Observed arrival · 2026-11-07
Fungi For Future: Yesterday’s Latte, Today’s Lunch
A youth-led Bloomington mushroom farm turns café coffee grounds into mushrooms donated to Hoosier Hills Food Bank.
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- Bloomington cafés, volunteers, and local food supporters
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- Spent growing mix goes to local orchards and composters after the mushroom harvest.
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The page describes a five-step loop: cafés save grounds, the farm collects them, combines them with pasteurized straw and mushroom spawn, then packs the mix into drilled five-gallon buckets. It says mushrooms emerge in about a month; the harvest goes to Hoosier Hills Food Bank, while spent mix goes to local orchards and composters. The site reports 122+ pounds of grounds diverted and nearly a dozen Bloomington cafés participating.
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