A box of pink oyster mushrooms, harvested and ready to be delivered. Mitchell says these mushrooms have a meaty taste, a bit like bacon or ham. (Hallie Cotnam/CBC)
Eventually, Mitchell said the goal is to have these shipping containers in Canada’s North, or other locations where some types of food are difficult to grow.
“We want to go down into the Caribbean, the Bahamas, all these food deserts where you just can’t grow certain crops,” he said.
Mushrooms are “low input” compared to lettuce or other leafy vegetables, he added.
“They pretty much just grow themselves,’ he said. “Which is awesome.”