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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Desmond Tiro and Nicholas Komu

A mushroom farm in Kenya and fungi-based panels give hope for sustainable building

Kenya Mushroom Homes - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

A large mushroom farm near the Kenyan capital of Nairobi is one of a kind: It grows fungi on an industrial scale — not as food for restaurants but as a building material that some Kenyans say could make more people homeowners.

The farm produces mycelium, the root structure of mushrooms that a local company then uses to make building materials it says are more sustainable than regular brick and mortar.

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