Build in Public
The story, unedited
Not a pitch deck. A documentation of what was actually built — month by month, in a 1,100-metre mountain valley with no agri-tech playbook to follow. Every photograph is from the real construction and cultivation process.
June 2024 — The First RoomBrick walls up. Iron frames fitted. An empty shell that would become the first growing room.
Building the InfrastructureFabricating steel rack frames inside. Sparks, grinder, valley light through the window.
Racks InstalledMulti-tier steel growing racks. This room would produce 3,000 kg.
Substrate Compost YardCorrugated enclosure for composting wheat straw into growing substrate.
Season 1 DeliveryA full truck of substrate bags. Every bag hand-loaded onto racks.
Spawn RunBags on racks, humidity mist running. Mycelium colonising the substrate.
First FlushButton mushrooms pushing through casing soil. The moment the science becomes real.
The Harvest — Season 1, Winter 2024–25
What a full flush looks like. Total Season 1 yield: 3,000 kg grown and sold in Doda.
Variety Trials — OysterRunning parallel trials alongside button production. Oyster fruiting from sawdust substrate.
Variety Trials — ReishiGanoderma trials — exploring high-value medicinal varieties.
Winter 2024–25Snow on the farm. 3,000 kg growing inside. The altitude is an asset.
Summer ViewThe 2-kanal site. Fields behind, compost yard right.
June 2026 — NowBuilding lit at dusk. Controlled cropping room under construction.
