Natsu Adachi Photo: Supplied via RNZThe Exotic Mushroom Company is based in a purpose-built facility near Templeton on the outskirts of Christchurch. It’s here that Japanese-born Natsu Adachi grows the shiitake mushrooms that she sells year-round to local retailers, eateries and at farmers' markets. The mushrooms grow in climate-controlled rooms on logs made from sawdust, wheat bran and water, Adachi says. Natsu also makes a powder from dried mushrooms, which is rich in Vitamins D, B and dietary fibre. Dried shiitake mushrooms contain 10 to 30 times more nutritional value than fresh, she says.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 28, 2020 23:37 UTC