She Quit Her Job to Start a Mushroom Farm & Makes $200,000 a Year
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2024
- John from www.growingyour... visits Funky Fungi, an Indoor Commercial Mushroom farm that is less than a year old and on track to make $200,000 this year growing mushrooms.
In this episode, you will learn how mushrooms are grown in just 14 days that can be sold for $20 a pound (retail) or $10 a pound (chef direct)
First, John will tell you how the farmer, Jewell quit her job as a stockbroker to grow mushrooms, he will then go into the warehouse building to give you a full tour of the facilities.
You will learn about all the major areas of the farm where different tasks take place. First, you will learn what the mushrooms eat (grows on). Next, you will learn how the growing medium is sterilized by taking a steam sauna.
You will then enter the clean room where the growing medium is inoculated with mushroom spawn, and kept in the right temperature to colonize their bags.
Next, you will learn why its important to climate control your growing area, to ensure the best production, color, and flavor of the mushrooms.
You will discover why it's important to wear a mask to protect your lungs from any kind of small foreign particulate.
Next, you will learn how an unconventional bag cutting technique can increase your harvest.
You will then discover what some nice blue oyster mushrooms look like when they almost ready for harvest.
You will learn how the mushrooms are stored post-harvest in a walk-in cooler using a 5,000 BTU window air conditioner unit.
Next, John will interview Jewell the Fungi Diva to learn more about growing mushrooms and Funky Fungi Farm.
Jump to the following parts of the Episode:
04:30 Farm Tour Starts
05:12 Warehouse Space
07:30 What do Mushrooms Eat?
10:50 Mixing the Mix Wood and Soy Husks with Water
13:12 Filling bags with Growing Medium
13:49 Sterilizing Growing Medium using a stock tank and Steam Sauna
17:41 Entering Clean Lab Room
18:01 Letting Sterilized Bags Cool Down to Ambient temperature
18:44 Inoculated Growing Medium with Mushroom Spawn in a sterile environment
20:42 Allow the Mushroom Growing Medium to Colonize the Whole Bag
22:33 Testing Temperature of the Temperature inside bags to ensure proper temperature
23:49 Air conditioning to climate control to grow mushrooms
27:00 Puting on a mask to protect against spores
27:49 Entering Climate Control Mushroom Growing Room
28:40 Unconventional ways of cutting mushroom bags to increase harvest
29:52 Have the right moisture level and temperature to grow the mushrooms
31:00 First Flush of Mushrooms and Second Flush of Mushrooms
32:15 Growing Many varieties of Mushrooms to Diversify
33:33 Mushrooms grow in 14 days until a harvest
34:33 Walk in Cooler using a Cool-Bot and Air Conditioner
35:07 Freshly harvest mushrooms - how to select the best mushrooms
37:00 Fulfil a niche in your area that is needed
37:55 Interview with Jewel the Mushroom Diva Farmer
38:20 How did you get into farming and Growing Mushrooms?
39:00 Is it true you started less than a year ago?
40:00 How did you learn how to grow mushrooms?
41:00 Why did you quit your job and start a mushroom farm?
42:00 Compare Microgreens vs Growing Mushrooms which is best?
43:25 Why did you decide to sell to restaurants instead of farmers markets?
45:00 How much time does your mushroom farm take?
47:00 What are some of the challenges you have had growing Mushrooms?
49:20 What percentage of your gross income is profit?
51:10 How did you find and build relationships to sell your mushrooms?
54:23 Why did you start a TH-cam Channel to Share your Mushroom Farming Journey?
56:12 What's one fact about mushrooms that you were surprised to learn?
57:04 What is one tip for people who are considering starting a mushroom farm?
59:00 What are some words of wisdom you would like to share with my viewers today?
1:01:55 How can you learn more about Funky Fungi?
After watching this episode, you will learn all of the basics on how mushrooms are grown indoors on a commercial scale, including all the tips you need to know to be successful growing mushrooms.
