MYFARM
In each edition of Mushroom Business we publish an interview with a grower. The emphasis here is on the farm and cultivation methods. This issue features a portrait of the farm owned by Kasia Grabowska and Agata Palka, in the village of Suchozebry
in east Poland. By John Peeters
Grabowska & Palka (PL)
The owners “Our husbands jointly own a transport company. That inspired us to start a company together, we wanted to have a project to work on. There is a good investment climate and business prospects for mushroom growing in our particular region of Poland, so we set up a small farm in 2005. We have grown considerably in the meantime. The first building with growing rooms dates from 2005, and in 2013 we constructed a second, larger building. We have never encountered any problems as two women owning and running a mushroom farm.
Luckily, our region numbers quite some female entrepre- neurs.”
The grower
“My name is Konrad Gluch- owski, and I work with pleasure as the farm manager for both ladies. Before this, I worked in Ireland, but not in the mushroom sector. I only heard there were so many mushroom farms in that country once I returned to Poland. So I only got involved in this fabulous sector back in Poland. As there are quite a lot of other farms close by, it’s easy to get into contact with fellow growers and you can learn a lot. We also
have a very good infrastructure for mushroom growing here.”
Cultivation
The farm owned by the ladies has 16 growing rooms, each of 630 square metres. They operate to a five or six-week cycle, depending on the market. This means that two
The grower flanked by the two owners.
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