GERMANY
How many layers do you want?
From 6 to 8 October, the 68th annual general meeting of the German BDC, the “Bund Deutscher Champignon- und Kulturpilzanbauer” took place in Würzburg. The central theme at this year’s AGM was - particularly prompted by the visit to Pilzland Essleben – the question: how many layers of beds are acceptable on a modern mushroom farm?
By John Peeters T
he historic city centre (Altstadt) of Würzburg was the central venue for the AGM. A wonderful location, brimming with historic sights and
within easy reach even during the lunch break. Ancient churches and castles in abundance, a world removed from mushroom growing. In sharp contrast to the latest developments in mushroom growing highlighted at the meeting.
Spent mushroom compost After the traditional welcome from chairman Schattenberg, Friday kicked off with a number of
lectures. Dr Peter Oswald from the BML in Bonn, the German Ministry of Agriculture, explained all the aspects involved in using spent mushroom compost. His words clarified why growers can’t see the wood for the trees. In Germany there are roughly three parties involved in the legislation surrounding spent mushroom compost; the EU, the Federal Republic and the individual federal states. A number of producers grumbled about the increasingly complex nature of the legislation and regulations, and the mountain of paperwork this entails, which leads to buyers of spent
42 MUSHROOM BUSINESS (Almost) all the participants at the traditional German mushroom days.
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