Abstract
Approximately 670 million broiler chickens and 43 million turkeys are produced in North Carolina annually, generating wastes that are causing environmental problems and concerns among residents. Th ese waste products can be used as substrate for growing specialty mushrooms. Mushroom farming can enable farmers to obtain additional crops (mushrooms), while bioconverting the agricultural wastes to more environment friendly products such as organic fertilizers. Agaricus brasiliensis and A. subrufescens are culinary–medicinal mushrooms currently produced in the US. Th ese mushrooms can be alternative crops generating high income in the place of tobacco for the North Carolina farmers. Various combinations of sawdust, poultry litter,
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