{"id":12929,"date":"2011-06-20T00:05:42","date_gmt":"2011-06-20T06:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sustainablog.org\/?p=12929"},"modified":"2011-06-20T00:05:42","modified_gmt":"2011-06-20T06:05:42","slug":"growing-mushrooms-sustainable-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/growing-mushrooms-sustainable-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Guys Growing Mushrooms in Berkeley: a Sustainable Business Success Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TEDxPresidio - Nikhil Arora and Alejandro Velez\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nboaE3O8zE8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Last week, Nikhil Arora of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.backtotheroots.com\">Back to the Roots<\/a> reached out to me about his company&#8217;s signature product, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.backtotheroots.com\/our-products\">a kit for growing oyster mushrooms<\/a> at home (in a mere ten days&#8230; much quicker that, say, <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/growing-shiitake-mushrooms\/\">shiitake mushrooms<\/a>!). I&#8217;ve been traveling, so we haven&#8217;t had a chance to talk beyond quick emails, but I did get some time to watch a TedxPresidio talk he and his partner Alex Velez gave a couple of months ago&#8230; and found it really inspiring.<\/p>\n<p>Their&#8217;s isn&#8217;t the first start-up I&#8217;v seen that&#8217;s done well out of the gate by recognizing the value of waste&#8230; check out old friend John-Paul Maxfield&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wastefarmers.com\/\">Waste Farmers<\/a>, and compost company <a href=\"http:\/\/ecoscraps.net\/\">Ecoscraps<\/a>. 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