If you’d been asked to predict what the major story to dominate Standard Bank would be by the middle of 2021, mushrooms might have been unlikely to feature among the guesses. But its partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Label Free Research Group - a part of the Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA) on the ‘Mushroom House’ project. The visionary, far-reaching project emerging out of redHouseStudio is another extraordinary innovation in a long line of social responsibility upliftment initiatives, taking fungal material from mushrooms in Namibia to develop sustainable housing and food products.
