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Re:MIT Media Lab Scientist Used Refugees to Tout Food Comput... by Alex3917 on Friday October 25, 2019 @01:32AM (#21352164)
> It just does't add up except in specific applications like mushroom farming

If you want to make money growing food though, mushroom farming seems like the best bet. Right now there are several edible mushroom species where, if you were to start growing them commercially, you would literally be the only person in the country offering them for sale. And some of them solve serious culinary or food science problems. E.g. right now impossible burger has been able to do a pretty good job imitating the texture of protein in ground beef, but they haven't yet been able to do a great job at imitating the texture of the fat components.

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Re:MIT Media Lab Scientist Used Refugees to Tout Food Comput... by tyre on Friday October 25, 2019 @01:41AM (#21352202)
Build that whole infrastructure then pivot to magic mushrooms as states legalize
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Re:MIT Media Lab Scientist Used Refugees to Tout Food Comput... by yoloswagins on Friday October 25, 2019 @03:36AM (#21352730)
Then when the price crashes on psilocybin mushrooms, switch back the tasty mushrooms.
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Re:MIT Media Lab Scientist Used Refugees to Tout Food Comput... by tyre on Sunday October 27, 2019 @12:41AM (#21367910)
or keep the mushrooms!
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Re:MIT Media Lab Scientist Used Refugees to Tout Food Comput... by sct202 on Friday October 25, 2019 @10:12AM (#21355111)
Yes if anyone can mass produce chicken of the woods (not to be confused with hen of the woods) that would be awesome. It makes the best fake chicken nuggets. The texture is spot on, and when it's battered and fried the mushroom taste is pretty minimal.
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Re:MIT Media Lab Scientist Used Refugees to Tout Food Comput... by AlanYx on Friday October 25, 2019 @10:20AM (#21355178)
Commercial plug spawn for chicken of the woods is widely available, and there are some small-scale producers.

Yields are unpredictable at scale though, so it's more of a farmer's market product at the moment. It's not like morels though, where even small-scale production is very difficult.

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Re:MIT Media Lab Scientist Used Refugees to Tout Food Comput... by Alex3917 on Friday October 25, 2019 @11:01AM (#21355677)
> It makes the best fake chicken nuggets.

If you're not allergic to them. I don't know that you'd really be able to sell them commercially. I don't even see them sold at farmers markets.

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Re:MIT Media Lab Scientist Used Refugees to Tout Food Comput... by yostrovs on Friday October 25, 2019 @07:45AM (#21353994)
Which mushrooms are you referring to that are easy to grow but not available in stores?
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