Mushroom Inoculation Classes 2011
Mushrooms are a remarkable source of food and medicine that have been cultivated and wild-crafted by humans for thousands of years.
Workshops introduce participants to the world of mushrooms, their link to healthy soils and forests, and their growing potential on both a home and commercial scale.
We will inoculate shiitake, oyster, and stropharia mushrooms and discuss how to successfully raise multiple harvests.
Two-day courses go more in depth into mushroom laying yard design and the economics of production. Mushrooms an excellent niche crop for income generation with a high market value and low start up costs.
Both one day and two-day classes include forest walks that discuss ecology and best management practices for forestry management.
Workshop participants receive complete instruction and take home an inoculated log, coffee ground substrate, and instructional booklet with further resources.
More locations to be announced. Please email <[email protected]> if you want to schedule a class in your area.
Mushroom Workshop Weekend:
May 21 & 22, 2011 in the Finger Lakes region, NY (near Ithaca)
Locations: Hawk Meadow Farm and Cayuta Sun
Saturday 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. only: $30
Entire weekend: Sliding Scale, $125 – 200 (based on what you can afford)
Schedule:
Saturday @ Hawk Meadow Farm
9:00 a.m.: Registration
9:30 a.m.: Shiitake Introduction
10:30 a.m.: Shiitake Inoculation
12:00 p.m.: pack-your-own lunch
1:00 p.m.: Shiitake as a Small Farm Enterprise
2:30 p.m.: Laying Yard Design activity
4:00 p.m.: Class adjourns
6:00 p.m.: Mushroom Dinner (BBQ, Potluck, and campfire at Cayuta Sun)
Sunday @ Cayuta Sun
9:00 a.m.: Warm-up, Coffee & Tea, Review & Questions
9:30am a.m.: Introduction to Mycology
10:15 a.m.: Stropharia Guild Planting
12:00 p.m.: LUNCH
1:00 p.m.: Oyster Inoculation
1:45 p.m.: Forest Ecology & Management walk
2:30 p.m.: Forest Farming activity
4:00 p.m.: Class adjourns
Instructors:
Steve Sierigk, Hawk Meadow Farm and Steve Gabriel, FLPCI Program Director
