Are Shrooms worth more than CASH? You better believe it...
 

Mushrooms will be a new currency in this recession, and BARTER is the hot buzz word.

A few years ago BARTER was mostly an underground economy, thanks to CRAIGSLIST, barter is going strong, thank you very much...

But before I get to Mushrooms...please enter my time machine and I'll transport you back to the 50s.

We had a pear tree, two peach trees, all kinds of rhubarb and a small garden. Mom did a lot of canning. And exchanging with neighbors.

She traded peaches for cherries, beans for corn, tomatoes for whatever.

Most of the neighborhood canned, and I think ALL of or nearly all of my relatives either canned, hunted or fished.

Even though we were some of the "poorer" people in town, we ate pretty dang good. Women baked pies, bread and traded and BARTERED with each other, and canned fruits and veges were an art form.

As you know by now, I'm beyond doom and gloom, and feel there will be across the board Martial Law within a few years. Anyhow, my personal beliefs aside...

I have a friend who has been growing mushrooms for a couple of years, they are pretty easy to grow and she has several varieties. She grows some of the varieties of her homeland, Cambodia, and their community is very into sharing and exchanging foods.

It is a good time to get into products about Home Gardening, freezing and canning of food supplies, heating your home efficiently...all things that can help offset the inflation of this recession. You should have seen the line at the pumps this morning, gas was being sold for the RIDICULOUSLY low price of just 3.89 ... Are we just being stupid? Or is this a belief by many Americans that gas prices AREN'T coming down anytime soon, so we might as well fill er up when it's so cheap, like at 3.89 a gallon?

Anyhow, I love the Shroom, there are many different varieties, with many flavors, and a ton of easy to find recipes online.

It won't be long until a pound of Shi*akes will buy you a steak dinner at the local steak house, and maybe dessert too.

Cash may be king, but a good supply of food may trump both cash and gold in the not very distant future.

Gordon Alexander

Sorry, GJ..
 

A pound of Shinakes aren't really worth much at all.

On the other hand, if you've got a pound of shi-tak-es give me a yell. I'll swap you some Red Delicious apples for 'em. :)

Heck, I might even throw in a few Golden Delicious and a Granny Smith or two!

Ain't science wonderful? I've got 'em all growing on the same tree!

Pete

The folks that sell produce at our local flea market are the ones that really clean up. Especially those that bring in half a truck load of Granger County Tomatoes what with all the tomato scare going on right now.

Number One pine mushrooms were valued at $710 a pound... Tokyo $333 each!
 

Gordon,

Of course Markets change...

Definitely add “Money” Shroom Hunting to your new Up and coming Learning Annex concept... :)

You probably know Many of the Amazing locations for this kinda stuff...

From the following article...

Number One pine mushrooms were valued at $710 a pound. Furthermore, in Tokyo the same mushrooms were sold for $333 each...

Certainly the task of picking chanterelles fares easier than that of picking pine mushrooms. Karedwyn and Paul caught the mushroom picking fever 13 years ago looking for pines. They describe the experience as something akin to the gold rush; in fact, amongst pickers the hunt for pines is frequently referred to as the "white gold rush."...
http://www.tofinotime.com/main.htm?a...6frm.htm~BDfrm

Throw a few Mushrooms into your Basket just to get an Idea on the Marketplace and potential of this business... ;)

Maybe even treat yourself...

We supply the world with great tasting wild mushrooms and other forest products from the beautiful west coast of Canada and the United States....
Enjoy!!
http://www.pacrimmushrooms.com/

Once in season...
http://www.google.com/search?q=pine+...ient=firefox-a
http://www.gotofino.com/tofinomushroomfall.html

Phil

Re: Number One pine mushrooms were valued at $710 a pound... Tokyo $333 each!
 

It should be pointed out that before everyone rushes out and tries to find Pine Mushrooms to sell for $710 a pound.. That was in 2003. Not nearly as expensive now!

On the other hand, if you spend a bit of time doing some research, you'll find that you can buy all types of "starter kits" for your very own mushroom farm. It sure might be worth looking into.

Pete

Is $1,500 a Pound high enough? From Truffles to Stanley
 

Gordon,

Thanks for starting the Shroom talk.

Looked at buying a business years ago. It was a Mushroom business. What they did was... took orders from restaurants and smaller supermarkets... then early the following morning they would drive to the City's Major fruit/Veg Market - where all the independent fruit'os go as well as other business to buy their produce. Buy what their customers' had ordered the night before and then deliver it.

And while on Mushies... don't forget Truffles (not the candy, the underground variety - http://www.natruffling.org/faq.htm). And if you have the know-how, you could offer Truffle Dog Training or be a Truffle Dog Broker. Or just go find them yourself and sell them for as much as $1,500 a pound http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-c...le.html?page=2

Onward.

