Meet These Urban Mushroom Growers | GroCycle

Most people think of fields and barns when picturing a farm, but mushrooms can be grown anywhere - even in a city centre!
Join us in this video, where we join the team at Yorkshire Mushroom Emporium, based just a stone’s throw from the centre of Leeds.
We’ll hear about how they got started small in a converted garage, then scaled up after seeing some early profits from selling their fresh produce and grow kits.
They now have a scaled-up urban mushroom farm situated in a business unit, which they designed and built themselves.
They were introduced to mushroom growing after watching one of our videos right here on this channel - then decided to sign up for our Low Tech Mushroom Farming online course, and haven’t looked back since - they’ve even been featured on BBC’s #hairybikers!
If you’re interested in getting started on your mushroom growing journey, we’ve put together an hour-long, FREE workshop that covers all aspects of Low Tech mushroom farming:
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Chapters:
00:15 - An introduction and an update on the new GroCycle farm
01:13 - Meet the team at Yorkshire Mushroom Emporium
02:07 - The types of mushroom the team produce
03:16 - What inspired them to grow mushrooms
04:50 - How did the business gain momentum?
06:54 - The challenges they faced when moving premises
08:22 - How they designed their new farm setup
11:07 - How the GroCycle online course helped
12:46 - Some advice for budding mushroom growers
13:20 - Some final thoughts from GroCycle
14:04 - An invite to join the GroCycle online community!
Want to join our online course & community made up of small scale mushroom growers from around the world?
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[@sarcasmo57]

Pretty inspiring.

[@theartsypixie2771]

I always love hearing how people start mushroom farming. I found a kids mushroom growing kit in a clearance bin for $5 and thought what the heck lets give it a go. Instead of leaving it the box though i crumpled it up in a laundry basket full of straw like I saw on pinterest and yielded 10lbs of oyster mushrooms from my little laundry basket. Needless to say I was hooked and am excited to get back to it. 🎉

[@JamesGough1]

Well done everyone. You guys are very generous indeed and I plan to join your community soon.

[@GroCycleTV]

James - great news - we look forward to seeing you there soon!!

[@ericomfg]

Thanks for sharing all this... may start a farm with my brother and sister thanks to y'all! So much opportunity...

[@GroCycleTV]

Best of luck!

[@damionfragoso2655]

OMG I love the bucket farming!

[@Fungirevive]

Great vid

[@Noz7777]

So the guy that was growing at home with his mum... the mum probably deserves heaps of credit. And it was probably her garage too.

[@EternalRMG]

Do they wash the buckets?

[@GroCycleTV]

They do, they wash them in a dedicated wet area and then get rid of any nasties with an alcohol-based spray... hope that helps!

[@imtusarahmed]

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[@biohazzardUN]

Thank you for the videos, and all the best with your farm, lads!!

[@CP-ti2hp]

A transcript would be helpful with those British accents.

[@ID-rs9wv]

It's Enlgish language not British