For a few months, the manufacturer of mushroom compost Agaris Myco Poland promoted an educational project aimed at children in Poland and encouraged schools to participate in it. The company became actively involved in promoting mushroom consumption and came up with its own project. UMDIS agency asked the compost manufacturer Agaris to tell us more about the project.

– Over 20 schools took part in the pilot edition of the nationwide educational project “Mushrooms with a class”. Its aim is to promote knowledge about mushrooms, healthy eating and ecology thanks to mushroom cultivation “lessons” conducted at school. The organizer of the event is Agaris Myco Poland.

Agaris provided free kits to schools enabling them to set up a school mushroom cultivation. The sets consist of a natural growing compost based on straw, water, gypsum and chicken or horse manure, which, after fermentation and pasteurization, has been inoculated with mushroom spawn.

Thanks to practical classes, children can learn through play while acquiring new skills. Children will learn the conditions necessary for mushroom growth and their health properties, learn about the circulation in nature and develop knowledge about proper food storage to prevent food waste. Groups under the supervision of a teacher independently look after the mushrooms – thanks to it children develop a sense of responsibility, the ability to work in a group and take notes.

The project was addressed to primary school students from grades I-III, to reinforce proper eating habits as early as possible.

– Mushrooms are the most popular cultivated mushrooms in the world – explains the president of Agaris, Rafał Nawrocki for UMDIS agency. – They are not only very tasty, but also rich in B vitamins, dietary fiber, potassium, phosphorus, calcium and magnesium, so it is worth including them in your daily diet.

The pilot edition covered selected schools from the Łódź, Lublin and Kujawsko-Pomorskie voivodeships.

For information: Agaris Myco Poland is a producer of ecological substrate for growing mushrooms with over thirty years of experience. According to Agaris, up to 75,000 tons of mushrooms are grown on their substrate annually in Poland, which constitutes approximately 16% of mushroom production in Poland.