Fungi-loving friends Michael Zaccano and Nicholas Wadding are growing their specialty mushroom business in Armstrong County.
They co-own Bounty Beneath Mushrooms, a gourmet mushroom farm housed above ground on the second floor of a former 1800s-era wool factory in Worthington.
Zaccano of Springdale and Wadding of Kittanning met at a party and discovered a shared interest in mushrooms. They opened their brick-and-mortar, above-ground mushroom "farm" in November.
The mushrooms are grown on-site and delivered to Pittsburgh-area chefs, farmers markets and the public. They recently signed on as regular vendors at the 2024 Oakmont Farmers Market and quickly sold out of mushrooms earlier this month on opening day.
For now, the business prioritizes supplying mushrooms to the chefs who rely on their freshly harvested mushrooms for their culinary needs. "Our restaurant clients are the bulk of our sales," said Wadding, who originally began growing mushrooms as a hobby.
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