Medicinal mushroom farming in Pimpri-Chinchwad | Mushroom cultivation | Biobritte mushroom center. Medicinal mushroom farming in Pimpri-Chinchwad. Here are six ways in which mushrooms are more than just a superfood. Most farms produce tons of agricultural waste that are often burned or composted.  But as nature’s great recyclers, fungi can break down nearly any carbon-based material, from woody trees to industrial pollutants. Multiple commercial mushroom species have been shown to grow on over 200 agricultural residues, including corncobs, bamboo shoots, potato leaves, soybean hulls, and peanut shells.  Rather than placing all the value on the seed or fruit of a given crop, farmers could start to see that the other 80 to 90 percent of the plant is food for another crop entirely: edible and medicinal mushrooms. Though mushrooms can be grown year-round, it’s especially ideal to grow them during the winter months when other local foods are only minimally available in most of the U.S. Not