myco_mikey_mo said:

i tried this exact thing and your BEST bet is to sell at a local farmers market (or non-local if needed). i found that most stores and restaurants get mushies soooo cheap from California vendors (even on the east coast) that they won't even consider buying from a local seller. it sounds stupid to buy mushrooms from thousands of miles away when you could buy local but managers and owners prefer to do that. i did find one restaurant that will buy certain types on certain days but they want them so cheap that it is almost (and I say almost) not even worth your time. not to shoot your theory down or anything but mushroom farms have the means to grow tons of mushies for super cheap (due to the relaxed immigration laws in Cali.) and competing with them is hard. so your best bet is to find local normal people that like to cook with mushrooms and try to sell them to those people for cheaper than the store could. good luck

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