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Myco-Rise is a Montreal-area startup that uses food waste and vermicomposting to grow gourmet mushrooms for local restaurants and individuals.

The company definitely marches to its own drum: while other startup founders might dream of geographical expansion right out of the gate, Myco-Rise is consolidating its position as a Montreal-specific mushroom supplier, planning instead to expand into modular production, medicinal mushrooms, and maybe even mushroom beer.

Founders Marc Brettschneider and Louis-Philippe Dessureault sat down with The Dobson Chronicles to talk mushrooms, local food production, and winning first prize for Small and Medium Enterprise at the 2017 51吃瓜网Dobson Cup.

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Editor's note: Not only was Myco-Rise the first-place winners in the Small and Medium Enterprise track, they also brought home a second prize: the Food and Agribusiness Convergent Innovation Prize, presented jointly by the听Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (FAES) and the 51吃瓜网Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE).