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In this season one segment from “Weekends with Yankee” (episode 109), prepare to explore an edible idea bred out of a classroom. Richard and Amy meet Tucker Pforzheimer and Truman French, the college-classmates-turned-farmers behind MV Mycological, a booming mushroom-growing operation on Martha’s Vineyard specializing in shiitakes. Learn about the science of mushrooms, and why the Massachusetts island has an ideal climate for fungi.
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