CookingMushrooms going watery and rubbery in the pan? Five cooking tips
Don't wash mushrooms too much, turn up the heat when they release water, add spices only once it has dried and salt at the very end: five simple ways to cook mushrooms well.
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VegetablesIrish mushroom output holds steady as growers consolidate
Ireland has fewer, larger mushroom farms but production has stayed level for five years, the agriculture department told the Dáil, with 80-85% of the crop exported to the UK.
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From Tk 36 to Tk 50,000 a month: Keraniganj youth builds a commercial mushroom farm
Rajib Ahmed of South Keraniganj learned mushroom growing from YouTube and the National Mushroom Development Institute at Savar; his farm now runs over 4,000 spawn packets and sells at Tk 300 wholesale and Tk 450 retail a kilogram.
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A Mekong cooperative stopped burning its straw and found USD 70 a hectare
Tien Thuan cooperative in Can Tho now makes 12 to 15 tonnes of organic fertiliser a month and grows mushrooms on the straw it used to burn, adding USD 50 to 70 a hectare over burning or selling the loose material.
CropsFormer driver Hasib succeeds at mushroom farming in Bandar, Narayanganj
Md Hasib of Bandar upazila, Narayanganj, gave up driving to grow mushrooms in early 2020. In March 2025 he said the family-run farm in a rented house earned him about Tk 7-8 lakh a year.
CropsReturned migrant Abul Kashem makes a living from mushroom farming in Mirsharai
Abul Kashem, known as the first mushroom farmer of Mirsharai in Chattogram, started with Tk 10,000 in 2022; by March 2025 his farm was producing 5 to 7 kg of mushrooms a day.