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Back to the Roots
- Item Number
- 204
- Estimated Value
- 40 USD
- Sold
- 45 USD to abcarmom
- Number of Bids
- 10 - Bid History
Item Description
Back to the Roots
Back to the Roots was founded by Alejandro Velez & Nikhil Arora during their last semester at UC Berkeley in 2009. Two months away from graduation, and heading into the corporate world of investment banking & consulting, they came across the idea during a class lecture of being able to potentially grow gourmet mushrooms entirely on recycled coffee grounds. Inspired by the idea of turning waste into wages & fresh, local food, they experimented in Alex's fraternity kitchen, ultimately growing one test bucket of tasty oyster mushrooms on recycled coffee grounds. With that one bucket, some initial interest from Whole Foods & Chez Panisse and a $5,000 grant from the UC Berkeley Chancellor for social innovation, they decided to forget the corporate route, and instead, become full-time urban mushroom farmers!
These two Grow-at-home mushroom kits let you grow up to 3 lbs (1.5 lbs each) lbs of gourmet, tasty oyster mushrooms in as little as 10 days...right from the box! What a great gift for your favorite foodie, kid or classroom teacher!
Item Special Note
Back to the Roots will ship the item to the winner's address.
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