WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Sen. John Fetterman issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) led his Pennsylvania colleagues U.S. Senator Dave McCormick (R-PA), and U.S. Representatives Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-06) and Dan Meuser (R-PA-09), in introducing a bipartisan, bicameral resolution recognizing June 1st as National Mushroom Day.
In 1885, a florist in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania advanced the method of growing mushrooms by utilizing controlled indoor environment settings. As a result, mushrooms now grow year-round and the industry bloomed into a major source of stable jobs, farm operations, and economic growth to the region. Chester and Berks counties alone produce 60 percent of the mushrooms in the United...