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Shift in coffee bean land

What might be our greatest challenge as a society in the coming years? The transition to a circular economy. Why? Because it requires a radically different way of dealing with raw materials and wa...

Rotterzwam is a true Rotterdam heritage

There are some things you're just a little prouder of. We've won quite a few great awards in recent years. The City of Rotterdam Marketing Award for emerging talent and the Urban Agriculture Award...

High time for a Blue Revolution

The Paris climate goals, Sustainable Development Goals, CSR, and performance ladders... as an entrepreneur, it's hard to see the forest for the trees. Sustainability, circularity, and cradle-to-cra...

The impact of Rotterzwam in 2017

As social entrepreneurs, we believe it's important to make an impact. That impact must therefore be shared with the outside world. As far as we can tell, we're the first mushroom grower in the wor...

A fire that destroyed our nursery..

You may have heard that on Tuesday morning, May 23, 2017, there was a fire at BlueCity, another business's premises. As a result, Rotterzwam's entire business premises were covered in a thick layer...

rotterzwam wins no bull shit award [2017]

Yes, we've won the No Bullshit 2017 Award! With the help of Boerenjongens , you'll be hearing a lot more from us, and we'll be one step closer to our ambition to help establish 50 coffee grounds f...

Rotterzwam wins Marketing Award Rotterdam!

On Tuesday, January 5, 2016, Rotterzwam won the Marketing Award for Emerging Talent! Along with Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb and Roland Wondolleck, who won the Marketing Award Rotterdam and a Lifetime Ac...

rotterzwam wins CleanTech Rotterdam final [2015]

Yesterday, April 29th, the international startup competition Get in the Ring kicked off the competition season in Rotterdam with the first local final of one hundred worldwide. The Erasmus Centre f...

rotterzwam elected as radical innovator [2014]

The jury, chaired by Daan Roosegaarde, selected Rotterzwam as one of the Radical Innovators in 2014. https://www.vn.nl/rotterzwam-paddenstoelen-uit-een-zwemparadijs/

rotterzwam wins the Urban Agriculture Award [2014]

The award was presented during the national Urban Agriculture Day on May 15th in Utrecht. In addition to the honor, the Rotterdam oyster mushroom farm received a check for €2,500 from Rabobank Utre...

rotterzwam wins the ASN waste battle [2013]

At the end of 2013, Rotterzwam won its first award. The ASN Waste Battle. Rotterzwam won the final of iKringloop. The platform Het Kan Wel interviewed Mark Slegers just before the final star...