Blues Best Mushrooms

Type: Producer

Produces: Mushrooms

Location: Vinton, IA

Miles from Coop: 20

For over 10 years, Josh and Nikki Osborn have been perfecting mushroom cultivation. 

newbo_mushrooms_4.jpg

What started as a childhood love for the beloved morel mushroom, became an endeavor to cultivate morels on their own. 

"We've been interested in hunting them all our lives, since we were kids. I was wondering why nobody was growing them," says Josh. 

Josh delved into mushroom cultivation, growing his first morels in their home basement. 

Since then, the operations have expanded to their farm and now include all sorts of sought after mushroom varieties. 

"It was a whole lot of luck on the first one. And then a whole lot of research and trying things that didn't work later on. Then finally figured out putting it all together to getting stuff to grow."

Using both indoor and outdoor cultivation practices, Blues Best now grows a variety of specialty mushroom crops including morel, oyster, shitake, and lion's mane mushrooms. 

bluesbest-collage.jpg


Blues Best Mushrooms Products

Checkout these great products from Blues Best Mushrooms


Other Local Producers

Be sure to check out these others great local producers!

Dogpatch Urban Gardens

Dogpatch Urban Gardens

Jenny Quiner is showing how a plot of land in her community can be transformed into an Urban Oasis.

Des Moines, IA

Hue Hill

Hue Hill

Hue Hill crafts farm grown vegetables into vibrant, live cultured, powerfully probiotic fermented foods.

Iowa City, IA

Jorge's Organics

Jorge's Organics

The best part of what I do is that I enjoy every bit of what I do. I like to work in the soil, seeding, taking care of plants, harvesting...but the best part is enjoying a fresh healthy meal

Fairfield, IA

Echo Dell Farm

Echo Dell Farm

Calvin Yoder of Echo Dell Farm has been raising whole, local, organic chickens for New Pi since 1988.

Kalona, IA

Early Morning Harvest

Early Morning Harvest

Earl, Ronda (above), & son Jeff Haffner grow organic grains and stone grind them whole – germ intact (unlike commercial flour). Their organic grains are in many of New Pi’s breads, prepared foods, and on New Pi shelves

Panora, IA

Garden Oasis Farm

Garden Oasis Farm

You realize what you’re taking care of right now is going to provide a year’s worth of produce.

Coggon, IA

Buffalo Ridge Orchard

Buffalo Ridge Orchard

The best thing about being an apple farmer is that, unlike a ripe tomato, [an apple] doesn’t have to be picked right now. It can wait until tomorrow. It is a nice pace.”

Central City, IA

Jefferson County Ciderworks

Jefferson County Ciderworks

"We’re always coming up with new flavors through using different fermenting methods, added natural flavorings, and aging techniques. If we land on something great, there’s nothing stopping us now from throwing it into some cans and sharing it with everyone."

Fairfield, IA