Take a behind the scenes tour of Four Star Mushrooms, an urban, indoor, specialty mushroom producer in the West Town neighborhood of Chicago. The company location was intentional considering the vast resource of Lake Michigan water.
This one of a kind controlled environment agriculture facility will show you the process of growing gourmet specialty mushrooms from start to finish. See how raw substrate is bagged and sterilized, inoculated and then staged to incubate.
Visit the grow rooms where fruiting happens and see how product is then packaged for retail and wholesale customers throughout Chicagoland. Learn about regenerative agriculture and how mushroom cultivation plays a critical role and serves to mitigate negative climate impact.
Tour is ~60 minutes.
Location
320 N Oakley Blvd, Chicago IL 60612
