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Happy First Annual Food Day!

Monday, October 24th, 2011

Food Day is a grassroots campaign organized by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) that encourages people to “eat real” by focusing on healthy, affordable food produced in a sustainable, humane way.

As you might imagine, everyone at the Mushroom Channel is quite on board with the concept of Food Day. Mushrooms offer a versatile and tasty solution for unprocessed, low-calorie entrees, side dishes and snacks. Their flexibility and friendliness toward virtually any kind of diet makes them an easy addition to any “real” shopping list. We’re proud to bring them to your stores, markets and tables and excited about what lies ahead.

How are you celebrating? Attend a Food Day event near you or get festive at home tonight by make this recipe for Oven Roasted Mushroom and Vegetable Salad.

Tags: eat fresh mushrooms, eat real, food day, food day mushrooms, meat, meatless monday, mushroom council, real food, the mushroom council, vegetarian
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Write for the Mushroom Channel!

Friday, February 18th, 2011

For the two years, the Mushroom Channel has hosted posts from some truly incredible contributors. In fact, there is a proper standing ovation owed to those that shared some properly STUNNING work in 2010:

Colleen from Foodie Tots

Erika from In Erika’s Kitchen

Kate from Savour Fare

Lauren from Healthy Delicious

Mardi from Eat Live Travel Write

Patti from Worth the Whisk

Paula from Bell’Alimento

Rachael from Fuji Mama

Sabrina from Rhodey Girl Tests

Susie and Chelsee from We Are Not Martha

Several of you have asked how you could become featured contributors to the Channel and we’re excited to announce that we’re opening up the search for 2011’s contributing spots. We’re hoping to still see some familiar faces in the crowd among new friends.

These are paid positions. Consider the Mushroom Channel as the perfect outlet for all of your marvelous mushroom discoveries. All of your posts will feature a short bio that links back to your personal blog and your post will be linked to via both the Mushroom Channel’s Twitter and Facebook pages.

We’re looking for food bloggers with an eye for great food photography and a healthy level of curiosity. Posts could range from a great new mushroom recipe of your own to an old family favorite or even a profile of a restaurant dish. Creativity is encouraged and the editorial staff at The Mushroom Channel is more than happy to work with you if you’ve got grander ideas. Compensation details are readily available, just send your questions to mushroomchannel@gmail.com and we will respond promptly.

How It Works:

1) Submit a sample post with a photo and recipe using fresh mushrooms to mushroomchannel@gmail.com. Tell us a little bit about yourself in your email and please include a link to your blog. Posts tend to be 250-300 words if you need a frame of reference and it’s okay if the recipe is something you’ve posted in the past. Deadline for submission is Friday, March 4, 2011.

2) When we go through the entries, we’ll be looking for the following in all contributors:

Someone who knows how to engage an audience
Posts at least weekly on their personal blogs
Past mushroom content (Every other post doesn’t need to be about mushrooms, we just want to know that our contributors are fungi fans.)
Clear, illustrative photos

3) Selections will be made by Tuesday, March 16^th and announced on the Channel. From there a member of the Mushroom Editorial staff will be in touch to sort through compensation and assign deadlines for your five posts in 2011.

Tags: Food Writers, Mushroom Channel, mushroom channel contributors, mushroom council
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See Pink, Eat Pink, Think Pink this October

Friday, October 1st, 2010

If you’re an avid mushroom eater, you’ve probably already noticed that mushrooms look a little different at the grocery store lately. Mushrooms will be looking “pretty in pink,” thanks to their special pink packaging through the month of October. Today kicks off National Breast Cancer Awareness month, and mushroom growers are proud to help build awareness about the importance of research in the fight against this disease.

Headlines have been praising the Mighty Mushroom in the fight against breast cancer. The Bon Appétit October issue featured a phenomenal recap of the science taking place at City of Hope, one of the nation’s leading cancer research and treatment centers.

Since 2002, the mushroom industry has worked with City of Hope to award more than $700,000 in grants for lab studies and pilot clinical trials exploring the potential effects of mushrooms on breast cancer. This year is no exception; the Council is honored to provide another $50,000 for extended studies as part of the promotion this fall.

You can help make a difference! Visit www.CityofHope.org to make a donation in honor of a loved one. Stay tuned to the Channel, Facebook and Twitter for more ways you can think, eat and act PINK throughout the month!

Tags: breast cancer research, City of Hope, mushroom council, pink mushrooms, think pink
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The Mushroom Masters Come to a Close

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

As September draws to a close, so then does National Mushroom Month and the inaugural Mushroom Masters competition. So many gorgeous recipes and in the end, one winner: Australia. We owe a staunch congratulations to our counterparts down under- the winners of this year’s Mushroom Masters Tournament.

Canada put up a strong showing as well and in general we are just really appreciative to Tastespotting and all 12 of the bloggers who contributed their stunning photos and the sensational recipes that belonged to those images.

That said, we are of course particularly proud of our own bloggers and thought we’d share another look at America’s submissions with links to the recipes themselves.

Week 1: Sprouted Kitchen made a Balsamic Portabella Salad for the Portabella Playoffs.