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Jump to the following parts of the Episode:
04:30 Farm Tour Starts
05:12 Warehouse Space
07:30 What do Mushrooms Eat?
10:50 Mixing the Mix Wood and Soy Husks with Water
13:12 Filling bags with Growing Medium
13:49 Sterilizing Growing Medium using a stock tank and Steam Sauna
17:41 Entering Clean Lab Room
18:01 Letting Sterilized Bags Cool Down to Ambient temperature
18:44 Inoculated Growing Medium with Mushroom Spawn in a sterile environment
20:42 Allow the Mushroom Growing Medium to Colonize the Whole Bag
22:33 Testing Temperature of the Temperature inside bags to ensure proper temperature
23:49 Air conditioning to climate control to grow mushrooms
27:00 Puting on a mask to protect against spores
27:49 Entering Climate Control Mushroom Growing Room
28:40 Unconventional ways of cutting mushroom bags to increase harvest
29:52 Have the right moisture level and temperature to grow the mushrooms
31:00 First Flush of Mushrooms and Second Flush of Mushrooms
32:15 Growing Many varieties of Mushrooms to Diversify
33:33 Mushrooms grow in 14 days until a harvest
34:33 Walk in Cooler using a Cool-Bot and Air Conditioner
35:07 Freshly harvest mushrooms - how to select the best mushrooms
37:00 Fulfil a niche in your area that is needed
37:55 Interview with Jewel the Mushroom Diva Farmer
38:20 How did you get into farming and Growing Mushrooms?
39:00 Is it true you started less than a year ago?
40:00 How did you learn how to grow mushrooms?
41:00 Why did you quit your job and start a mushroom farm?
42:00 Compare Microgreens vs Growing Mushrooms which is best?
43:25 Why did you decide to sell to restaurants instead of farmers markets?
45:00 How much time does your mushroom farm take?
47:00 What are some of the challenges you have had growing Mushrooms?
49:20 What percentage of your gross income is profit?
51:10 How did you find and build relationships to sell your mushrooms?
54:23 Why did you start a TH-cam Channel to Share your Mushroom Farming Journey?
56:12 What's one fact about mushrooms that you were surprised to learn?
57:04 What is one tip for people who are considering starting a mushroom farm?
59:00 What are some words of wisdom you would like to share with my viewers today?
1:01:55 How can you learn more about Funky Fungi?
Funky FunGirls does sound like a good name.
A girlfriend and a wife 😂🤣😂🤣
video very intersting but need pictures - seeds, spore and etc
Jewell is a Farm Her. Awesome!
Dunno how well this would work on the West Coast...too many such farms, etc, that the price is much lower.
Been watching Jewell's channel for awhile now. Every since the hydroponic tents she used to grow in. Glad she's getting recognition for all of her hard work she's done to get to where she is.
whats her channel?
@@earthsmedicine445 th-cam.com/users/jdjuergensenvideos
@@mattheww8504 Thank you!
Thank you both. This was very inspiring and positive. The world needs more of this. Bless u both.
I always find this guy's videos when I'm binging on gardening inspiration. I like this guy very good at what he does sharing caring about gardening
John you just made me so happy by doing this interview!!!! Going to subscribe to her channel now.
Unfortunately it looks like Jewell has had to shut her operation down due to some problems with her lease. This is what was reported on her Instagram page. I hope she is able to find a new place and start again. She put a ton of money into that commercial space.
It's probably because she spent so much unnecessary money to grow her Mushrooms
@@idonotconsent she shut it down a month after this video was up. she did did not make it the full year meaning she did not get that 200k and that 200kis not all profit. there is a ton of recurring cots. she was spending thousands monlthy on HWFP and Hulls along with other stuff
genetic awakening what did she spend that was unnecessary?