Hands up how many of us had fruit trees in the backyard?

Rossy raises his hand.

We had... blackberries, passion fruit, lemon, mandarins, oranges, apples, strawberries. And my grandparents had those as well as tomatoes and grapes.

Everyone should at Least have a lemon tree.

And for Currency - if - things get That Bad... books could have something to offer - how-to as well as Fiction so people can still Escape reality. And packets of seeds, tea, coffee, salt & sugar. Rice. maybe even some dehydrated water (just add water HA!).

You'll keep a lighter or two around and some matches as well, right? And a small knife? You know. Scout's motto... dib dib dib dob dob dob... just kidding... BE PREPARED.

Hey, Gordon. Maybe some One Pot Cooking recipes. or recipes for cooking in a Stanley (I'll tell you, any spices added to food you cook in a Stanley are extra enhanced in the Stanley - I presume due to the heat, pressure and time (just be careful with potatoes... they turn to Mashed Potatoes and are hard to get out. Be Pea & Ham soup is... extra delicious.

Michael Ross

Giant truffle sold for $330,000...
 

Michael,

Thanks for the info..

We'll have to start investing in High end Luxury Mushrooms...

We live in a very interesting, sometime weird world...

Couldn't resist...

Try and Find a few of these babies... ;)

There's a Market for almost everything these days...

http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNew...33115120071202
http://uk.reuters.com/news/video?vid...hannel=topNews

Phil

Re: Are Shrooms worth more than CASH? You better believe it...
 

Here is something very interesting - a computer controlled mushroom farm. As always do your research first before investing in anything.

http://www.specialtymushroom.net/

What working middle class Americans need...and why.
 

First off. NON working Americans that are not disabled or retired or under age, need a JOB.

Those that still have their jobs, need to replace the income, and preferably exceed it, that is being lost to cost of living expenses, including gas prices, and home mortgage "resets".

A part-time well paying job might do the trick. Good luck Middle Class America (MCA) with that option.

A different option is to "cut expenses" while gaining income. The BARTER way will do that. If my MCA could bring in an additional 400 to 500 bux a month, that would, MAYBE, keep them at their current level of living. With inflation and a raise in home heating gas and oil this winter, that's not going to be enough.

ONE way to achieve the cut/gain is to CO-OP, which is what we, and apparently many others did at one time in their lives, by exchanging goods and services.

My uncle had one of the most successful fruit and vegetable roadside stands in Ohio (I dragged Dien down there to see it) and he not only made substantial CASH profits, he was able to trade many other farmers for their crops...

And he made a nice sum of CASH too.

Now, we've discussed this before, but many churches set up their own food banks, or have kitchens...the members could use this as part of their coop. Food coops used to be pretty popular, now they are harder to find.

Gardening is actually FUN, and you can find studies that show it is good for your mental health as well. What does it take to plant some tomatoes or peppers? Not much.

Just a suggestion, go to your local club, SAMS, BJ's, COSTCO, whatever and pick up some Mason Jars or a freezer bag kit...just make sure you have enough "juice" to run your freezer when the blackouts hit...and do a little research online.

NOW HEAR THIS. If you would like to develop a product that would serve this market, we can help.

We are currently looking for products that fit the "home gardening", the barter and the "cut/gain" markets. This is YOUR chance to have a product that will get a lot of attention and eyes on it, cause we will handle the marketing. Send me email, NOT a private message, NOT an instant message and NOT a skype message, OK?

I'll give you some more details as to what we are looking for, but I think from this thread, you can get some pretty good ideas.

Gordon Jay Alexander

Re: Are Shrooms worth more than CASH? You better believe it...
 

Hope all is well with GJA...

So quiet... Must be out there making a fortune with Shrooms... :)

Another good read on Shrooms into Cash for those interested...

What Expertise can't you teach these days...

Another excellent example of developing specialty seminars...

Interested entrepreneurs should contact him regarding joint ventures on developing Mushroom related reports, ebooks and other audio type products...

Some Great potential on Mushroom domaining and other related Mushroom business ideas... ;)
https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal

South-metro fungus fans know the mushroom man

A skilled mushroom hunter, Tom Peterson teaches classes about how to find the tastiest kinds -- and avoid the poisonous ones...
http://www.startribune.com/local/sou...aPc:_ Yyc:aUU

Interesting idea on the 2nd page of that news article...

Good food for thought...

"One of the things I'm working on right now is a fungi that digest petroleum waste," Peterson said, adding that others are working on the same pursuit.
He had stumbled upon mushrooms' ability to break down petroleum waste such as diesel and spilled or used motor oil after he spilled oil from his chainsaw, and mushrooms sprouted. Now, he's busy seeing how far he can take that. He said the mushrooms break down cellulose fiber as they consume dead trees and plants, returning minerals to the soil.

Phil