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Local Kine Mushrooms

March 21, 2011 by Oahu Fresh 5 Comments


Mushrooms at Small Kine Farm

You’ve probably noticed a new item in your O‘ahu Fresh grocery bag: Mushrooms. And maybe you were wondering where they came from and who grows them. Well then, let us tell you a little bit about Small Kine Farm in Waimanalo.

Small Kine Farm is run by Fung Yang, who also owns/operates   Green Glove Recycling (formerly Oahu Community Recycling). While sorting through his clients’ trash, he noticed that they were throwing out more than glass, plastics and paper. They were getting rid of a lot of organic waste. This led Yang to composting and composting eventually led to…mushrooms.

All of his mushrooms grow in compost that goes through a pasteurization process to make sure it is “clean” and to kill off any insects or pest fungi that might have been in the compost. The entire process, from preparing the compost to harvesting the mushrooms, takes several months. That’s the very condensed version of mushroom farming; there is a longer version for those who are really interested.

Yang started growing mushrooms about four years ago, and was recently awarded a grant to study the feasibility of mushroom farming on Oahu. He’s in the very early stages of mushroom farming, but has big plans for the future, plans that will hopefully include expanding his mushroom farm to more than double its size in the next few years.

His latest harvest yielded about 800 pounds of crimini/portabello mushrooms. That sounds like a lot, but he estimates that on Oahu, more than a million tons of mushrooms are imported annually.

In addition to your Oahu Fresh grocery bags, you can find Yang’s mushrooms in dishes being served at Town Restaurant, 12th Ave Grill and the Turtle Bay Resort.

Mushroom Tips
•  Store your mushrooms in a cool, dry place. Before refrigerating them, put them in a paper bag. Plastic bags attract moisture, which can leave your mushrooms mushy.
•  Mushroom stems, which are firmer than the caps, can be sliced lengthwise and grilled or roasted.
•  Cooked mushrooms can be frozen and will keep for several months. Place in a freezer container or bag, excluding as much air as possible (uncooked mushrooms don’t freeze well).

Psst….Want to learn even more about mushrooms? There’s the Mushroom Council (hint: they have a page of tasty mushroom recipes) and the American Mushroom Institute.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: crimini, fung yang, mushrooms, portabello, small kine farm

Comments

  1. Annie says

    April 23, 2011 at 11:00 am

    Yea Yang and Small Kine Farm! Thanks for spreading the word about this awesome small farmer!

  2. click here says

    May 31, 2012 at 9:18 am

    Wow. This blog is cool! How do you make it look like this !?

  3. admin says

    June 6, 2012 at 5:09 pm

    its a template!

  4. T. Tizard says

    May 7, 2013 at 3:14 pm

    Farm is in Waimanalo, but produce not available windward????

  5. admin says

    May 7, 2013 at 3:22 pm

    Aloha,
    We currently deliver mostly in town, but are looking to expand to the windward side soon in the Kailua area. The farmer that we get mushrooms from is working in Waimanalo and also occasionally sells his product at various farmers markets, including Ala Moana mall market on Saturdays. We buy produce from a variety of farms and generally have different products from different farms in our bag each week.

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