EDUCATION RESOURCES

Hands-on workshops covering a number of exciting aspects of mycology and mushroom cultivation including growing oyster mushrooms on straw and spent brewery grain and preparation of outdoor mushroom beds using wood chips are available and customizable on a case-by-case basis. Please email us well in advance if you are interested in scheduling a customized mushroom cultivation workshop for a group you are affiliated with.

Public presentations are also available; for the latest information on upcoming presentations regularly check what's new.

A NOFA workshop open to the public will be held August 19th at our farm.
This workshop will feature a brief tour of Green Mountain Mycosystem's off-grid mushroom cultivation lab and Reishi mushroom farm. Then David Demarest will present an overview of the most common methods used to grow mushrooms both outdoors and indoors, which will include a hands-on demonstration of how to build a King Stropharia mushroom bed and how to grow Oyster mushrooms indoors. Value-added mushroom product ideas, methods of production, and related challenges will also be discussed.
Please call NOFA-VT at 802-434-4122 to preregister for this mushroom workshop (required) and on the day of the course bring $33 if you are a NOFA member or $37 if you are a non-member.

Below is a list of some websites we recommend visiting for classroom materials related to mushrooms and other fungi. We have visited each of these sites but cannot take responsibility for the complete accuracy of their materials, effective use of those materials, or changes to their sites and educational materials since we last reviewed them.

The North American Mycological Association provides K-12 classroom materials, educational slides and a diagram of the mushroom life cycle here.

The British Mycology Society for classroom materials related to mushrooms and other fungi. Free mushroom classroom materials including display posters and graphics files can be used and downloaded for free if used for educational purposes.

Microbiology skills are sometimes needed to learn more about mushrooms and other fungi; we recommend visiting www.microbiologyonline.org.uk for free microbiology classroom materials.