WHY WE GROW MUSHROOMS

The consumption of mushrooms continues to increase, both in Catalonia and elsewhere, and has gone from being an exotic custom or seasonal to become a regular food throughout the year to many families and restaurants.

Undoubtedly, the ability of mushrooms to make our dishes more nutritious and tasty, and also the properties attributed to improve our health, have led to this phenomenon.

In order to meet this growing demand and avoid the excessive plundering of forests, mushroom growing is offered as an excellent alternative for three main reasons:

1 MORE VALUE IN THE FORESTRY SECTOR

• Value is added to the forest sector because it buys fine wood, which is precisely the one with the worst commercial outlet. Catalonia is a country with an enormous percentage of forest area and where this sector has been suffering a serious crisis for many years. This situation is leading to the abandonment of forest management or the replacement of emblematic trees, such as chestnut trees, by more productive forest species.

2 STABLE JOB CREATION

• Contrary to what happens with the harvesting of wild mushrooms, the cultivation of mushrooms creates stable jobs, even for people with labor insertion difficulties, as is the case with our farm.

3 DYNAMISM IN THE RESTAURANT SECTOR

• Mushrooms can be supplied in a stable way in prices and quality to the powerful and brilliant sector of the restoration that we have. In addition, there is no need to wash them and this saves a lot of manpower in the kitchens.

The aim of Bolet Ben Fet is to grow mushrooms but with the highest quality, using the best raw materials and without pesticides or additives, so that they can truly give pleasure and health to eat. We want to make mushrooms, but make them properly!