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BF 151: Outdoor Mushroom Cultivation
General Course Resources
Instructor Contact Information
Webinar Schedule and Participant Guide
Weekly Webinar Link
FORUM: Introductions
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Pre-Course Survey
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Navigating in Teachable; Getting a Course Completion Certificate; and More
(Week 1) Orientation & Mycology 101
WEBINAR LINK, RECORDING, & SLIDES
FUNGI FORUM
RESOURCES: CornellMushrooms.org
CASE STUDY: Mushroom Shed
ACTIVITY: Inoculate a Toilet Paper Roll or Bag of Straw
OPTIONAL ACTIVITY: Fungi Drawings
Shroom Shorts (1:00)
Ambrook Research: Tough Times for Mushroom Workers
(Week 2) Log Yard Production
FUNGI FORUM
ACTIVITY: Make a Farm Map
VIDEO: Wild vs Cultivated, ID - Slides, Recording, Links (2021) (74:30)
VIDEOS: Woodlanders
VIDEO: Woodlot Management for Mushrooms (Peter Smallidge - 2020)
READING: Shiitake: Acquiring Logs
VIDEO: Sourcing Logs for Mushroom Cultivation (Steve - 2021)
CASE STUDY: Oliva Watkins of Oliver's Agroforest (NC)
ACTIVITY: Make a Farm Map
Shroom Shorts (0:58)
(Week 3) Totems, Beds, and Bucket Production
FUNGI FORUM
FORUM: Mushrooms Species & Methods
VIDEO: Shiitake Log Inoculation
VIDEOS: Bed Inoculations
VIDEO: Totem Inoculation
VIDEOS: Managing Shiitake Mushrooms (Ken Mudge)
ARTICLE: Cold Weather Shiitake (Field & Forest)
CASE STUDY: Wintonbury Farm (51:24)
(Week 4) Harvest & Store
FUNGI FORUM
HOMEWORK: Mushroom Packaging
FORUM: Uses for Mushrooms
GUIDEBOOK: Harvest to Market
VIDEO: Safety, Sanitation, and When Am I a Farm?
ARTICLE: Place Mushrooms in Sunlight to Get your Vitamin D
ARTICLE: On Consuming Raw Mushrooms
CASE STUDY: High Falls Farm (49:19)
EXTRA: Mushroom Recipes
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(Week 5) Grower Panel
FUNGI FORUM
RESOURCE: Panelists Bio
FORUM: Questions for Panelists
(Week 6) Moving Forward with Mushrooms
FORUM: Mini-Business Plan
VIDEO & ACTIVITY: Financial Planning and Enterprise Budget
ARTICLE: Marketing Opportunities for Selling Forest-Grown Mushrooms
ARTICLE: Shiitake Mushroom Profitability
VIDEOS: Mushroom Shed and Falaha Center Share (29:38)
RESOURCES: Medicinal Mushrooms (12:53)
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Optional/Additional Resources
Articles from Steve: Wild Foraging / Storing Sunlight / Medicinal Mushrooms
Low Tech Inoculation Methods (Straw)
Additional Resources
Articles from Steve: Wild Foraging / Storing Sunlight / Medicinal Mushrooms
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