Grow Your Own Mushroom Kit

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  Vegan Natural Recycled Non Toxic Recyclable Biodegradable Not tested on animals

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  recycled coffee grounds oyster mushroom spores recycled cardboard

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  • $22.99$19.95
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  Grow up to 1½ lbs of tasty pearl oyster mushrooms with the Back to the Roots Mushroom Kit right from the box...in as little as 10 days! Just set the mushroom kit on a windowsill, mist twice a day and watch nature do its thing (all indoors!). The Grow-your-own Mushroom Kit soil is 100% recycled coffee grounds- safe and sustainable! Within ~7 days , you'll see little mushroom pinheads coming out...after that, it's off to the races as they double in size every day and you can harvest them before you know it! The mushroom kit grows multiple crops (at least 2 and up to 4). The mushroom kit is great for all ages...including kids!
  
  Back to the Roots was founded by Alejandro Velez & Nikhil Arora during their last semester at UC Berkeley in 2009. Two months away from graduation, and heading into the corporate world of investment banking & consulting, they came across the idea during a class lecture of being able to potentially grow gourmet mushrooms entirely on recycled coffee grounds. Inspired by the idea of turning waste into wages & fresh, local food, they experimented in Alex's fraternity kitchen, ultimately growing one test bucket of tasty oyster mushrooms on recycled coffee grounds. With that one bucket, some initial interest from Whole Foods & Chez Panisse and a $5,000 grant from the UC Berkeley Chancellor for social innovation, they decided to forget the corporate route, and instead, become full-time urban mushroom farmers!
  
  Inspired by the idea of producing local, fresh food from what was an urban waste stream, Back to the Roots has since grown to create the Grow-Your-Own Mushroom Garden which lets anyone, across the country, grow their own gourmet mushrooms at home as well!
  
  Back to the Roots efforts:
  
  -On pace in 2011 to collect, divert and reuse 1 million lbs of coffee grounds this year from Peet's Coffee & Tea.
  
  -Help families grow over 250,000lbs of fresh food at home in 2011!
  
  -Sustained 10 urban school & community gardens by donating BTTRs premium soil amendment.
  
  -Selling our kits at over 300 Whole Foods nationwide.
  

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  • mushroom kit grow your own diy back to the roots bttr ventures recycled coffe grounds sustainable gourmet oyster mushrooms

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The worst experience ever. You refused to cancel my order when it became clear that my order placed on 12/7/11 would not arrive by Christmas. I received my order after Christmas which was meant for a Christmas gift. I want to return the item as I no longer need it as I recently referred in my email. You also do not have any contact information to return items or contact you with the exception of email. Not good business practice by any means. Fool me once... Posted by Lorraine Andre

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