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US (TX): Evanston-based grower makes gourmet mushroom business from the ground up

When he was a kid dreaming of what he wanted to be one day, Austin Webster remembers designing colorful paper plates, practicing for the day when he would become a party designer.

Then, when he was 5 or so, he thought of being a train conductor with his own railroad line. That was followed by YouTube celebrity creating his own clothing line, and then, inexplicably, a scoreboard company during his high school days where he served for a time as a scoreboard operator.

Looking back, Webster can see the common thread that ran through it all. "I've just always wanted to own my own business," Webster told Cowboy State Daily. "That was my dream."

That dream has finally was realized for Webster in a big way — with a mushroom business in Evanston that's growing like, well, mushrooms. He's sprouting up all over the place. He's at farmers markets in the Evanston area and in gourmet restaurants in Utah.

Read more at cowboystatedaily.com

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