PURCHASING POWER
5/29/2007 The Mushroom People are very pleased to be able to offer any readers thinking of buying the new mushroom handbook the added incentive of 10% off the normal retail price.
ON A HIGH?
5/27/2007 Stalker is hearing that the compost situation is getting tighter as was predicted earlier in the year.
AMYCEL AWARE
5/27/2007 Readers may have been a bit quizzical about the spawn article in last month's edition.
BOOK OF THE YEAR?
5/27/2007 Readers of The Mushroom People will be able to order the book at a 10% discount. Watch out for the ordering code and details in next month's edition.
NEW CMP PACKAGING
5/27/2007 Stalker noticed the new style CMP mushroom packaging in a local shop recently.
EXITING INDUSTRY
5/27/2007 Stalker is hearing that there are more and more growers deciding to hang up there boots and walk away from the industry.
CONTROL OF FLIES
5/27/2007 The best way to prevent flies moving from house to house is to treat all houses when the populations start to increase i.e. springtime!
JOB ADVERT
5/27/2007 There's a job going at Walsh Mushrooms apparently. Stalker spotted the ad on FreshInfo.com.
FRENCH CONNECTION
5/27/2007 One would wonder what the election of Nicolas Sarkozy has to do with anything in the mushroom world. Not a lot Stalker is sure.
COMPANY MANAGEMENT
5/27/2007 Stalker wonders if there are any management tips that the modern mushroom farmer can take from the global giant that is Google.
APRIL FOOLER
5/27/2007 Stalker was remiss to not mention last month the April fool that appeared in the March edition.
MUSHROOM INGENUITY
5/27/2007 Stalker takes all claims on the magical healthful properties of certain exotic strains of mushrooms with a pinch of salt (just as if one is cooking them!)
IMPRESSED / UNIMPRESSED
5/27/2007 There were a couple of "feedbacks" by readers and emailers to the article on spawn by Francisco Arqueros.
SNIFTER RESEARCH
5/27/2007 Stalker was interested in an email received this month on the subject of Spent Mushroom Compost. It came from the offices of the National Centre for Freshwater Studies, which is part of the Department of Applied Science at the Dundalk Institute of Technology.
