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Duo shares secrets from small mushroom farm scratch

Bernard Nyongesa prepares wheat straws ready for the planting of spawn. The farmer jointly ventured into mushroom cultivation in 2014, out of passion and to earn an extra penny. January 26, 2020. [Mercy Kahenda, Standard]

The homestead of David Mwangi is a hive of activity. Workers in aprons are busy collecting some stored rainy water which they spray on Mwangi’s mushroom farm.

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