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indoor mushroom plant Commercial Mushroom Cultivation Online Class"Amazing! I know everything I need to now to get my mushroom business going." Rachel W. 6 week online class to get you growing mushrooms like a pro. Work at your own pace with our recorded sessions When I started growing mushrooms ten years ago it was hard to know where to begin. I made this course so you dont have to start where I did. This course will save you from years of trials and screw ups (I already did that) and get you growing mushrooms and
"Amazing! I know everything I need to now to get my mushroom business going."- Rachel W.
6 week online class to get you growing mushrooms like a pro. Work at your own pace with our recorded sessions
When I started growing mushrooms ten years ago it was hard to know where to begin. I made this course so you don’t have to start where I did. This course will save you from years of trials and screw ups (I already did that) and get you growing mushrooms and mycelium successfully! We will focus on the fundamentals of mushroom cultivation and build up to all the details of designing a commercial mushroom farm. Any successful farm has to sell products as well as grow them, so we will explore successful ways of selling fresh mushrooms, products beyond mushrooms, and how to access and apply for grant money. This course is useful for anyone from the home scale grower to the small scale mushroom farmer. The course includes:
- (6) Recorded 90 minute lectures–Lifetime access to recordings
- Further videos and resources to watch
- Readings from a variety of books to deepen your understanding
- 25% off discount code for the Fungi Ally website
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Week 1: Fungal Fundamentals.
What are Fungi–Mushroom Life Cycle–Fungal Ecology–Mission and Goals–Outlook of Specialty Mushroom Industry
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Week 2: Beginning Stages
Seven stages of cultivation–Sectors of commercial cultivation–Shiitakes on logs– Receiving and Storing Spawny
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Week 3: Treated substrates
Oysters on straw–Supplemented sawdust–Treating bulk substrates–Inoculation– Using Ready to fruit blocks
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Week 4: Designing a commercial operation
Materials flow– Useful equipment at different scales–Lab design and equipment–DIY schematics
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Week 5: Fruiting and Sales
Fruiting mushrooms–Harvest– Selling at Farmers Markets–Developing restaurant customers– Mushroom CSA–Tracking–Grower profile
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Week 6: Other opportunities
Medicinal mushroom products use and creation–Writing grants/grant opportunities–Selling spawn and grow kits—
Cost: $350
Skills you will gain:
- Grow 5-500 pounds a week depending on your goals
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Understand the mushroom life cycle and ecological roles
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Have an outline to the stages of mushroom cultivation
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Successful cultivation of shiitake on logs, oyster on straw, wine cap on wood chipsand other at home techniques
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Know how to cultivate mushrooms on high yield substrates like supplemented sawdust
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Develop a mission, goal, and strategiesbased business
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Know the specialty mushroom industryand opportunities to plug into it
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Know how to grow medicinal mushrooms at home in your backyard
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Know how to forage for medicinal mushrooms
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How to sell mushrooms as a stand alone business or in conjunction with other crops
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Make a business plan and start growing/selling mushrooms
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HAVE FUN and be confident in working with mushrooms
Willie Crosby has been growing, teaching about, and using mushrooms for the last 10 years. He developed a small scale mushroom cultivation business from his basement to growing 500 pounds of mushrooms per week. Currently Willie focuses on teaching and expanding the Mycofam. Willie has previously taught online for Cornell University and Umass amherst for 3 years as well as mushroom cultivation in person at Umass for 4 years. His main goal is to help more people discover the amazing capacity of fungi to improve our lives through food, medicine, and social thought.
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