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    Little Acre Gourmet Mushrooms

    Oct 01, 2020 5 minutes
    By Amy Christensen, Brisbane, Qld.

    Lots of people enjoy the flavour and texture of mushrooms in their meals and have tried to grow their own with mixed results. Mickey my partner and I were given a mushroom kit for Christmas back in 2016 and got to taste oyster mushrooms for the first time. We were hooked and threw ourselves into learning all we could about this delicious fungi. Now we grow them in shipping containers and sell them to restaurants and cafes in Brisbane and make ready-to-grow mushroom kits so people can experience growing their own.

    EVOLUTION

    Mickey and I met through mutual friends. We were in the same circles for several years and finally crossed paths. I was a graphic designer with my own graphics business. Mickey was selling hemp backpacks from a women’s collective in Nepal and then started small business coaching.

    We weren’t planning a new career

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