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Fungi Cultivation & Foraging Short Course

September 15 - 17

…in the beautiful woods of the Finger Lakes Region of New York

Explore the wondrous world of fungi and learn how to grow and forage mushrooms with Farming the Woods co-author Steve Gabriel and Olga Tzogas of Smugtown Mushrooms.

 

During this 3-day intensive course participants will identify wild mushrooms and learn tree ID and forest ecology, inoculate logs, straw, and grain, learn low-tech propagation techniques, and of course, cook and eat mushrooms.

 

Participants will build their skills in mushroom identification, cultivation, and propagation and leave the course equipped with the knowledge and tools.

 

Topics Covered:

·      Lifecycle of Fungi

·      Ecology; where to find mushrooms in the woods

·      Safe and ethical wild mushroom harvesting

·      Shiitake and others on logs, stumps, and woodchips

·      Oyster on straw, coffee grounds, and sawdust

·      Making your own mushrooms medicine

·      Low-Tech methods to propagate and grow

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$300 includes local farm lunch each day, lots of fungal goodies to take home, and free access to our online course

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Sign up along with a fungal friend and save $50 each!

$30 to camp onsite

 

 

 

About Wellspring Forest Farm & School

 

Our farm and the surrounding woodlands serve as a living classroom to connect students to the forested landscape. Our classes are experiential and hands-on, giving students real skills and knowledge and utilizing our farm and local old growth forests as teachers.

 

Past students often comment that our classes help them see the woods from a whole new perspective. We don't teach only skills, but how to better foster a long-term relationship with the forest.

 

Learn more about the farm and school in a short video

                                        

 

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Steve Gabriel

Agroforestry Extension Specialist

Editor, Small Farm Quarterly

Cornell Small Farms Program

sfg53 AT cornell.edu

Websites:

smallfarms.cornell.edu

CornellMushrooms.org