Turning Unused Woodlands Into Profit Growing Mushrooms – Ag Matters

The declining milk prices have many farmers looking for new ways to make a profit.  Some are trying to turn unused woodlands into dollars growing mushrooms.  The farm experts at Cornell Cooperative Extension can show you how with a special workshop. 

Mushrooms are an emerging niche crop with many benefits, including improving farmer stewardship of forested lands and the ability to offer a unique, highly desired, and delicious product! With a bit of practice, mushrooms can be easily grown in the woods on many products that can be the surplus of healthy forest management.

Join Cornell Cooperative Extension Agroforestry Specialist Steve Gabriel for an evening presentation on successful cultivation of shiitake, oyster, lions mane, and stropharia mushrooms for home or small-farm scale production. Learn the proper tree species and techniques for cultivation, along with the basic economics and mattering of gourmet specialty mushrooms. Students will get to inoculate their own log to take home!

This Introduction to Cultivated Mushroom Workshop will be held on September 29th from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm at the Cazenovia Public Library The cost is $30 per person, which includes handouts, materials and an inoculated log. Register online or contact Katherine Brosnan at 315-684-3001 ext. 100 or email kmb279@cornell.edu.

SOURCE: Cornell Cooperative Extension - Katherine Brosnan