The largest mushroom farm in the Central Highlands doesn't throw anything away

The first 4-star OCOP mushroom farm in Dak Lak is grown organically. After being harvested, mushroom embryos are composted as plant fertilizer according to a circular model.

The farm of Thanh Dong Green Food Joint Stock Company (Buon Ma Thuot City, Dak Lak province) has an area of 5 hectares, of which 6,000 square meters are used for growing mushrooms. This is considered the largest mushroom farm in the Central Highlands today. In particular, this business operates on a circular model. After being harvested, all mushroom embryos are composted as organic fertilizer for the surrounding gardens.

The first 4-star OCOP mushroom in Dak Lak province

According to Mr. Doan Xuan Truong, Director of the Company, the business also transfers mushroom embryos to localities and grows mushrooms to provide food.

Before constructing a mushroom-growing model in 2020, businesses proactively sought out the Institute for Research and Development of Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms (Vietnam Academy of Agriculture) to get experts to share their experiences and technical instructions and production processes for medicinal and edible mushrooms.

After receiving advice, the business invested in 6 mushroom farms. For mushrooms to grow well and yield high yields, mushroom houses are invested in mist irrigation systems and closed insect screens. In particular, the solar mushroom drying equipment uses convection hot air drying technology, and the drying temperature remains stable, helping maintain the mushrooms' medicinal content.

According to Mr. Truong, the business wants to provide the market with products and services of optimal quality, bringing customer satisfaction to the highest level, so it has invested methodically. This is considered one of the first models deployed on a large scale and with methodical techniques in Dak Lak province and the Central Highlands, combining clean food production and energy.

The mushroom embryo production area is also invested in modern equipment such as an electric boiler, mushroom embryo steaming chamber system, and mushroom embryo packing machine system... to ensure a production capacity of 1.6 - 2 million mushroom embryos/year.

Thanh Dong Green Food Joint Stock Company grows mushrooms such as lingzhi, Monkeyhead, Wood-Ear, and abalone... The company's products have also achieved ISO 22,000 and VietGAP certification. In 2022, the company's Wood-Ear mushrooms and lingzhi mushrooms have been recognized as 4-star OCOP, and abalone mushrooms and oyster mushrooms have been certified as 3-star OCOP.

Don't leave anything out

To have year-round products to supply to the market, Thanh Dong Green Food Joint Stock Company is experimenting with off-season cultivation of Turkey tails mushrooms, Wood-Ear mushrooms, and monkeyhead mushrooms. These are mushrooms with high value, nutrition, and significant market demand. Off-season trial planting in the dry season aims to meet partners' needs when requested.

To facilitate and improve productivity, the farm of Thanh Dong Green Food Joint Stock Company is mechanized and uses automatic systems managed by software installed on the phone from input to output.

This business's model of growing mushrooms under a solar roof has become effective thanks to systematic investment in factories, technology and techniques. In particular, the model has dual benefits because it has both revenue from electricity and electricity to serve agricultural production, creating quality products.

Revenue from mushrooms brings the company VND 3 - 5 billion/year. More importantly, the enterprise has created stable jobs for 15 local workers with more than VND 5 million/person/month income.

Mr. Truong said that the company's products are oriented towards green and circular products. After being harvested, the mushroom embryos will be composted as organic fertilizer for crops on the farm.

The farm is growing fruit trees such as durian, avocado, orange, and tangerine... Using mushroom embryos as organic fertilizer has helped businesses reduce the amount of fertilizer. This helps save costs and move towards circular, organic, ecological, and sustainable agriculture.

Currently, the business is implementing green product certification and circular agriculture. The farm uses solar power above all machinery, which uses this energy source.

Regarding future development, Thanh Dong Green Food Joint Stock Company has registered with authorities to make the farm a local agricultural tourism attraction. This business is also continuing to build facilities and standards to be licensed to become Dak Lak's first agricultural tourism model. Currently, the company has also built a tour model. The enterprise has been visited by agricultural cooperatives inside and outside the province, as well as domestic and foreign enterprises, to see, learn about, and seek business opportunities.