Member Details
Cresta Mushrooms
Based in the Waikato area, south of the Bombay hills, this family owned and operated mushroom growing business produces between 15 and 18 tons of white button mushrooms per week.
The facility was designed around the inherent problems associated with mushroom growing facilities - odours, noise and run off water. The idea was conceived of building the compost production area indoors and filtering the exhaust air through an ammonia scrubber and bio-filter. The run off water could therefore also be retained in a holding tank under the compost floor and recirculated back through the compost production.
Stage 1 of the construction was started in June 1997 and the first mushrooms were harvested in June 2000. The weekly production and the end of stage 1 was between 6 and 8 tons.
Stage 2 was started in August 2005 and completed in December 2006. The current facility has 14 growing rooms of 300m2 growing area in each room.
Contact Details:
| Physical Address | Postal Address |
| 55 Morrison Road | PO Box 64 129 |
| PUKEKAWA | Botany Downs |
| MANUKAU | |
| Phone: 64 9 233 4162 | |
| Fax:64 9 535 6691 |
Greendale Mushrooms
Greendale Mushrooms is an established, rapidly growing mushroom farm set right of the heart of Canterbury. Located on the wide flat plains between the Southern Alps and the ocean, only half an hour from Christchurch city.
Owned and run by Geoff and Kate Clark, who bought the 10 year old mushroom farm in 2007. After extensive restructuring, some injection of funds, and countless hours of hard work, they have increased the production to 2 tonnes a week of white button mushrooms.
The whole process involved in the production of mushrooms in eco-friendly, and is one of the most renewable businesses you could find.
The mushrooms are housed in a complex of insulated growing rooms with regulated environments, growing in beds of compost made from the by-products of other industries. Summed up by Geoff "our whole operation uses the waste products of wheat straw and chicken litter to make compost. Then we grow mushrooms in it, and sell the finished compost to gardeners". Indeed, after weeks of tightly controlled processes they develop compost which is perfect to grow fruitful crops of mushrooms, after this use the compost is sold to private gardeners and landscaping companies.
With the help of a team of local staff the mushrooms are picked, graded and packed in boxes everyday and trucked fresh from the property to nearby MG Produce market in Christchurch. From there the mushrooms are distributed to retailers, wholesalers and supermarkets mainly in the local Canterbury region.
Contact Details:
| Physical Address | Postal Address |
| 169 Telegraph Rd | |
| RD 7 | |
| CHRISTCHURCH | |
| Phone: 64 3 325 4955 | |
Parkvale Mushrooms
Parkvale Mushrooms Ltd is a family business owned and run by Clive Thompson.
Clive has been growing mushrooms for more than 40 years and has specialised in the "Gourmet Brown" mushroom for many years.
This "brown" mushroom has proven to have superior flavour and texture and grown at Parkvale is unsurpassed in the market.
Whilst most vegetables and fruit; including normal mushrooms deteriorate more quickly once they reach full maturity, the Parkvale strain of "brown" mushroom can be grown to full maturity - the renowned Parkvale "FLAT" - and still keeps as well or better than other mushrooms.Although Parkvale mushrooms are generally eaten for their flavour, it is good to know that they are rich in vitamins, protein and fibre and low in calories. They're healthy!
Contact Details:
| Physical Address | See www.parkvale.co.nz |
| Parkvale | |
| RD 2 | |
| CARTERTON | |
| Phone: 64 6 379 8699 | |
| Fax:64 6 379 7207 |
Quality Mushrooms
Quality Mushrooms operate a mushroom farm located on Ranby Road, Ohaupo, producing approximately 6-7.5 tonnes of mushrooms per week. The company started in 1988 with four sheds, and has gone through stages of development.
Quality Mushrooms produce their own compost from a combination of chicken manure, straw and water. Leachwater from the compost is recycled through two underground water tanks prior to reuse on the compost.
Odour emissions from the composting activities are directed through a bio-filter medium. (Consisting of a natural mixture of waste compost and clean bark fibre that neutralises the emission by a biochemical reaction) which was initially constructed in 1991, and was replaced with an improved version in 1996. Quality Mushroom's usage of the bio-filter medium was the first in relation to mushroom farms in New Zealand. The final compost product is then utilised to grow the mushrooms in 8 separate sheds. All spent compost (approximately 60 m3 per week) is sold to local garden nurseries for mulching and general soil improvement purposes.
Contact Details:
| Physical Address | Postal Address |
| 47 Ranby Road | |
| RD 3 |
|
| OHAUPO | |
| Phone: 64 7 823 6449 | |
| Fax:64 7 823 6449 |
Te Mata Mushrooms
Situated on the outskirts of Havelock North in the heart of Hawkes Bay, Te Mata Mushrooms is New Zealand's second largest Mushroom growing company. Picking on average 22-23 tonnes of mainly white Agaricus Bisporus button mushrooms per week. The mushrooms are marketed and sold through out the North Island.
The farm produces its own compost of approx 100 tonnes per week with
Two Phase 1 Compost Bunkers
Two Phase 2 Pasteurisation Tunnels
5 Spawn Rooms
And has 19 growing rooms
The farm was established in 1967 and is presently owned and operated by the second generation members of the two families who started the business over 40 years ago.
Farm fresh mushrooms are available from our shop at our shop at 174 BROOKVALE ROAD, HAVELOCK NORTH.
Contact Details:
| Physical Address | Postal Address |
| 174 Brookvale Road | PO Box 8137 |
| HAVELOCK NORTH |
HAVELOCK NORTH |
| Phone: 64 6 877 7266 | |
| Fax: 64 6 877 6980 |
Broadfields Canterbury
Broadfields 'Natural' Mushrooms is a small family owned farm on the outskirts of Christchurch in what is called the 'Dress circle' being only 10 minutes from a major retail centre in Hornby but still in the country.
There are three major produce markets within 15 minutes.
Operated by Helen and Les Wade with daughter Joanne and Son-Inlaw David. Assisted by a small team of part time Harvesters and farm hands.
White buttons are currently grown and production is 1800-2000kg/week on four flushes. Although being a relativly low tech farm, Compost is peak heated and spawn-run in bulk.
The aim is to produce good quality mushrooms with better than average shelf life.
Many comments are recieved saying Broadfields Mushrooms have superior taste. This is hard to quantify but could have something to do with being grown in bags. Broadfields are the only farm in New Zealand using this method with Agaracis Bisporus.
Contact Details:
| Physical Address | Postal Address |
| 8 George Street | |
| Rollerston |
|
| CHRISTCHURCH | |
| Phone: 64 3 325 3435 | |
| Fax: 64 3 347 9180 |