Monterey Mushrooms is celebrating its 50th anniversary in business. Company owner Shah Kazemi, who started as an employee himself, purchased the business in 1971 when it was a single mushroom farm in California. Today the company grows packs and ships mushrooms from nine farms in seven states and Mexico. Its 4,000 employees grow, pack and ship more than 200 million pounds of fresh mushrooms annually.

With 53 growing houses located in southern Chester County in West Grove, Oxford, and Landenberg, PA, Mother Earth LLC has built a stellar reputation in the organic mushroom industry.

Despite some challenges that have popped up in the world this past year, the company has had a good year all things considered.

The Mushroom Council is composed of fresh market producers or importers that average more than 500,000 pounds of mushrooms produced or imported annually.

Phillips Mushroom Farms has been a leader in growing mushrooms in Kennett Square, PA since 1927, and is known for its stellar reputation.

The Mushroom Council is spending National Mushroom Month showcasing the myriad ways mushrooms are increasingly a solution to many of the problems, wants and needs consumers have — extending grocery budgets, adding more nutrition, eating more sustainably — when planning out their weekly grocery purchases.
 
Under the banner “Mushrooms are the Answer,” the Mushroom Council’s multimedia campaign will feature: