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MUSHROOM FACTORY AND ROOSTER RANCH

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The Mae Vak demonstration project just got a mushroom factory and 50 baby roosters. The students will care for both under the supervision of their teachers and parents. Eight volunteers/donors delivered the mushrooms and chicks.  Previous volunteers had made a cozy coop ready, and a fully equipped mushroom growing building. You can see the stacks of mushroom cylinders in the photos. They’ve been filled by hand with growing medium, nutrients, and the spores.  In the warm and wet atmosphere of the mushroom shed they will grow out of the open end of the bag and be ready to eat or sell in about two months.  The 200 b ags cost 30 Baht each (about 90 cents), and when the mushrooms are mature they can bring three times that.   This is the first time the Mae Vak project will have a crop they can either eat or sell, depending on village needs.   The chickens are fryers, not layers.  Many of the children’s families already have some eggs available, but limited sources f