Here are some links about the coffee case available on the internet:

This is the best guideline to be published in English - all photomaterial is from Carmenza Jaramillo
http://www.fungifun.org/mushworld/Shiitake-Mushroom-Cultivation/mushroom-growers-handbook-2-mushworld-com-chapter04-02-02_p.92.pdf

 

This describes the coffee project in Colombia (1999-2004).
http://www.alohamedicinals.com/book2/chapter-9-02.pdf

 

Here is a small German shiitake trader explaining how to grow mushrooms on coffee waste at home
http://www.shiitake.de/eng/an_intro/an_kaffee/body_an_kaffee.html

 

This article treats in a more general way the possible uses of coffee waste on plantations:
http://library.thinkquest.org/04oct/01639/light_en/sustainability/processing/byproducts/

 

Looking forward to your comments and feedback!

Leading a little further off the topic, there are also investigations going on how to use coffee waste as a biofuel:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081210171900.htm

 

Any opinions on this? Seems a little inefficient to me, to collect coffee grounds in sufficient volumes for biofuel...

Similar initiative in California:

 

Alex and Nikhil were trained by Chido last summer.

 

Have a look and see the result:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Oq0rAzlDi8&feature=player_embedded

Für Interessierte, die gerne einmal selbst das Pilzezüchten ausprobieren wollen, lohnt es sich ein Blick auf die Pilzzuchtshops im Internet zu werfen. Hier finden sich diverse Pilzarten, sowie das dazu benötigte Zuchtmaterial...und vielleicht ein neues Hobby? http://www.edelpilzzucht-breck.de/ http://www.mrcashop.org/

 

They don´t say that on their web and vids on youtube,  Kim are you sure?
Danke!

Mariano

 

Thanks Anne-Kathrin!