After the successful crowdfunding campaign Helsieni went on to an autumn full of work. Once the containers arrived in Hernesaari, we started building the mushroom farm. We are designing and building the whole farm ourselves. As mushroom home growers know, important in mushroom growing is the right temperature and humidity at the right time. Therefore, […]
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OSCE Days Helsinki 2016 – Growfridge
We had our first public appearance with our open-source Mushroom Growing Fridge aka ‘Growfridge’ at the Open Source Circular Economy Days Helsinki 2016. What is a Growfridge? A growfridge is a micro-mushroom farm. The main component is a refrigerator. This is retro-fitted to create optimal growing conditions for mushrooms to grow and fruit. With this […]

Vegfest Tampere! 21-22 May
Helsieni will travel up north to Tampere for the biggest vegeterian/vegan food festival in Finland, VegFest! This year it will be held on May 21st & 22nd on the Tampere Central Square. Come and taste our home-made mushroom pies or sihis (a vegan version of the popular Finnish snack: Lihis)! You can also buy a […]

Helsieni oyster mushrooms are growing!
Helsieni product development team is testing and comparing different kinds of growing materials for the oyster mushrooms. The first mushrooms have now come out! Maybe the spring sun has had its finger in the pie?!

Helsieni visits RotterZwam
We reached another milestone with Helsieni: we graduated from the Master Program: “Growing Edible Mushrooms”! The founders of RotterZwam in the Netherlands offer an intensive 4-day training program in which Sini and Stéphane learned everything there is to know about growing mushrooms in an urban environment. Chris and Lilli also joined the beginning and the end […]
Helsieni Goes Slush15
Helsieni got interviewed by Polar Bear Pitching on Slush 2015! Thank you all for a great event, see you next year!