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POLAND The Polish industry is still growing
Pieczarkalia 2013 remains the most important event of the Polish mushroom industry. It was held September 25-26, as last year, in Siedlce. By Katarzyna Bieniecka-Drzymała
The trade show and conference began as usual with the official opening and reading of the welcoming letter of the Polish Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development – Stanisław Kalemba, who congratula- ted the polish mushroom producers once more with their “crisis resistance” as well as the ability to make good use of all possible EU funds over the last couple of years. Next speaker – the Governor of the Mazovian District – Adam Struzik, reminded the audience of the origin of the white button mushrooms in Poland (brought from France at the end of the 18th century) and pointed to the exceptional flavor and health be- nefits of mushrooms. Next, representatives of the local authorities also expressed their warm welcome to all exhibitors and guests, and stressed the importance of the polish mushroom branch, which is still expanding (near Siedlce there is a new big facility being built at the moment). Dr Krystian Szudyga of the Polish Mushroom Grower’s Association acknowledged in his short speech the successful work of the polish growers, especially in thełosice region, producing the same amount of mushrooms as the entire Spanish mushroom industry! He also expressed his satisfaction from the fact that a small branch meeting inłosice a few years ago grew up to a main branch event in the industry. The development of the branch reflects the Pieczarkalia event itself, with more and more exhibitors each year and more growers associated in the trade organization
(about 80% of production is now sold via cooperatives like East Mushrooms or Grzybek Losicki).
Company news The exhibitors used these two days to show their newest developments and initiatives as well as meet in a nice atmosphere with their clients and contacts. From Wojciech Konieczny from Kania we learned that there is a growing demand for phase III compost in Poland, and that his company is about to start production in a new facility. Szymon Spyra, owner of the Spyra company, is also proud of their new facility. According to Szymon, the mycelium production plant will be the biggest and most state-of-art in this part of Europe. Euromycel is continuing work on the new medium for mycelium and improving production efficiency. The Bonduelle concern, owner of Euromycel, is observing the market and working out its strategy for promotion of preserved mushrooms, that do not represent a big market share in Poland as in other countries right now. Innovation was the main subject in the discussion with the owner of company Mykogen, Piotr Szmytka. In cooperation with Champion, another leading Polish innovator in the in- dustry, they have build a mushroom farm using energy from their own compost combustion facility for heating and cooling. The research done together with scientists should contribute to development of the most modern mushroom farm in Poland where used compost can
Entrance to the fair. There were some com- plaints about the open character of the venue (cold!).
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