Originally published by Nikkei Asia Politics
Earthling Mushroom Farm grows premium fungi in a lab-like city warehouse
Founded by American brothers Alex and Sam Turner, Bangkok’s Earthling Mushroom Farm grows gourmet fungi for some of the city’s top chefs. (Courtesy of Earthling Mushroom Farm)
BANGKOK – “Mushrooms sit at this really interesting intersection of food, agriculture and science,” says Alex Turner, co-founder of Bangkok’s Earthling Mushroom Farm. This concept is on full display inside a warehouse in the city’s densely populated On Nut district, where the company has built what it says is one of the world’s first urban growing operations for gourmet fungi – and certainly the newest to operate as a tourist attraction.
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