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The founders are Cooper Grainger, Ethan Salve and Kendrick Torres from Francis Douglas Memorial College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The company started its humble beginnings as a Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) start-up company mentored by Pascale Joines, FDMC Business Enterprise Teaching Staff. It all started with a mushroom growing kit idea which had complexities, so the group pivoted to making mushroom crisps. 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