The 'hidden' truth about supermarket mushrooms
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Alex Critchley
2y agoen
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lancswt.org.ukThe 'hidden' truth about supermarket mushroomslancswt.org.ukOur precious peatlands face a barrage of threats; drainage for agriculture, burning for grouse moor management, and peat extraction for everything from filling bags of compost to growing that innocent little punnet of mushrooms that we pick up during our weekly shop.
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