How This Singaporean Moved To Thailand To Be A Mushroom Farmer | On The Red Dot | Full Episode

Singaporean William Leong, a former insurance manager, was inspired to become a farmer after visiting a mushroom fruiting chamber in 2017. Today, his mushroom farm in Thailand produces more than 40 tons of oyster mushrooms per year, for local consumption. How did he learn to grow mushrooms? What does it take to become a successful farmer there? William shares his secret with Host Ming Tan.

0:00 Introduction
2:21 Delivering harvested mushrooms to market
5:33 Where do mushrooms grow?
8:13 How I became a mushroom farmer
11:50 Preparing mushroom bags for growth
17:30 How do mushrooms grow?
18:23 Educating students on farming mushrooms
20:13 Harvesting mushroom in fruiting chamber

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