An Irish organic mushroom producer and demonstration farm offers farm-scale fungal cultivation know-how on conventional and alternative biomass, Ireland; scale-up toward deployment

An Irish organic mushroom producer and demonstration farm offers farm-scale fungal cultivation know-how on conventional and alternative biomass, Ireland; scale-up toward deployment

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Term of Validity: 31 August 2026 - 31 August 2027

Summary - Profile Type - Technology offer - POD Reference - TOIE20260831021 - Term of Validity - 31 August 2026 - 31 August 2027 - Company’s Country - Ireland - Type of partnership - Commercial agreement with technical assistance - Research and development cooperation agreement - Targeted Countries - All countries General information - Short Summary - An Irish organic mushroom producer and demonstration farm offers practical know-how for cultivating fungi on conventional and alternative agricultural biomass, including farm-scale substrate trials and spent mushroom substrate valorisation. The technology is available for demonstration and is offered to companies and research organisations for joint development, validation and commercial application. - Full Description - An Irish organic mushroom producer and rural circular bioeconomy demonstration farm offers practical know-how in fungal cultivation and the valorisation of agricultural biomass. Many promising fungal and bio-based technologies are developed at laboratory scale but lack access to a working farm where substrates, processes and applications can be tested under real operating conditions. The offer combines substrate preparation, sterilisation, inoculation, incubation and controlled fruiting with farm-scale indoor and outdoor demonstration. Experience includes oyster, shiitake and lion’s mane cultivation using conventional and alternative lignocellulosic feedstocks such as straw, hardwood and locally available rush biomass. Trials can also examine cascading uses of spent mushroom substrate for soil improvement, mycelium-based materials and other circular bio-based applications. Partners can provide a fungal strain, substrate, process, material specification or application. The farm can agree a trial protocol, conduct cultivation or substrate demonstrations, document practical performance and return material for specialist analysis where required. Application fields include sustainable food, fungal biotechnology, biomaterials and packaging, bio-based ingredients, natural cosmetics, soil restoration and bioremediation. Cooperation is sought for joint research and development, validation and commercial adaptation, with the aim of producing repeatable farm-scale processes that can progress toward larger pilots and market deployment. - Advantages and Innovations - The offer provides access to a working organic farm rather than a laboratory-only test environment. Partners can evaluate fungal strains, substrates and processes through the complete cultivation cycle and obtain practical feedback on handling, contamination, yield, fruiting behaviour and operational feasibility. The site supports controlled indoor trials and outdoor demonstration, including comparison of conventional substrates with locally available lignocellulosic biomass. The circular approach also allows the same project to consider mushroom production and subsequent valorisation of spent mushroom substrate for soil restoration, biomaterials or other bio-based uses. This provides an agile farm-scale validation step before larger pilot or commercial deployment. - Stage of Development - Available for demonstration - Sustainable Development Goals - Goal 17: Partnerships to achieve the Goal - Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure - Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production - Goal 13: Climate Action - Goal 15: Life on Land - IPR status - No IPR applied Partner Sought - Expected Role of a Partner - The partner sought may be a university, research organisation or company active in fungal biotechnology, food and ingredients, biomaterials, packaging, cosmetics, environmental technology or circular bioeconomy applications. For research and development cooperation, the partner should contribute complementary expertise such as fungal biotechnology, materials science, analytical chemistry, food science, soil science, bioremediation or product development. The partner would help define the trial, provide relevant strains, materials, specifications or analytical methods where required, and undertake specialist analysis or product characterisation. The Irish farm would provide substrate preparation, cultivation, controlled-environment or outdoor trials, demonstration, operational data and practical feedback. For commercial cooperation with technical assistance, the partner should have a defined process or application requiring farm-scale validation or adaptation. The intended result is a repeatable, validated process that can progress toward scale-up and market deployment. - Type and Size of Partner - University - SME 50 - 249 - SME <=10 - R&D Institution - Big company - SME 11-49 - Type of partnership - Commercial agreement with technical assistance - Research and development cooperation agreement Dissemination - Technology keywords - 07001004 - Crop Production - 07001003 - Biocontrol - 06002008 - Microbiology - Market keywords - 04010 - Microbiology - Targeted countries - All countries