Why “Brothers”? Because the name came first.
Caley Brothers is a small mushroom farm in West Sussex, run by sisters Jodie Bryan and Lorraine Caley.
Company story
From allotments to a mushroom farm.
Jodie and Lorraine were raised in Surrey, surrounded by home-grown food: working on their parents’ and grandfather’s allotments and helping out on a livestock farm in the New Forest.
They bought mushroom spawn and started growing. When a local farm shop showed interest in selling their mushrooms, the beginnings of a business took shape. During lockdown they developed their grow-at-home kits and moved the business to Lancing.
Today the mushrooms are grown in bags in a purpose-built room in a barn at Applesham Farm, Coombes, near Lancing.
Mission, vision and values
What the company says it stands for.
Drawn from Caley Brothers’ own published words.
Make mushroom growing accessible
Indoor and outdoor kits and creative projects designed to make mushroom growing accessible to everyone.
More small-scale mushroom farmers
The sisters say they believe the world needs more small-scale mushroom farmers.
Education and sustainability
Teaching people how simple growing can be, and working with circular-economy principles by turning natural waste streams into substrates.
What makes us different
A name with a story.
The Caley Brothers name existed long before the sisters did. Their grandparents and uncle Bill ran a grocery delivery business under that name, and the original hand-painted sign was preserved. Keeping the name is a nod to that food-growing legacy.
The business also appears at flower shows including the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, BBC Gardeners’ World Live and RHS Hampton Court, and has published a book, Project Mushroom.
- Workshops in person and online
- Direct sales online, at food markets and at events
- Retail-ready kits and fresh mushrooms for trade
Working with us
What you can expect.
Boxed kits include full growing instructions. Workshops are designed to teach the growing process. If you have a question about a kit, a workshop, a school project or a trade order, you can ask us directly by phone or through the contact form.