Fresh beans as a delicacy. The party venue in front of the tunnels and the buff et.


production expanded to 800 tons of phase III compost per week, while on another site (where was the Magnifung) up to 400 tons of oyster mushroom substrate was produced per week. In 2009, Funghitex became the first certified compost facility ISO 14000 and OHSAS 18000 (environment and safety. In 2014, Franco Mattozzi acquired the shares from Remo Azzola and he kept the control of Funghitex (compost and oyster mushroom substrate production), Funghidea (trading company) and the two mushroom farms.


In 2015 Franco Mattozzi became a participating stakeholder in the FUNGO ITALIANO CERTIFI-


CATO consortium – an organisation that aims to promote and market mushrooms grown in Italy. The most of the mushrooms produced in Italy will carry this label. The company is currently preparing to construct an additional 18 tunnels at the facility.


Compost production The compost recipe is based on 90% horse manure and 10% straw. Funghitex uses a very young, light, straw-rich horse manure. Chicken manure and ammonium sulphate from the air scrubber are used as a nitrogen source. The straw is also of excellent quality. The straw


The quality of the straw is excellent.


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