permaculture

["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <venaurafarm@bellsouth.net>]

On 3/12/2011 3:59 AM, Lawrence F. London, Jr. wrote:
> Q: Name the following:
> A famous world class permaculture/integrated, diversified farming
> organization in the country of Colombia. I once visited a website for
> that or a similar organization and saved text and photos but now can not
> find them. This was an exemplary project. They grew coffee and other
> tree/perennial crops, processed them for market/home use and recycled
> the waste biomass products to make mushroom spawn via the compost pile
> for an additional source of income. They really have it together. Could
> it be Gaviotas or some other group/perma-eco-community?
>
>  From a FB message from KD:
> "Carmenza Jaramillo and CENICAFE.
> Shuting Chang did the original research establishing te shitake would
> grow on coffee waste substrate. Ivanka Milenkovic used the spent
> substrate for animal feed in a later iteration of the model, and then
> Chido Govero took it to Zimbabwe and added a community component to
> establish income for orphans living in poverty."
>
> Carmenza Jaramillo López
> Project Leader
> Jaramillo et al. (1998) determined that the agro-industrial residues
> present in the coffee growing region of Colombia could be used as
> substrates for the cultivation of tropical mushrooms, such as Lentinula
> edodes, Pleurotus sajor-caju, Pleurotus florida, Hypsizygus marmoreus,
> and Ganoderma lucidum.
> Agricultural wastes, such as coffee pulp, coffee leaves, rice bran and
> cotton hulls proved to be technically adequate substrates for the
> cultivation of mushrooms of the genus Pleurotus, because of the times
> and the percentage of mycelial invasion found in the incubation phase.
> It was determined that agro-industrial residues like spent ground coffee
> stem saw-dust, oak saw-dust, and corn bran are adequate materials for
> the cultivation of the mushrooms Lentinula edodes, Hypsizygus marmoreus
> and Ganoderma lucidum.
> In 1999, Jaramillo reported average biological efficiencies between 60%
> and 75% in the cultivation of Lentinula edodes on coffee by-products;
> and biological efficiencies between 16% and 24% in the cultivation of
> Ganoderma lucidum on an enhanced formula in the year 2000. Jaramillo
> reported average biological efficiencies of 61% in the cultivation of
> the fungus Pleurotus sajor-cajou on coffee silver skin. During the year
> 2000, Rodriguez reported average biological efficiencies of 24.2% in the
> cultivation of Ganoderma lucidum on residues in the coffee-growing
> region of Colombia. The same author reported average biological
> efficiencies of 23.1% in the cultivation of Pleurotus ostreatus on a
> substrate based on coffee pulp and water Jacinth.

Shuting Chang
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Symposium of Celebration

September 30, 2010 is 80th birthday of the international well-known 
mushroom scientist Professor
Shuting Chang, Emeritus Professor of Biology, the Chinese University of 
Hong Kong, an Officer
of the most excellent order of the British Empire (OBE), and the 
honorary chairman of the fifth
international medicinal mushroom conference.

It has been agreed that there will be a symposium on mushroom biology 
and a birthday celebration
party on Sep 30, 2010, in Beijing China.
<...>
The Collection for Celebration the 80th Birthday of the World Renowned 
Mushroom Biologist
Professor Shuting Chang will be published under the guidance of 
Professor Shuting Chang and
academician Li Yu. The collection covers as following:

① Prof.Shuting Chang Scientific Papers Collection
All papers which had been published were collected, collated and edited 
into the collection
since Prof.Shuting Chang has engaged in research of edible mushroom 
industry in 1960,
including his prospect for development of world edible mushroom 
industry, keynote speeches
and other important documents made in WSMBMP and IMMC. It consists 4 
books, 210
articles, and 1700-1800 pages.

② Prof.Shuting Chang's speeches
Main social activities were collected and edited since Prof.Shuting 
Chang has engaged in
research of edible mushroom Industry. Readers may learn important 
historical events during
the development process of edible mushroom industry, Prof.Shuting 
Chang's imparted
his knowledge all over the world,and his great contribution to the 
development of the
industry.The book is nearly 500 pages with pictures.

③ Congratulations and Media Reports
This book is divided into three parts, nearly 300 pages:
Part I: Academician Li Yu organized Prof.Shuting Chang's friends, 
students around the
world to congratulate his 80th birthday.
Part II: In 1993, Prof. Miles organized Prof.Shu Ting's friends, 
students around the world to

Subject
The Symposium for Celebration the 80th
Birthday of Professor Shuting Chang
The Banquet dinner for celebration the 80th
Birthday of Professor Shuting Chang

congratulate his 63th birthday.
Part III: Domestic and foreign media reports about Prof.Shuting Chang.

At the same time, a documentary film will be made to introduce 
Prof.Shuting Chang's
contribution to China and world edible mushroom industry and main 
activities.