Home About » Events » Membership » Mushrooms » Contact Us Northway News Events Fungi Growing Club Growers News Featured Growers Videos Home » Farm Walks Farm Walks Farm Walks for the Banking Sector Northway Mushrooms hosted two very successful farm walks in June to raise awareness and understanding of the mushroom industry to the banking Sector. Over 50 delegates attended the farm walks hosted by Frank Donnelly, Keenaghan Mushrooms – Moy and Eamon Murray, Orchard Mushrooms – Lurgan. The farm walks highlighted to the banking sector the benefits of growers collectively marketing their mushrooms through a producer group to secure a stable price and the benefits of costing saving when buying as a group.Â A presentation was given outlining the benefits available through the POÂ including training, growing advice, capital investment programme and energy audits etc. Brendan Burns gave an detailed presentation on the European Mushroom Industry and how Northern Ireland growers have the opportunity to expand and supply UK mulitples who want to buy British mushrooms. Brendan highlighted the benefits of using biomass fuel to replace conventional oil with woodchip 25 to 30% of the price of oil which mean’t a considerable cost saving for mushroom growers. Feed back from representatives from the bankingÂ industry have been very positive and Northway plans to have further farmwalks and meetings to build upon the success of Frank and Eamon’s farm walks. David Wright from the Irish Farmers Journal attended the farm walk and theÂ tag line Â in the paper describing the industry was – “Survival of the fittest in the mushroom sectorÂ – a producer organisation that provides a model forÂ other sectors.” Popular Recent Random WED 12 Northway grower Tiernaneil host Stem Farm walk Posted by Northway Mushrooms in Northway News WED 02 A Mushrooming Industry Posted by admin in Northway News WED 16 Organic Fertilizers A Valuable Commodity Posted by Northway Mushrooms in Northway News WED 16 Revised Nitrates Action Programme 2011 -2014 Posted by Northway Mushrooms in Growers News, Northway News TUE 05 Keenaghan Mushrooms Posted by Northway Mushrooms in Featured, Featured Growers THU 02 More to Mushrooms – New Website Posted by Northway Mushrooms in Northway News Archives November 2014 November 2013 October 2013 April 2013 October 2012 September 2012 June 2012 May 2012 June 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 Financed with the aid of the European Union Website by: Concept NI Web Solutions