Harvesting crops has been mechanized for many years. Except for mushrooms, which require delicate handling and an expert eye.

Plus, thanks to the systems mentioned above, you can grow fresh mushrooms year-round regardless of external factors. These setups are space-efficient, fitting neatly into apartments or small homes ...

The mushrooms often are imported for do-it-yourself growers, but they have made it to the wild and are spreading quickly.

Primitive Greens, a vertical farming venture co-founded by Codi Whittaker, cultivates a range of gourmet mushrooms year-round.

Jared Steele and his in-home intelligent mushroom growing system Terrashroom were wholly unproven when the Austin, Texas based entrepreneur stepped into the "Shark Tank" studio looking for help in ...

His company, North Spore, makes beginner-friendly growing kits and tent systems like the “Boom Room,” which allow people to harvest fresh mushrooms without much space or sunlight.

Mushrooms do not have detrimental effects on grass, however; in fact, they can be beneficial to have in your lawn, as the extensive root systems help hold water, which allows them to break down ...

I was a big science nerd. When I discovered mushrooms were a combination of both growing vegetables and science, I became totally obsessed. When I was 18 years old, I was working at a restaurant.

Inside a nondescript industrial building on the outskirts of Buda is a forest’s worth of mycelium, the root system that produces mushrooms. Smallhold, a Brooklyn-based mushroom producer, opened ...