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Managing ‘Brown Gold:’ the Challenges—and Opportunities—of Spent Substrate

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They showed up like two weeks later with a tractor and a big truck to load it in,” he said. Grown in a combination of manure and straw, they produce a distinct kind of spent substrate that is also used as compost, though it is a very different material from specialty mushroom substrate, with fewer applications. In the U.S.,

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Investment Is Flowing to US Grass-fed Beef Again. Will It Scale Up?

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Glover’s eyes gazed out at an audience made up of a few dozen representatives of America’s largest grocers and food-service companies from beneath the brim of a straw cowboy hat. Or, “consumer trends,” which drive the whole tractor in big box grocery, may change. How do you make the best beef business in America?”

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