mushroom growing workshop Sat Dec 8th

Mushroom Growing Workshop   with Kilindi Lyi of Tamerrian Institute based in Detroit, MI Saturday, December 8 10 AM - 4PM at Possibilitarian Garden  2909 E 117th St, (Buckeye neighborhood) Cleveland, OH 44120 Mushroom cultivation, at its heart, is energizing tissue culture and maximizing spawn production.  Mushroom strains can be cloned, expanded, and maintained on sterilized media. That may sound complicated, but in actuality mushroom cultivation can be easy, fun and rewarding.  On Saturday, December 8, 2012 in the Buckeye neighborhood of Cleveland, we will be holding a workshop to make mushroom growing accessible to everyone. Aimed at anyone with an interest, this workshop will cover the best ways to cultivate delicious gourmet and medicinal mushrooms at home, in the garden, farm, woodland or permaculture plot. We will begin to explore how mushrooms meet our needs from providing everything from food, soil development, water remediation, to relief from tumors, ulcers, arthritis and diabetes. The focus of the course will be on using simple methods suitable to growing Shiitake, Oyster, Lions Mane, and Garden Giant mushrooms without the need for expensive equipment. We believe that most gardens and food systems are under-served by omitting the cultivation of fungi. This hands-on workshop will mobilize mushroom growers into integrating fungi by getting to know them and learning how to interact with them.  Participants of this workshop will have the knowledge to expand techniques into the space they have available- from a city flat to a five-acre woodland - and get growing for personal use or sale to chefs and farmers markets.  All workshop participants will go home with their own mushroom growing kit. Class topics include: life cycle of fungi; identifying edible fungi; mushroom compost; mushroom nutrition; spawn production; growing conditions; growing outside; woodland mushroom farming (logs, wood chips, and composts); indoor production; inexpensive start-up options for beginners (small and large scale); variety of cultivation techniques; organic pest management. Workshop Schedule: 10.00 am Arrival, Networking and Orientation 10.30 am Introduction to Fungi and the Cultivation of Mushrooms 12.30 pm Detailed Log Drilling and Inoculation Demonstration 12.45 pm Mushroom Tasting and Lunch 1.45 pm  Detailed Session on Growing Mushrooms on Straw 2.45 pm Session on creating a wood chip Edible Mushroom Bed (outdoors) 3.45 pm Question and Answer 4.00 pm Closing Remarks

COST OF WORKSHOP* Buckeye Residents: $50 All other Participants: $75 Pre-Registration is required. To register, go to Eventbrite athttp://kulturedmushrooms.eventbrite.com/?ref=elink *Cost of workshop includes mushroom growing kit & lunch. +Some scholarships may be available, inquiry early, as they are limited. KEEP POSTED FOR MORE DETAILS ON:FOLLOW-UP SESSION on December 15 to check-in on how things are coming along, and to dive deeper into topics like nutrition, cooking, and what's ahead for mushroom cultivation!  Kilindi Iyi has been cultivating mushrooms for more than 30 years. His fascination with mushrooms goes back to the early seventies. In recent years, he has been teaching others to grow medicinal and gourmet mushrooms for business and hobby purposes. His favorite variety of mushrooms are Shiitake, Oyster, Lion’s Mane, and Maitake. Living in Detroit, Kilindi shares his mushroom knowledge with urban farmers and gardeners adding the rich culture of mushroom cultivation as a welcomed addendum to gardens in the city.  Kilindi also gives a historical background into the antiquity of mushrooms and how our environment is enhanced by mushrooms paring with plants in the natural world. Kilindi’s goal is to find new sustainable ways of growing mushrooms organically.  What started out as a hobby has blossomed into a committed mission to help the urban setting utilize mushroom cultivation as a tool for a better world. ------------------------------------------ For more info, contact Kai at kaiwingo72@gmail.com or (216) 561-3200. This workshop is presented with support from Neighborhood Connections, Upstream Permaculture, Kultured Mushrooms, and Possibilitarian Garden.