12 steps to mushroom farming

2 skilled mushroom farmers from NYC bringing the farm to the consumer. How do they do it? Go and find out!

In recent years there has an amazing urban mushroom farm in the city of Antwerp: Pad and Stoel. However, the team made some crucial mistakes that caused the mushroom initiative to fail. In order for all of us to learn, we convinced one of the founders to share their story!

Le Champignon de Bruxelles started with 3 friends. After reading some inspiring books, they discovered an emerging niche with an enormous potential to change the world for the good: the cultivation of mushrooms on organic waste sourced in cities.

In recent years there was an amazing urban mushroom farm in the city of Antwerp: Pad and Stoel. However, the team made some crucial mistakes that caused the mushroom initiative to fail. In order for all of us to learn, we convinced one of the founders to share their story!

In recent years Zjef Van Acker, one of the founders of the 12 steps to farming, has been working hard on establishing another urban agriculture project: Pad and Stoel, an urban mushroom farm in the city of Antwerp (Belgium). Learn about the the glorious mistakes that set the stage for the downfall of Pad en Stoel.