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Gourmet Mushrooms, Inc. is the largest
Organic Certified exotic mushroom grower in Northern California. With
more than 36
culinary and nutraceutical mushrooms in production, the farm is
arguably the largest, in terms of variety, of all organic mushroom
farms in the
United States. Besides growing these mushrooms for
culinary and medicinal purposes, the company will use its new facility
to host seminars for members of the culinary, agricultural and
scientific communities.
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COOKING CLASSES AT VIVA IN MARCH
Bob Engel,
Chef Liaison, will present two cooking classes at Sebastopol's VIVA Cultural Center. The
demonstration classes will take place in VIVA's beautiful demonstration
kitchen and will include mushroom appetizers, entrees and even a
dessert using up to ten different varieties of exotic mushrooms. Lots
of opportunities to taste and learn. Chef
Engel will also bring growing bottles to explain the unique blend of
technology and craft that allows Gourmet
Mushrooms to remain a pioneer in cultivating organic specialty
varieties. VIVA is associated
with the Culinary Institute of
Florence and organizes programs through Study Abroad Italy. Classes are
Thursday March 22nd and Saturday March 24th from 6:30 p.m.to 9:30 p.m..
To sign
up contact VIVA at VIVA
Cultural Center or call 707-824-9913. |
November 2006
Gourmet Mushrooms, Inc. CEO David Law
and Vice President Chris Bailey
attend the Fourth Annual Collaboration
on Edible Fungi Research in Shanghai,
China. Bailey shared results of Gourmet Mushrooms' experiments
on mushroom substrate with his counterparts from Asia.
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| November 2006
Bob Engel,
Chef Liaison, speaks at the EPCOT
Food and Wine Festival in Orlando, Florida. Chef Engel, Director
of Marketing for Gourmet Mushrooms will talk about new uses for
culinary fungi in exciting cuisne as part of the festival's Authentic
Tastes program.
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July 2006
Trumpet Royale
mushrooms are paired with Newman's
Own Balsamic
Vinaigrette for the Great on the Grill promotion with Whole
Foods Markets. The
firm, meaty texture of Trumpet Royale makes this mushroom perfect for
outdoor grilling. Chef Liasion Bob
Engel likes his well done. Try it your way. Recipes here.
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| June 11-13, 2006
Gourmet Mushrooms, Inc. CEO David Law speaks at 48th Annual Mushroom
Industry Conference at Penn State University.
David spoke on both aspects of Goumet Mushrooms' mission, culinary and
nutraceutical.
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March 18, 2006
Mushroom and Wine Pairing at J Wine
in Healdsburg, producers of fabulous
Pinot Noir. Featuring Gourmet Mushroom's Chef Bob Engel and J Wine
Executive Chef Mark Caldwell in the famous
Bubble Room. Reservations highly recommended. Three seatings at
11,
1:30 and 3pm. Contact the winery for information. http://www.jwine.com/calendar
| September 2005
Second Annual Press Tour and Luncheon.
For
culinary and lifestyle writers. Tour, tasting, and talks on wine and
food pairings. For details please contact bob@mycopia.com
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| August, 2005
The first public tour of our mushroom
farm!
Once a
closely protected
secret. Now you get to see behind the scenes! BY RESERVATION ONLY. To
register for our next tour (2006) please contact bob@mycopia.com.
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August 2005
Company founder, Malcolm Clark, speaks
"Organic Certified Production of Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms" at the
Symposium
of
American and Japanese Mycolological Societies, Hilo, Hawaii.
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June 2005
Dr. Tsuneto Yoshii passed away in Japan in June at the age of 84. Dr.
Yoshii was an early pioneer in the use of sterilized sawdust as a
substrate for growing mushrooms. He was the founder of the Yoshii
Mycological Institute on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu. In
recognition of his accomplishments Dr. Yoshii received honorary
doctorates from two Chinese universities as well as universities in
Taiwan and Korea. Dr. Yoshii was also active in fostering the use of
ganoderma and cordyceps varieties as health supplements.
Malcolm Clark of Gourmet Mushrooms, who studied with Dr. Yoshii in the
early 1970s and who maintained a close friendship and collaboration for
thirty years, said of him, “Dr. Yoshii was a somewhat shy and reclusive
man, but he was instrumental in many breakthroughs in mushroom use and
cultivation.”
Malcolm Clark and the
staff of Gourmet Mushrooms extend their condolences to the family of
Dr. Tsuneto Yoshii, mushroom pioneer, friend and mentor.
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| Dateline: May 2005
Gourmet Mushrooms, Inc. introduces its
MYCOPIA
brand organic retail mushrooms to the United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable
Association in Chicago, part of the McCormick Place Produce Expo.
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| April 2005
Malcolm
Clark makes a presentation at the Fifth
International Conference of Mushroom Biology and Mushroom Products,
Shanghai, China. Malcolm's speech, "Mountain Top to
Pharmacy," focuses on Cordyceps sinensis, the rare 'caterpillar
mushroom' long used in Traditional Chinese Medicine and currently
generating great interest.
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Dateline: January 2005
Mycopia Brand organic certified retail
mushrooms
featured at the Twenty-fifth Anniversary EcoFarm Conference at
Asilomar, Monterey, California.
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| Dateline: January 2005
Feature article by Elaine Rowland on
company
founder Malcolm Clark, in the January issue of
Sunset Magazine.
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| Dateline: November 2003
Gourmet Mushrooms, Inc. receives
ORGANIC
certification from QAI for all culinary and nutraceutical mushrooms.
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Dateline: February 2003
Gourmet Mushrooms begins production
from its
new
40,000 square foot facility. Ten custom designed growing rooms provide
precise environmental control of temperature and humidity. This
flexibility will pave the way to the introduction of more varieties in
the future and allow for further enhancement to quality control of
current varieties.
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Dateline: Easter 2002
GMI is featured with Jacques Pepin on PBS.
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Dateline: November, 2001
Gourmet Mushrooms, Inc. included in the November issue of Gourmet
Magazine.
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Dateline: November, 2001
Gourmet Mushrooms, Inc. appears in "Shroom Boom" in the November issue
of Santé Magazine, depicting the burgeoning awareness of exotic
mushrooms in the marketplace.
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Dateline: September, 2001
Malcolm & David meet with nutraceutical distributors in Portugal.
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Dateline: July, 2001
Gourmet Mushrooms, Inc. was featured in the "Tastemakers" section of
Food and Wine Magazine. This regular monthly article is committed to
innovative businesses, people, or products devoted to fine foods.
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Dateline: March, 2001
GMI featured on Wolfgang Puck’s TV program.
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Dateline:
February, 2001
Malcolm & David speak in Las Vegas at the 15th North American
Mushroom Conference.
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