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How would you build a mushroom farm?
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If a person gave you $100,000 to build a mushroom farm, how would you build it?

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Re: How would you build a mushroom farm? [Re: VancouverNoob]
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as enviormentally friendly as possible. well there are tons of variables. Are you talking about indoor or outdoor. what kinds of mushrooms?


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Re: How would you build a mushroom farm? [Re: vinnymontana21]
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Mushrooms would be only one aspect of the permaculture farm. Included but not limited to would be; vegetables, herbs, entheogens, nuts, fruits, trees, bees, aquaculture... a rather jack-of-all-trades farm with the possibility of workshops & classes once established.

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I can dream.


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Re: How would you build a mushroom farm? [Re: Harvest Wind]
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Substrate. And lots of it. Hell, I could get a location for a year for $12k, power and water for another $12-$14k, and growing equipment for under $3k. I would have a hundred or so half-pint jars for making quick cakes, and probably fifty to a hundred tubs for bulk. After a month or two of going easy and making a little money, I would buy the REAL equipment. I would build about 50 to 100 green carts. a 2'x2' platform with trays that go up about 6' high. Each tray would have casings with lights and automatic misting running along the bottoms of each tray (for the tray below it). The carts would be individually covered, and each would have its own hydrometer/thermometer combo. I would have 3 rooms for the carts. 2 for incubation, and one big one for fruiting. Along with one cooler. This could all be done easily for under $75k. And if you're growing psilo's, my method would yield enough steady product to where I would have WAAAAY too much overstock where I live. I was considering growing Ports or something like that commercially, but I just dont have the startup costs covered.

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Re: How would you build a mushroom farm? [Re: captjet23]
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I'd probably do something like get a place near a carpentry shop and/or wood processing center and do tons of Shitake mushrooms. Plus I know that the power hookup would be first class since I would be right next to a massive power hog like a wood processing center so they get first priority.

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Re: How would you build a mushroom farm? [Re: naturesrevolt]
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Now assume it took place in an Earthship type structure. . .

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Re: How would you build a mushroom farm? [Re: naturesrevolt]
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vinnymontana21 said:
as enviormentally friendly as possible. well there are tons of variables. Are you talking about indoor or outdoor. what kinds of mushrooms?


   
    Sustainability is my main objective:) Indoor and outdoor simultaneously growing will be the ultimate goal(On logs and in bags). Not sure on species yet, but they will be as "healthy" as possible. 




   
Harvest Wind said:
Mushrooms would be only one aspect of the permaculture farm. Included but not limited to would be; vegetables, herbs, entheogens, nuts, fruits, trees, bees, aquaculture... a rather jack-of-all-trades farm with the possibility of workshops & classes once established.

:Awemazing:
I can dream.



    The "Earthship type structure" will contain at least: herbs, veggies, and farmed fish. The farm already contains organic veggies, trees, bees, livestock, and bio-diesel. I am building an "Earthship" type structure this summer that contain all of the above, but I hope to add fungi:) I will be camping out on the farm during the construction. Also, the farm already hosts workshops covering most activities in our community. 

P.S. We plan on using "gray/black" water recapture:)





   
captjet23 said:
Substrate. And lots of it. Hell, I could get a location for a year for $12k, power and water for another $12-$14k, and growing equipment for under $3k. I would have a hundred or so half-pint jars for making quick cakes, and probably fifty to a hundred tubs for bulk. After a month or two of going easy and making a little money, I would buy the REAL equipment. I would build about 50 to 100 green carts. a 2'x2' platform with trays that go up about 6' high. Each tray would have casings with lights and automatic misting running along the bottoms of each tray (for the tray below it). The carts would be individually covered, and each would have its own hydrometer/thermometer combo. I would have 3 rooms for the carts. 2 for incubation, and one big one for fruiting. Along with one cooler. This could all be done easily for under $75k. And if you're growing psilo's, my method would yield enough steady product to where I would have WAAAAY too much overstock where I live. I was considering growing Ports or something like that commercially, but I just dont have the startup costs covered.






    The type of detail in your post is what keeps me going. I will strictly grow edibles from now on, for I'm not going to jail for manufacturing schedule one drugs.
 
    What type of structure/s would you build? Would it be underground? Walk-in cooler?




   
naturesrevolt said:
I'd probably do something like get a place near a carpentry shop and/or wood processing center and do tons of Shitake mushrooms. Plus I know that the power hookup would be first class since I would be right next to a massive power hog like a wood processing center so they get first priority.




    The farm has an on-site carpenter, plumber, and electrician. Also, we have a wood mill up the road.

    All of the wood is hand processed by myself. I take part in everything from thinning trees to milling lumber. I refuse to use anything that uses gas or diesel. Even though we process bio-diesel, I still limit my fuel consumption by using hand tools to strip and move lumber.

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Re: How would you build a mushroom farm? [Re: VancouverNoob]
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Thats probably a down payment on the land and buildings:

http://www.vice.com/hamiltons-pharmacopeia/hamilton-and-the-philosophers-stone-part-1

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Re: How would you build a mushroom farm? [Re: VancouverNoob]
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VancouverNoob said:
If a person gave you $100,000 to build a mushroom farm, how would you build it?


You couldn't do it for 100K, but here's what we've come up so far for around double that.

www.mountainmushroomfarm.com
RR


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Re: How would you build a mushroom farm? [Re: DrCrumbs]
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The land is free, and lumber is "connected" through the farm. So, back to my question. Would you build an above ground or below? Can we use thermal cooling? Has anyone looking into "earthship type" structures? I'm doing this either way, I just want it to be as sustainable as possible.

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Re: How would you build a mushroom farm? [Re: VancouverNoob]
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RR, have you made any updates to the success of your operation? Any feedback from the few months since contacting you?

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