Adelaide exotic mushroom farm to succeed former Holden factory in Elizabeth ... trends now
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A factory that used to produce some of Australia's most iconic cars is set to become the country's largest manufacturer of exotic mushrooms.
The new mushroom farm in Elizabeth, in Adelaide's north, takes over the former Holden factory which shut down after 54 years of production in 2017.
The $110 million farm, run by Epicurean Food Group, is expected to annually produce 22,000 tonnes of exotic mushrooms including Oyster, Shiitake, Enoki, King Oyster and Lion’s Mane variants.
'Holden is always going to be hard to replace, this is one part of the solution,' South Australia's Trade Minister Nick Champion said.
Adelaide's former Holden Factory in Elizabeth (pictured) has been converted into a mushroom farm after that is expected to annually produce 22,000 tonnes of exotic fungi
The only vertically integrated mushroom plant in Australia is initially in small-scale production with only six