How This Singaporean Moved To Thailand To Be A Mushroom Farmer | On The Red Dot | Full Episode

Singaporean William Leong, a former insurance manager, was inspired to become a farmer after visiting a mushroom fruiting chamber in 2017. Today, his mushroom farm in Thailand produces more than 40 tons of oyster mushrooms per year, for local consumption. How did he learn to grow mushrooms? What does it take to become a successful farmer there? William shares his secret with Host Ming Tan.
0:00 Introduction
2:21 Delivering harvested mushrooms to market
5:33 Where do mushrooms grow?
8:13 How I became a mushroom farmer
11:50 Preparing mushroom bags for growth
17:30 How do mushrooms grow?
18:23 Educating students on farming mushrooms
20:13 Harvesting mushroom in fruiting chamber
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[@rajivsingh4721]

Awesome,very beautiful story of passion and success

[@sengkar555]

nice doc. how bout a craft beer brewery next time ?

[@razzahling8951]

well played
very adventurous man

[@cdy7048]

Was this uploaded wrongly? Saw it a few days ago but it was private

[@wendyshoowaiching4161]

Oyster Mushrooms are delicious. I love it especially stir fried and steamboat.

[@MysticScapes]

Finally the Intern fixed the title

[@mkleng]

If the mushrooms are already sporing in the fruiting chamber, it is TOO LATE. Need to harvest much earlier!

[@lineage13]

I thought foreigners aren't allowed to do any agricultural businesses?

[@wendyshoowaiching4161]

What you using expensive gas. You have free wood, solar farm, cheap electricity

[@Milo-cf9vz]

i think it looks Singy.

[@mkleng]

After so many years, still no break even - that doesn’t sound right for a commercial mushroom farm. Too complicated a Singaporean process. 😂

[@nicholascage3699]

First my must hv capital and we dat u can be anything