Mushroom Link

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Welcome to MushroomLink, the new Australian mushroom industry communications program, funded by Hort Innovation using the mushroom research and development levy and contributions from the Australian Government. Led by Applied Horticultural Research, MushroomLink aims to bring you the latest research, development and marketing news from here and around the world.Link to the website: https://www.mushroomlink.com.au/

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Eoin O'Connor and cutting edge mushroom disease research

Jun 22 2024 45 mins  
In this podcast recorded at the 2024 ISMS congress, Dr Jenny Ekman chats to Eoin O'Connor, post-doctoral scholar at Penn State University, about his studies in Ireland, where he was inspired and mentored by Dr. David Fitzpatrick and Dr Helen Grogan, the latter of whom opened his world to mushroom science, and particularly virus X, and his current research in the Hockett lab. This p

Dr Mark Loftus (Sylvan Spawn Company)

Apr 29 2024 25 mins  
In this podcast Dr Jenny Ekman chats to Dr Mark Loftus from Sylvan Spawn company.Mark’s career commenced in Manchester, UK, where he obtained a PhD and then completed a two-year post doc in human genetics.So how did Mark go from human to mushroom geneticist? What is mushroom genetics anyway, and how can understanding mushroom genetics help strengthen the industry? In this fascina

Phorid ecology and management - Audio article

Jan 04 2024 15 mins  
Dr Jenny Ekman reads the article: Phorid ecology and management, from the 5th issue (winter 2023) of the MushroomLink magazine.Click here to read the articleClick here to read the entire 5th issue. This podcast is part of the Hort Innovation funded project MU21003: Mushroom industry communications programme. It was funded through the Mushroom levy fund and contributions from the Au

Storing chemicals safely - Audio article

Jan 04 2024 14 mins  
Dr Jenny Ekman reads the storing chemicals safely article from the 3rd Issue (Summer 2022) of the MushroomLink magazine. Read the article hereRead the entire 3rd Issue here This podcast is part of the Hort Innovation funded project MU21003: Mushroom industry communications programme. It was funded through the Mushroom levy fund and contributions from the Australian Government.Link

Introducing the MUSHRoom with Dr Emma Beckett

Dec 18 2023 18 mins  
In this episode, MushroomLink’s Dr Jenny Ekman chats with Dr Emma Beckett about the Hort Innovation project MU22006, Online resource for mushroom health & nutrition science for healthcare professionals.Emma and the team at FoodIQ Global (Formerly Nutrition Research Australia – NRAUS) are creating the ‘go to place’ for credible and authoritative information on the health

Global perspectives from Erik de Groot

Sep 17 2023 17 mins  
Erik de Groot - Consultant Mushroom BusinessFollowing his recent trip to Australia, where he delivered training workshops to local growers, Erik de Groot took some time to chat with MushroomLink’s Dr Jenny Ekman.From a childhood spent in a small village of only 4000 people (but with 15 mushroom farms!) – to becoming a sought-after global mushroom consultant working everywhere f

Geoff Price and the American mushroom industry - part two

Sep 11 2023 31 mins  
Geoff Price Giorgi Mushroom Company.Geoff Price may be the son of our own mushroom-growing legend Graham Price, but he has definitely forged his own way in the industry. A mushroom grower since he was eight years old, perhaps it is not surprising he’s now not only technical director of Giorgi Mushroom Company in Pennsylvania, but also chair of the American Mushroom Institute. Int

Geoff Price and the American mushroom industry - part one

Aug 28 2023 25 mins  
Geoff Price Giorgi Mushroom Company.Geoff Price may be the son of our own mushroom-growing legend Graham Price, but he has definitely forged his own way in the industry. A mushroom grower since he was eight years old, perhaps it is not surprising he’s now not only technical director of Giorgi Mushroom Company in Pennsylvania, but also chair of the American Mushroom Institute. Int

Going Dutch: New mushroom technology from the Netherlands

Jul 23 2023 11 mins  
Tom Peeters GTL EuropeRecently Dr Jenny Ekman visited the Netherlands where she spoke with GTL Europe's Tom Peeters. Tom and Jenny talk about a new mushroom farm in the Netherlands and how new technology has been implemented. They discuss tilting shelves and transferable shelves and future-proofing packing to be consistent with new robotics.This podcast is part of the Hort Innovati

The Mycionics robotic harvesting system

May 29 2023 33 mins  
Canadian company Mycionics Inc has combined AI with robotics in a challenging horticultural setting which could revolutionise the future of mushroom farming. Looking for a solution to Canada’s workforce shortage, grower Murray Good took his frustrations to the University of Western Ontario in 2012. Two research theses and a decade of hard work later, Mycioncs Inc has emerged as a