@@FRANKMANGIAPANE If you don't have the experience with growing your own through trial and error I'm not going to break down everything she bought and didn't need. I'm not trying to be rude, I've just personally spent way too much unnecessary money on my own figuring out what works because theirs a lot of false information about growing Oyster Mushrooms online. Good luck to you. what I can say is it's something that grows outside naturally across the USA and it out competes almost every other fungus except other highly valuable fungus
@@geneticawakening I do not think she spend money finding stuff out. what she did was fine she had all the stop any big mush farm has
That old white Stamets dude is the KING of mushrooms.
FISH ON old lol what are you 10?
@@visit402 he’s not wrong...
Damn right.
So impressed! You go girl! Now that’s a go getter. It’s funny because I’d just got done watching her business videos. Kinda really went over my head. I guess I’d love to see a business plan start up.
Thank you for bringing the joy.
You're awesome.
That's my friend and mentor Jewell! So excited for her.
I really want to start growing mushrooms and you made one of the best and most informative videos about starting a small but still nice size mushroom grow.. thank you for your time and great content.
You can find organic soybean hulls, but they run about double that of conventional.
Thanks a lot for the encouragement, subscribed from Zambia, Africa as a start up company in mushroom/micro green farming, thanks once again!
I'm in the process of building a 55 gallon steel drum steam sterilizer. Hoping to have a little side business selling mushrooms to farmers markets and chefs soon! Thanks for the video, absolutely love it! Inspiring and informative!
This is incredibly informative and inspirational! Thanks for this, I’m going to subscribe to her channel now.
I remember the videos where she started to grow in her own flat. Good to se her biz developing.
Amazing stuff John. Thanks for sharing all this useful info!
John, It would help to know what the net profit is from these small businesses. Gross profit means nothing. If their GP is $100K and Overhead is $105K, their net profit is in the red. So it would help to know what these businesses are making after expenses.....
She basically says the profit is around 100k more or less GP with 400 pounds a week and a steady customer base avoiding wholesalers..
So not terrible but it's nowhere near 200k. Clickbait
50% margin is red
From what I've heard and seen typically mushroom farms make around 30-40% gross margin
@@charlie27775 how is 50% margin red?
I used to hate how this guy would drone on forever instead of sticking to the subject but now I learned to love him and his quirky personality. Lol
Watch it all again. He throws tidbits of intel everywhere! He's fun. He seems like such a sweetheart.
There seems to be so much overhead in this method of growing mushrooms. The mushroom growers in my area all grow on logs and they're making $2000 a week and there's very little overhead. Am I missing something? Is there a reason why growers produce mushrooms this way? I'm thinking about adding mushrooms as part of my organic farm. I would appreciate any input!
Yes, Jerry, there's a lot of fearmongering in this field, just like in farming in general. "Buy our special magical pot and buy our own secret formula fertilizer to grow plants like you never saw before!" kind of thing... What I learned is: just do it. Don't wait. Just go!
Did you ever add mushroom growing? I'm curious how it went.
Love you John, farmers are a special kind of people, healthy body, healthy mind :)
Congratulations. Looks like an A+ operation.
Great video John. Thank you for sharring it. I am now interested about growing mushrooms, will definetly visit this lovely lady's TH-cam channel 👍
God bless you 🤗
John you sanitized yer shoes ...what about yer hands ...hahaha am I the only one that caught that ...did you wash yer hands ???
Balloon boy...?
John, you are awesome. Thank you so much for what you do.
John, bravo. The fact that you showcased a woman of color knocking the business out of the ball park means so much to me. I can finally see someone that looks like me in this farming game! I follow so many farmers and homesteaders and we are terribly under represented. I love and have learned so much from your videos and have been following you for years. Thank you a million times over.
@Review Mylife Why are you replying to my positive comment with something so negative?
So when John mentioned all old White dudes are all you ever see growing mushrooms did you think that was stupid too? It"s true. I am a woman of color and I also grow. I follow a lot of growers, homesteaders and the like and they showcase a lot of people but I have only seen two people of color showcased in the three years I have been watching. I don't think it"s stupid to send John cudos. Too bad you feel it necessary to try to kill someone else's joy. Images are important and everyone loves to see themselves represented in the mix,. Peace.
