OIL & GARBAGE
9/26/2007 Urban refuse could be the biggest resource the world has in combating the future energy crisis....
SUMMER HOLIDAY
9/26/2007 Reen man Patrick McArdle and family were out holidaying in Portugal over the summer months, in the beautiful resort of Guia.
ED WEATHER WORRIES
9/26/2007 The editorial in the September issue of Mushroom Business made for uncomfortable reading in Irish circles...
BIG NUMBERS
9/26/2007 The decline in the mushroom industry in Ireland over the past several years has been well remarked upon in this column over the years.
FOOD UP
9/26/2007 Food prices are going up - it's official.
BACK IN THE FRAY
9/26/2007 Stalker has been apprised of the fact that some growers in the country who had seemingly exited the industry, stage left, have now staged a return.
001 - LICENCE TO READ
9/26/2007 Ah the small victories, if one could call it that, are the sweetest.
GOING UP
9/26/2007 Signs of expansion at Cornacrieve Mushroom Ltd
RAY'S WAY
9/26/2007 An old hand was on hand to offer some advice at the 49th Mushroom Industry Conference in Pennsylvania in the early summer.
PEAT CLOSURE
9/26/2007 Stalker was saddened to hear that Prunty Peat is no longer operating within the mushroom sector.
HOLIDAY TIME
9/26/2007 Stalker caught wind of a few other mushroom people who have managed to make some late summer breaks in September.
NOW HITCHED
9/26/2007 Word has reached Stalker that Mark Walsh of the Walsh mushroom dynasty has succumbed to tying the knot.
BIG FOOTPRINT?
9/22/2007 Stalker watched in amazement as the news reporter followed the life of the Walkers potato crisp....
STUFF YOURSELF?
9/22/2007 Stalker's eye was caught by an advert in the Biz magazine for "Delicious fresh stuffed mushrooms".
STRAW POLL
9/22/2007 The demand for straw this year continues to be one of the factors weighing heavily on the minds of compost producers in the past few months.