4300 Monument Road
Philadelphia, PA 19131
USA
This September, join Radical Mycology founder Peter McCoy in Philadelphia, PA for a 3-day intensive on the art, science, and regenerative applications of mushroom cultivation.
This Mushroom Cultivation & Application Course covers the essential principles and practices of high yield mushroom production for all budgets. Starting with the fundamentals of cultivation, and progressively building in conceptual stages throughout the weekend, you will learn the empowering life skill of growing mushroom mycelium (spawn) and fruiting mushrooms in any environment. With an emphasis on the best techniques and tools that keep costs and complexity to a minimum, you will leave the course equipped to dive in to cultivating right away.
The approach Peter takes to working with fungi for food, medicine, and soil health not only teaches the skills of cultivation but also the concepts and principles that underlie them. By understanding both the how and why of cultivation, you will learn how to creatively adapt any project’s design to achieve consistently high yields in the home, garden, or on the farm. More information and registration links.
Designed for the beginner as well the experienced cultivator, this course covers everything you need to know to start producing high quality mushroom spawn, fruit mushrooms indoors all year, construct a mushroom farm, and establish productive and regenerative outdoor mycoscapes. Topics include:
Mushroom Cultivation Essentials
Insights into the biology and ecology of the fungal kingdom
Budgeting, planning & preparation to make things easy
Tool making and improvisation to keep things cheap
Aseptic (“sterile”) practice with agar, grains, compost, and wood-based substrates
The industry secret of liquid mushroom inoculum
Cultivation lab and fruiting environments design for home, farm, or community scale projects
Alternative, low-cost, and low-tech cultivation techniques and tools
Growing wild mushrooms
Mushroom Cultivation Applications
Medicinal mushroom processing for maximum potency
Outdoor mushroom garden design and installation
Fungal integration into various sustainable living and farming systems
Mycoremediation design concepts
Fungal & plant relationships
Extra Skills
Building soil health with Mycorrhizal fungi cultivation
Biochar & fungi
Wild mushroom identification
And more!
The cost of the course is $225. This cost includes 4 mushroom cultures (valued at $100), supplies, and a 100-page workbook. Student and group discounts are also available. For more information please visit the link below:
A recent interview with the workshop leader, Peter McCoy, discussing many of the skills covered in this course can be heard here:
http://www.permaculturevoices.com/radical-mycology-with-peter-mccoy-pvp080/