The Russian city of St. Petersburg is planned to get a factory for champignon production soon. The project with the capacity of 10k tonnes annually provides for the construction of a factory, which will include a section for manure and soil.
The agreement was signed on Thursday at the 26th International Fair “AgroRus” in St. Petersburg by the government of the region and Vyborgec company.
“A new field for us is the production of mushrooms; we grow champignons and shiitake”, says the Governor of the Leningrad region Alexander Drozdenko.
He underscored, that the region produces 40% of food in the North-Western region. St. Petersburg meets 60% of the demand for cucumbers and 40% for tomatoes. “Shortly, we will double the production volume”, states the Governor.
