Volume 1, Issue 7 Date-released: August 20, 2017 News reports - 24th North America Mushroom Conference Celebrates Success - Statistics on the Exports of Edibile & Medicinal Mushroom of China from Jan to Apr, 2017 Up-coming events - First Announcement of the 9th International Conference on Mushroom Biology and Mushroom Products - The Eleventh Chinese Mushroom Days - Programme of the 9th International Medicinal Mushrooms Conference Research progress - New Researches Points and Reviews - Medicinal Mushrooms (Part II), by Jure Pohleven, Tamara Korošec, Andrej Gregori - The Role of Culinary - Medicinal Mushrooms on Human Welfare with a Pyramid Model for Human Health (Part VII), by Shu Ting Chang and Solomon P. Wasser Call for Papers Contact information Issue Editor- Mr. Ziqiang Liu
[email protected] Department of Edible Mushrooms, CFNA, 4/F, Talent International Building No. 80 Guangqumennei Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing 10062, China News Reports 24th North America Mushroom Conference Celebrates Success Mushrooms Canada hosted the 24th North American Mushroom Conference (NAMC) at the historical Château Frontenac in Quebec City, Canada from June 21-23, 2017. With an attendance of roughly 300 people, NAMC brought together growers, industry stakeholders, innovators and researchers. The conference included attendees from across Canada and the United States, as well as delegates from the Netherlands, Ireland, Mexico, China and Australia. Topics covered included; Best Practices of Listeria Control, Integrated Biomass Gasification, Sustainability, Odour Reduction, Mental Health in the Workplace, a panel on Attracting, Training and Retaining Millennials, and a Keynote from Global Futurist, Trends and Innovation Expert, Jim Carroll. A panel on Marketing the Blend concluded with an exciting announcement on the future of The Blend.