Donato Mushroom Farm by hjbenson

Donato Mushroom Farm

Tonight at the monthly Buena Historical Monthly Meeting, Joe Donato talked about growing up and working on the family farm. One of the crops that his grandfather started growing in 1925 was mushrooms. The family continued with the mushrooms until the 1970s.
Great collage
November 17th, 2011  
love history like this...nice collage
November 17th, 2011  
Very cool collage. Never really thought about mushrooms being "farmed" before.
November 17th, 2011  
@kerristephens Thank you Kerri, I enjoyed the presentation
@angievega Thank you Angie, living history is very interesting
@webfoot Thank you Paul, Joe said back in the 1920s his grandfather wanted to come up with a cash producing crop during the winter months and since you grow mushrooms inside that is what he went with
November 17th, 2011  
Great shots!
November 17th, 2011  
He looks very animated about his mushroom farms:) Nice to see such excitement about history in this collage.
November 17th, 2011  
Very intreresting, nice collage :]
November 17th, 2011  
interesting story and collage! and i love mushrooms, so even better! :)
November 17th, 2011  
@orangecrush Thank you Jerry, it was a good meeting
@pwallis Thank you Paula, I was surprised how much Chemistry is involved with the farming
@naomi Thank you Naomi, it was a interesting subject
@laurentye Thank you Lauren, so do I :0
November 18th, 2011  
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