Back in June 1996 Margaret Hayes of Pearl White Mushrooms Claremorris Co. Mayo had just won the mushroom grower of the year award. The entire staff of International Spawn were at The Point Theatre to see the new show Lord Of the Dance.
There was a major North-South mushroom research initiative announced bringing together scientists to work on a mushroom demonstration project headquartered out of the NAVBC Bioresearch Centre at UCD.
Cahal MacCanna was writing on why centralised composting was here to stay. All happening back in the day.