We now have indoor production space!

Dec 18, 2023
1 min read

More "Building Against All Odds"

This project has taken a long time, but we have finally "finished" our new building, meaning we now have a floor and it's all sealed up! Is there more work to do? Yes, but we've started really using it!

We'd like to send out a shout out to both the Lakewinds Food Co-op Organic Field Fund grant and the Menomenie Market Food Coop Fund our Foodshed grant, both of which made it possible to get this far with this project! Our LOFF grant (2022) helped us to pay for the construction of the building, while the FOF grant (2023) made it possible for us to put in a concrete floor (you don't know how great this until you have to move things around on dirt or sand =)

Moving uninoculated logs into the new building

Indoor production space filled with mushroom logs, equipment, and supplies — Main space - filled with mushroom logs and other equipment and supplies

Inoculation space in new building - sectioned off with plastic — We blocked off one area of the new building - closest to our old building - for our inoculation space

View from new building and inoculation area into pack shed through open overhead door — We can really open up the new building to the old one by opening up an overhead door!

log inoculation area including log drilling and inoculating table,okuda pegasus inculator and waxing station — new log inoculation set-up, including table, and waxing station

new inoculating area - adjacent to the overhead door and log drilling station — We can easliy move in un-inoculated logs through the new overhead door!

Moving birch mushroom logs into the new building

3 Comments

yilijiy683

Aug 04

This is such an exciting milestone for your mushroom production. Having a proper sealed indoor space makes such a difference for quality and efficiency. Protecting any growing area from pests is just as important, which is why I always recommend exploring solutions on a reliable website to keep everything safe.

dosojax729

Aug 04

A sealed indoor production space with a proper floor makes a huge difference in daily operations. It is inspiring to see local co-op grants help make this project possible. A well designed workspace supports productivity and quality, and reliable climate control plays a key role in maintaining stable conditions, which is why air conditioning systems for schools are equally important for keeping learning spaces comfortable.