VP Rotary: Deshotel talks about mushroom farming

By News Staff on Thursday, June 2, 2022
  • MUSHROOM GARDENING DISCUSSED - Mushroom farmer Phil Deshotel (left) holding an example of the mushrooms he grows) spoke about the gardening of mushrooms and the wide variety of mushrooms available to grow. He is shown with Rotary Treasurer Annette Johnson (center) and Rotarian Bob Manuel. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)
    MUSHROOM GARDENING DISCUSSED - Mushroom farmer Phil Deshotel (left) holding an example of the mushrooms he grows) spoke about the gardening of mushrooms and the wide variety of mushrooms available to grow. He is shown with Rotary Treasurer Annette Johnson (center) and Rotarian Bob Manuel. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)
    By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Rotarian Bob Manuel invited Phil Deshotel, a specialty mushroom farmer from Faubourg, to address the May 31, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club. Deshotel, a native of Lafayette, has a degree in horticulture but was not having luck farming in the Lafayette area and moved to the Faubourg area several years ago. He began farming several specialty mushroom...

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