This is a 5 hour workshop where you will tour MoonFruit Mushroom Farm, learn about the entire process of cultivation from spawn to fruit, practice our inoculation techniques, and have a delicious meal featuring our shiitake and furikake. We will share our learnings and challenges of growing on logs and why it’s important to us to farm this way.
The workshop will be held at our farm at Green Valley Farm & Mill off Green Valley Road in Sebastopol, CA. There will be a follow up email with more specific directions upon registration.
This is a 5 hour workshop where you will tour MoonFruit Mushroom Farm, learn about the entire process of cultivation from spawn to fruit, practice our inoculation techniques, and have a delicious meal featuring our shiitake and furikake. We will share our learnings and challenges of growing on logs and why it’s important to us to farm this way.
The workshop will be held at our farm at Green Valley Farm & Mill off Green Valley Road in Sebastopol, CA. There will be a follow up email with more specific directions upon registration.
Some of the things you will learn:
Log selection for various groups of fungi and our bioregion
Timing of cutting and inoculating
Different styles of inoculation and tools
Shiitake spawn varieties and fruit characteristics
Assembly line inoculation tips
Incubation, laying yard management and shocking logs
Harvesting and pests
Various ways to prepare for food and medicine
Time of Q & A
