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Winter 2024
The new Winter 2024 issue is out
Volume 2024-3 | Autumn 2024
Exploring the different fields of expertise required by mushroom farming. As Autumn, the busy season for mushrooms approaches, the JEMJ takes a look at how expert knowledge and well-tested practice drives the Japanese industry.
◆ Chestnut mushrooms in bottles
◆ The importance of mother spawn
◆ Trends in Japanese wood ear production
◆ Chestnut mushrooms in bottles
◆ The importance of mother spawn
◆ Trends in Japanese wood ear production
Volume 2024-2 | Summer 2024
Discover sustainable business strategies, innovative cultivation techniques, conference highlights, grower spotlights, and a historic mushroom farm visit in our latest issue.
◆ Creating a sustainable business in mushrooms
◆ Sawdust-based cultivation of Pleurotus eryngii
◆ Impressions from the 2024 North American Mushroom Conference
◆ Creating a sustainable business in mushrooms
◆ Sawdust-based cultivation of Pleurotus eryngii
◆ Impressions from the 2024 North American Mushroom Conference
Volume 2024-1 | Spring 2024
Exploring the intriguing world of mushrooms with articles on food science, the historical significance of human-mushroom connections, a unique profile on hanabiratake growers, and an exploration of whether mushrooms are overlooked in the health food trend.
◆ Scientific analysis of biochemical ingredients of mushrooms
◆ Unveiling the profound legacy of human-mushroom relations
◆ Meet the growers: a unique take on hanabiratake
◆ Scientific analysis of biochemical ingredients of mushrooms
◆ Unveiling the profound legacy of human-mushroom relations
◆ Meet the growers: a unique take on hanabiratake
Volume 2023-4 | Winter 2023
Discover innovations in mushroom farming, market insights, and culinary delights in this issue of Mycology Monthly. From cultivation tips to delicious recipes, explore the versatile world of wood ear mushrooms with us!
◆ Effect of adding fossilized shell in Auricularia polytricha cultivation
◆ Self-Reflections on what the European market can do better
◆ Wood ear mushrooms An under-utilized functional food
◆ Effect of adding fossilized shell in Auricularia polytricha cultivation
◆ Self-Reflections on what the European market can do better
◆ Wood ear mushrooms An under-utilized functional food
Volume 2023-3 | Autumn 2023
Explore marketing ergothioneine, learn from vertical farming, understand scaling risks, and discover substrate business tips. Meet the growers at Shinshu Mushroom Workshop and enjoy recipes in Cooking with Kinoko!
◆ Health Claims: Ergothioneine, How to market something you can never remember how to spell
◆ Lessons from the vertical farming industry Lessons from the rubble
◆ Scaling up can be the wrong decision Why it can be the wrong choice
◆ Health Claims: Ergothioneine, How to market something you can never remember how to spell
◆ Lessons from the vertical farming industry Lessons from the rubble
◆ Scaling up can be the wrong decision Why it can be the wrong choice
Volume 2023-2 | Summer 2023
Discover Japan's leading cultivation bag producer, meet growers at Fuji Kinoko Center, and learn about biomass technology. Explore market strategies, substrate tips, mushroom branding, and oyster mushroom recipes in Cooking with Kinoko!
◆ Why is everyone suddenly talking about vitamin D?
◆ Tricky but worth it: Maitake Cultivation Basics
◆ Japan Mimics the Blend Enoki as a meat substitute
◆ Why is everyone suddenly talking about vitamin D?
◆ Tricky but worth it: Maitake Cultivation Basics
◆ Japan Mimics the Blend Enoki as a meat substitute
Volume 2023-1 | Spring 2023
Explore beta-glucans' health benefits, large-scale Bunashimeji cultivation at Misuzu Life, and Shiitake basics. Learn Shiitake log cultivation history, solve Enoki recall issues, and enjoy Cooking with Kinoko!
◆ Meet the Growers: Large-Scale Bunashimeji Cultivation at Misuzu Life
◆ Baby Steps: Shiitake Cultivation Basics
◆ Origins of Mushroom Cultivation: Shiitake log cultivation
◆ Meet the Growers: Large-Scale Bunashimeji Cultivation at Misuzu Life
◆ Baby Steps: Shiitake Cultivation Basics
◆ Origins of Mushroom Cultivation: Shiitake log cultivation
Volume 2022-2 | Winter 2022
Experience a deep dive into Japan's mushroom industry: from leading cultivation bag producers to innovative growers, sustainable practices, market insights, and culinary inspirations with oyster and dried mushrooms.
◆ A Look at Sakato Sangyo: Japan's Largest Cultivation Bag Producer
◆ Kato Enoki: Staying on Top in a Tight Market
◆ Branding Corner: Dried Mushrooms as Seasonings
◆ A Look at Sakato Sangyo: Japan's Largest Cultivation Bag Producer
◆ Kato Enoki: Staying on Top in a Tight Market
◆ Branding Corner: Dried Mushrooms as Seasonings
Volume 2022-1 | Autumn 2022
Dive into Japan's mushroom world with profiles of mushroom producers, mushroom immunity insights, cultivation perspectives, branding challenges, and cooking with exotic mushroom.
◆ Mushrooms and Immunity (by Professor Fumio Eguchi)
◆ Rethinking Shiitake: Looking at Cultivation in Japan
◆ Exotic Mushrooms: A Branding Challenge
◆ Mushrooms and Immunity (by Professor Fumio Eguchi)
◆ Rethinking Shiitake: Looking at Cultivation in Japan
◆ Exotic Mushrooms: A Branding Challenge
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