CSU team wins collegiate Blue Ocean Challenge

FORT COLLINS – A team made up of CSU students won the collegiate Blue Ocean Enterprises Challenge, making them eligible to compete in the professional challenge on May 23 and 24.

Fargreen, founded by a group of MBA students at CSU, will help Vietnamese farmers grow gourmet mushrooms in straw leftover from the rice harvest. The technique’s benefits are two-fold, according to a release from CSU Monday.
Growing the mushrooms will provide an additional source of income for the farmers and will also combat the environmental problems associated with burning rice straw as waste.

As the winners of the collegiate…