oyster mushrooms

Kerala’s Coonfresh earns Rs 50 lakh/year and has trained 10,000 farmers — all started by a homemaker and her husband with just 2 mushroom packets.

Turn old clay pots into mushroom gardens with this simple, no-fuss method by Rajasthan’s Dr Bairwa. All you need is straw, spawn, and a little patience.

Learn how to grow oyster mushrooms at home with a detailed step-by-step guide and helpful tips from Ernakulam farmer Jithu Thomas, who has mastered the process.

Discover the art of cultivating mushrooms at home with simple steps, minimal investment, and maximum returns.

Oyster mushrooms are sold for as much as Rs 200 per kg, resulting in profitable businesses for several farmers. How to start growing them? Here are some tips from those who found success.

Clay pots are a great eco-friendly medium for growing mushrooms at home. Dr S K Bairwa, an agricultural expert from the Agricultural Research Centre of Sriganganagar, Rajasthan, gives us a complete low-down on the process.

Jaipur-based Preeti Rathore launched Amritatva, a startup that sells products made with oyster mushroom to provide gluten and lactose free alternatives to people across India.

Rohhaan Gawde grows gourmet pink, grey, blue and king oyster mushrooms along with shiitake, cordyceps and reishi

Besides training over 500 farmers in Nagaland, his startup has gone on to generate approximately 20,00,000 Shiitake dowel spawns and 25,000 kg of Oyster mushroom spawns.

“Honestly, since it was an experiment, we didn’t expect much. But after 25 days, the bags were brimming with mushrooms. Altogether, we had produced 10 kg of mushrooms in one go!”