Annual Farm Walk & BBQ – G’s Mushroom Farm, Littleport

4.45 pm meet for visit to Mushroom Farm and Anaerobic Digestion plant.

The state of the art mushroom farm at Littleport Mushrooms commenced production in November 2012. It consists of 48 growing tunnels and grows button, closed cup and flat white mushrooms. The facility produces 160 tonnes of mushrooms per week and has a purpose built cold storage, packing and distribution centre which was completed in 2015.

A 2.5 megawatt anaerobic digestion plant adjacent to the mushroom farm provides renewable energy to power the facility using organic waste from the companies crop growing operations in the area. All electricity and hot water at the site is supplied by the AD plant and any surplus electricty generated is fed back to the National Grid to power nearby homes and businesses in a sustainable manner.

In addition a water recycling system operates to minimise the environmental impact.

Following the visit we will be served a hearty Barbecue supplied by our friends Monarch Catering as in previous years.