EUROPE
Ltr: Exotics grower Geert-Peter de Rijk (Paddestoelenrijk), Lex van Leeuwen (Fancom) and Niek de Ligt from Amycel.
Exotics grower Koert Pleunis at the meeting (Pleunis Mushrooms).
Mycelium can be an alternative
source of protein to feed the
rapidly growing world population.
“After the corona high turnover years, the demand for substrates was lower in the summer of 2023, which meant that the substrate had to be stored for longer,” says CNC sales manager Joost Hesen, who joined CEM a year ago. “This situation is relatively new for us, because nor- mally we could hardly keep up with production and the substrate blocks only had to be stored for a short time. On the other hand, we got a much better grip on ventilation and temperature control, compared to the summer of last year. Next year, in addition to a heat exchanger, we also plan to install a PV system. We also try to avoid temperature fluctuations in our production areas by carefully dividing the blocks into different ages.”
Lectures and discussion After lunch the public lecture program started at Van de Valk. In her presentation, Dr. Karin Scholtmeijer from Wageningen University spoke about exotic mushroom mycelium as an alternative source for the extraction of proteins, which are needed to continue feeding the rapidly growing world population. According to her, mushrooms are not a solution in themselves, but a supplement to the existing range of protein sources (such as cultured meat). Compared to North America, where the market for innovative product concepts and alternative protein sources is already well advanced, Europe still lags far behind, she concludes.
Karin Scholtmeijer (WUR) gave an interesting lecture on the use and potential of protein in mycelium. 20 MUSHROOM BUSINESS
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