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


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Pallets made from agricultural waste, for use in building house wall and roof insulation, are displayed at the MycoTile facility at the Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, July 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

A large mushroom farm near the Kenyan capital of Nairobiis 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 sustainablethan regular brick and mortar.

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