Pennsylvania leads the nation in mushroom growing, with annual production topping 493 million pounds with sales of more than $375 million last year.  It is a crop of tremendous importance to the Commonwealth.  There are more mushroom farms in Chester and Berks counties than in any other county in the state. 

The mushroom farm community extends to companies that provide services (food safety testing), equipment (forklifts, trucks), supplies (spawn, gloves, harvesting baskets), technology (computer systems to control growing room temperatures), transportation and many other products.  Without the mushroom farms, there will be no need for these ancillary businesses or their employees.

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