Riding on the flourishing mushroom cultivation in the Bicol Region since 2016, as evidenced by the arrival of community-based mushroom growers, Maria Bernadette Navera decided to establish Exotix Organicum Mushroom Farm, a startup enterprise in the province of Camarines Sur. Navera’s interest in mushroom started when she was an entrepreneurial management student at the Camarines Sur Polytechnic Colleges. She first conducted a feasibility study on mushroom production as an undergraduate project and found the inherent potential of the business. According to Navera, mushroom production must also possess a good substrate as a source of energy and nutrition for the strain, reliable spawn, and right temperature, to achieve a successful mushroom cultivation. For more information, visit link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LhrgQSF4zxwtpx-ZgxYPN4WBgZGo95Dh/view or email info@tapi.dost.gov.ph.

Source: Manila Times May 13, 2021 16:41 UTC