Growing Mushrooms for Market. A hands-on grower’s workshop

Growing Mushrooms for Market – A NOFA-NH Producer’s Workshop

 Registration Form: located at the bottom of this page

Join us as we spend the day learning about mushroom production, harvest, post-harvest handling and storage. In addition, David will discuss how to market and sell mushrooms at local farmers markets including packaging, storage and pricing.

Topics will include:

·       Site selection and preparation

·       Mushroom life cycle

·       Inoculation techniques

·       Varieties and spawn acquisition

·       List of items we need to get started

·       Growing techniques:

o        Logs and stumps, Straw, Wood chips, Outdoor bed's , Other possibilities

·       Selling at markets

o        Where are the markets

o        What the market looks for in a fresh mushroom

o        Varieties, Packaging, Pricing, Handling, Storage, Shell life

o        Drying of mushrooms

·       Mushroom tea

·       Health benefits of mushrooms 

David is a student of mushroom expert Paul Staments, attends festivals such as the Telluride Mushroom Festival and has conducted hundreds of hours of personal research. David provides workshops throughout New England and at Wichland Woods. He has constructed a new mushroom grow house to increase production for his small mushroom facility at Wichland Woods. He currently sells wild-forged, locally grown, and exotic mushrooms and related products at the local Keene Farmer’s Market and via mail order. For more information, visit his website: www.wichlandwoods.com.

Wichland Woods is a unique, local myco-business located in the Monadnock Region of New Hampshire. By educating the public about mycology, we strive to promote people’s awareness about the health and ecological benefits of mushrooms. Through our workshops, Wichland Woods encourages people to expand their gardening realm into a mycological-friendly landscape. We educate the public on the techniques of “backyard mushrooming” and how everyday resources can be used to cultivate their own mycelia network. We create over a dozen local strains of mushrooms, which are carefully expanded using sterile techniques. Wichland Woods works with other northeast mycologists in promoting the health benefits of mushrooms.

We will have a potluck lunch, fresh mushrooms and mushroom tea.

Contact: 

Jim Ramanek, Workshop Coordinator,  Phone: (603) 491-4203  Fax: (603) 228-6492, email: info@nofanh.org