It looks like a laboratory, but with a humid, earthy smell. It's a sterile environment, but there's fungus growing everywhere -- in jars, in bags -- and that's exactly what's supposed to happen!

Growing mushrooms is a totally different kind of farming than what you’d normally think of here in Wisconsin. Andrew Griffin’s story of how he got to growing mushrooms is just as unique. He’s a Wisconsin native, growing up around farms but without farm experience. He got an education in economics at UW, but preferred working in the food sector either on organic farms or in kitchens. 

It wasn’t until the height of COVID when he decided to pursue growing mushrooms. He jokes part of the reason was no one was hiring at that time. But growing mushrooms was already a hobby he was passionate about. 

Today, Griffin owns MicroMyco Growers in downtown Madison, growing mushrooms for restaurants and farmers' markets.

It looks like a laboratory, but with a humid, earthy smell. It's a sterile environment, but there's fungus growing everywhere -- in jars, in bags -- and that's exactly what's supposed to happen!
Growing mushrooms is a totally different kind of farming than what you’d normally think of here in Wisconsin. Andrew Griffin’s story of how he got to growing mushrooms is just as unique. He’s a Wisconsin native, growing up around farms but without farm experience. He got an education in economics at UW, but preferred working in the food sector either on organic farms or in kitchens. 
It wasn’t until the height of COVID when he decided to pursue growing mushrooms. He jokes part of the reason was no one was hiring at that time. But growing mushrooms was already a hobby he was passionate about. 
Today, Griffin owns MicroMyco Growers in downtown Madison, growing mushrooms for restaurants and farmers' markets.

Join Pam Jahnke for the latest farm news. Heard daily on WOZN 96.7 FM and 1670 AM in Madison Wisconsin from 5-6am. Also heard on affiliate stations all over Wisconsin.

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