AGRICULTURAL NEWS - What started out as a hobby in 2014 has been transformed into a gourmet oyster mushroom business by Yolandi Joubert of Langebaan on the West Coast, and it all started with a basic mushroom-growing kit.
“My mother is crazy about mushrooms,” she explains.
“She used to pick them in the veld when she was a little girl. So I wanted to grow them for her.
"The first mushroom-growing kit I bought didn’t work, so I bought two more and they worked well. I was hooked!
“I quickly started reading up and doing research on growing mushrooms, as I’ve enjoyed growing plants since I was a child.”
Determined to launch a small-scale commercial operation, Yolandi conducted trials in 2016 to establish how many mushrooms she needed to plant in order to supply local retailers.
At the same time, she began building her growing room.
Earlier this year, she registered her company, Dayora Oyster Mushrooms.
