Shiitakes Seeded In China Sprouting As “Product Of The USA”
Chinese spawn logs are being shipped in ocean containers to US at prices below what US’s spawn logs cost.
The big twist is that the Chinese logs are loaded with spawn “and are ready to burst” with a budding Shitake mushroom crop within days after the product is delivered by the containerload to customers who once bought from domestic producers. Because the logs’ crop is harvested in the U.S., the mushrooms are labeled as “Product of the USA.”