David Scherr, 62, of Dave & Dee’s Homegrown Mushrooms died
unexpectedly on Friday, Dec. 5. Scherr and his wife, Dee, started their
mushroom business in 2003. Both Scherrs previously worked for a car dealership.
Their farm had a surreal quality when you saw it: Mushrooms grew on the outside
of big bags hanging from the ceiling inside of a long Quonset hut on
their property in Sedley.

Soon, they were providing three kinds of oyster mushrooms
for restaurants all over Richmond and as far east as Virginia Beach — places
such as Lemaire, Millie’s Dinner, the Roosevelt, the Magpie, Heritage (and
more), plus retailers such as Ellwood Thompson Local Market and Whole Foods. No cause of death
was available at publication time.

CORRECTION: This story originally stated that the Scherrs
spoke at Fire, Flour & Fork at the end of October. Although they were scheduled, they were unable to attend.