You yourself are very stupid, ignorant and immature. Peace.
Bee-She should be proud to be representing women of colour, who are extremely under-represented. And we all know he's goofier than a shithouse rat, otherwise...very enthusiastic.
@Bee Anonymous You are a troll! Just shut up and go way.
She is really inspirational...good job, wish you the best of success👍
It always makes me think you're trespassing and waiting to be caught at any moment. Since you don't have the people that actually own these places in frame with you.
Stresses me out🤣
I arpicate the details
🤑🤣
This was a great video!!! Answered questions for me!
"Yeah these all just got steralized!" proceeds to touch everything on the rack
Wow, this woman has me really impressed
Thank you for this video.
Thanks John, I love the idea of growing mushrooms. I feel like a lab scientist when doing it.
Miss you Jewell. Come back strong soon.
Thank You John .Thank You Jewell ! Great video !
Awesome Young Man! I enjoyed your video very much. Thanks.
So so inspiring, very impressive (calm) woman !!
Dude! I'm 20 miles north of there. Love it!!!
Hey, so you are really close to lots of us farmers here in sc PA, While you're here you should come visit.
It comes from Pennsylvania ❤
People don't get too excited. 200,000$ isn't all profit. Running business requires loads of cash flow too. After all the expenses deduction she has probably left with 20,000.
John, I have a feeling you were on some magic mushrooms while shooting the video...lol Love your work brother.
Jewell. You ROCK!
This guy is so funny... love his humor!
I love this woman. Subscribed!
Thank you John! I think Ill pick up some merch when I can!
Amazing! She's awesome
This is awesome
I don't know if anybody told you lately but you're beauful. I hope you have a wonderful night
Those mushroom look so cute.
You cover very interesting places John and I DO cook mushrooms I find as well as the store ones. The videos on foraging are good enough, collectively, as to help one be SURE about it.
Lots of Nice information. Thank you !:)
Loved this video! Thoroughly enjoyed it!
So glad she has got it all dialed in.
John, Thanks for your informative videos. Just recently came upon your TH-cam channel.. Curious. How had covid-19 effected the micro-green and mushroom business?
hi Sir, i was so impressed and inspired by you and i wish i could have like this soon... in God's well.🙏🙏🙏🙏
Starts interviewing the grower/owner @ 37:50
This is a great video overviewing the process. The only thing I would question, if I were doing this myself, is using soy as a growing medium considering the amount of GMO and glyphosphate use in the soy industry. How much of that is being transferred into the mushrooms? Also, where are the wood chips being sourced?
Shout out to Eric Myers at Myersmushrooms.com who is the mastermind behind small commercial mushroom cultivation operations. He is still offering weekend classes and is an incredible support for follow up questions.
Thanks Tiffany. Its sad Jewell had to shut down. Sometimes making money isnt the most important thing in life.
@@MyersMushroomsFarms When did she shut down? Do you know why?
@@brendanhaney6878 yes she shut down for personal reasons
Hmm this video gave me the idea to maybe start a mushroom grower equipment store. If you see this and know of someone doing it. Please reply with link.
You are the man John!
Eat the right fungi and they will talk back to you John
Power to the fungirl.
That tank can not sterilize as it won’t hold pressure. It only pasteurizes
Yes! We need Hoodies from you John, we are in Michigan so that would be awesome!!!
How many sq feet is her farm (warehouse)?
I can't believe I spent months researching this and I just lost my first flush ever because I had to spend a week away from home for work. When I got back, they (white oysters) were already turning the caps up, do anyone know if they can still be eaten like that? At least the results were impressive, they fruited before completing 4 weeks old. Anyway, I gotta hope for the second flush. I still don't know how those guys taste, here in my region it's not so common to find them. If I don't poison myself in the way, I'll let you guys know of the news xDDDDDDDD
I believe they're just fine, according to people on the Facebook page for mushroom growers...
