MIDDLE EAST
Syrians swap meat for mushrooms in besieged Ghouta
Haber Merkezi 15:10 August 15, 2017 Yeni Şafak
These Syrians may have found a solution to meet the population's nutritional needs by growing mushrooms as a substitute for meat. Eastern Ghouta is an opposition-held area, besieged by regime forces where food prices have soared. Mushrooms are cultivated by boiling and pasteurizing straw which is then planted with barley seeds, colonized by mushrooms.