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All Ireland & UK Mushroom Conference and Trade Show
On 15 October, the Hillgrove Hotel in Monaghan hosted the biennial conference and trade show for mushroom growers from Ireland and the UK. The theme was ‘Harnessing
Innovation’. Door John Peeters
B
oth the north and south of the island were well-represented at the All Ireland & UK Mushroom Conference and Trade Show. Growers from Eng- land were few and far between – maybe because the majority of the English mushroom growing industry is actually in Irish hands? The trade fair also had delegates from the USA, Ireland, the Netherlands and Poland.
Mush TV and fuel
As representatives of Mush TV , Helen Grogan from Teagasc and Mairead Kilpatrick from the Northern Irish AFBI kicked off the technical proceedings with a update summary of the research and results of this European-wide study that is being performed under the name MushTV (see also Mushroom Business 70). According to Grogan, this successful study is nearing completion. “But we hope that MushTV will be continued as it is a prime example of good cooperation.” The results have been published on
www.mushtv.com. Tim Dolden, representing Loritus, spoke on
The second generation of the Kiernan family. The photo shows John Kiernan’s daughters, and Eugene Kiernan’s son Barry. Breff ni is a family-owned company run by the four Kiernan brothers (Pat, Thomas, John and Eugene).
CMP stand. Second from left is Donal McCarthy, CEO of CMP. In the centre is Martin Doyle, cultivation manager at CMP.
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