Seemingly, Reece Villier and his family never expected to be running a successful mushroom-growing business. Along with his wife Erin, Villier, repurposed an unused abattoir building in their new hometown of Pemberton, 325 kilometres south of Perth, and turned to growing mushrooms.
"We've only been going since July and started off doing about 2 kilos a week in a grow tent," Villier said. "And then now we're sending around 20 kilos of assorted mushrooms a week to restaurants and supermarkets, so it's slowly building for us."
Villier was introduced to the idea of growing mushrooms by a vegetarian friend who had established his own supply at home. "He gave us a grow bag one day with lion's mane mushrooms and that opened my eyes to the whole mycelium world. I wouldn't say it was easy, but living down here was a way of getting into the industry with a relatively low financial input."
"We're starting to outgrow the space a little bit, which is good for us but means we will want to find somewhere else eventually."
Source: abc.net.au
