Emily Sharood planned on doing graphic design, but organic mushroom farming drew her in

March 12, 2018

The seed was first planted when she began a permaculture project with her brother; today, Sharood and her family move 3,000 pounds of mushrooms a week.

(Reprint from Portland Press Herald 3/11/2018) – Emily Sharood is the sales and marketing director at Mousam Valley Mushrooms, an organic mushroom farm in Springvale that she and her family started in 2011. Today they’re packing 3,000 pounds of mushrooms a week, mostly for the Maine and New England market, but as we found when we called her up to talk shiitakes and lion’s mane, she’s something of an accidental farmer. Read more here.