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Mushroom Boom Sparks Chester County Growth
The Kennett Square area drives 75 percent of the nation’s mushroom production with 600 growers and 65 percent of the world’s crop. AMI leaders and local families like the Lositos detail indoor farming, canning, and markets from New York to Philadelphia, noting 13 canneries in southwestern Chester County and a 1954 crop value near $15 million.
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Kennett Square
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Footay
Oxford
Toughkenamon
Avondale
Chester
American Mushroom Institute
Neble Delaurentis
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AMI
Anthony Losito
Erc
Lancaster County
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Guido Frezzo
Ki. Frezzo & Sons
Toughikenamon
Emidio
Joseph
Gabriel
Guido
Myr. Delaurentis
Lostto
Marie Ebrbecke
Herman Ferrare
Howard J Walton
Tancaster County
New York
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