My concern would be that heated plastic will peach in to the substrate and taken up by the mushrooms. Many growers are not using sterilising methods without any issues also.
Update: she had to close her entire operation down because her neighbors complained of the smell and the fire marshal said her electrical wiring was not in code.
Excellent video!
That's a wicked smart substrate...
yes wicked smaht !
Excellent video
1:40 Yeah, you made me chuckle
I am experimenting growing mushrooms. Quite fun🍄🌈😃🤙
$10 a pound directly to a chef benefits everyone eating at that restaurant
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@@britneysouders4661 ? Have videos
@@britneysouders4661 fake website?
True but that’s not the customers price lol
Thanks for the inspiration , great info . 💛🍄🍄💪🏻
Maybe John could mention this in the description.
Bahaha u so funny. I thought of the comic character stuffed in the bag😂
Hahaha that awkward moment when he mentions that: “she’s a girl... and she’s black”
So funny
I'm like, "I don't CARE."
And then I'm like, "Really? But I still don't CARE."
@brice landy Yeah, didn't need to be said, but still super funny seeing the moment on film.
@brice landy because she is high brown with fake hair so she looks white.. !!
@@randyjohnson9772 just no
I came to read this comment, thank you.
Why did you spend so much money and time to make your own growing medium?
Hey John! What type of mushrooms do you juice!?
38:04 You couldn't cut that description part, or where you proud of it?
I have been following your videos for a really long now. In this video mate, I really don't know. I think you really liked her.
She was forced out of her business a week after this video posted! Here's her video which explains what happened: th-cam.com/video/XJMb-fvf6L4/w-d-xo.html
Light work
I am wondering how much people farmed Mushrooms in an area such as Ireland which had Potato Famine. Could mushrooms be farmed and dehydrated for storage? It seems mushrooms could supplement the use of dehydrated potatoes during times of need?
There must be a way to get a good deal on the substrate.
Watch out for glyphosate.
Thank you for sharing informative and helpful videos!
Dig your Vibe Jewel @Funky Fungi! Takes money to make money Sometimes!
The Michael Scott of gardening
Growing your Dreams
The informative portions of this video could have been edited down to 20 minutes. Thanks though.
Truth, he could leave out all the lame chuckles.
You’re gonna find a fun girl!! Just keep goin!
Jus keep gro'in
A combo of Pauly Shore and Lou Diamond Phillips who seems to have "popped a couple shroom caps" prior to the video ...."huh huh huh" brahhhhhh
Smoke N Mirrors that is the best description of this dude ever lol
Loved the blue oyster cult joke!
Thx ,does Jewel sell ready to go bags?
I do
Damn that girl got a serious biceps!
Did u do all the setup of the equipments or didi u hire some group of people in setting up the equipments?
Soo... she went out of business like a year ago.
really
@@HowieTruck From what little info i could find in the internet a beauty salon near her complained about the smell and her lease was canceled or something like that, she sold her mixer and stuff i think. Not that surprising actually, i don't know how it is in the states but you need to be in an industrial or agricultural area to have stuff like that.
@@CMZneu really? Well maybe she can go somewhere else and start over again.
@@CSSuccessGamer Nope, she started gardening or something, she uploaded a video a while back better explaining why she had to close her mushroom business.
Super cool 🤙👍🍄
⚽️ Here we go, Galaxy. Here we go! ⚽️
Could you steam steralize while using the mixer?
49:03 Jewell says "thank you Ben". Would that be the same Ben that does a lot of the the work for mossy Creek? 56:56 "something things goes wrong your Fff you missed it" 👍✌️
I would love to know the name of those 3 books???
its on her kit page
I wonder it you can use hemp waste
what book did she use!?
I want some of what John's chonging on...
Cleland Stephen you and me both!