witticism.
CHAMPIONS OF BREAKFAST
1/29/2010 The ultimate English breakfast line-up has been identified by a panel of experts and happily for the mushroom industry the fresh produce makes it onto the list.
GOOD ADVICE
1/29/2010 It seems a lot of people all around the country have been hit by flooding both before and after New Year.