Posts tagged with: agroforestry

Shiitake growing profusely out of a log standing vertically.

Shiitake Mushroom Log Inoculation Workshops Offered Across the Finger Lakes Region

By Sarah Bassman / October 17, 2025

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cayuga, Schuyler and Seneca Counties are each offering a Shiitake Mushroom Log Inoculation workshop to learn about growing mushrooms using red oak logs. The workshop will be offered three different times across the Finger Lakes Region, providing options to those wishing to attend. These programs are open to the public regardless…

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Shiitake growing profusely out of a log standing vertically.

Shiitake Mushroom Log Inoculation Workshops

By Sarah Bassman / October 17, 2025

Shiitake Mushroom Log Inoculation Workshops Offered Across the Finger Lakes Region Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cayuga, Schuyler and Seneca Counties are each offering a Shiitake Mushroom Log Inoculation workshop to learn about growing mushrooms using red oak logs. The workshop will be offered three different times across the Finger Lakes Region, providing options to those…

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Successful Agroforestry Tour and Work Day

By Sadie Jimenez / June 5, 2025

Interested in land stewardship that centers tree and forest health alongside farming? Join us for a tour and discussion of the farm systems Wellspring Forest Farm has been developing and learning from for the past 13 years on 20 acres. They will share successes and failures, and engage folks in discussion and we’ll do a…

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Several logs arranged vertically outdoors display clusters of brown mushrooms growing on them, showcasing outdoor mushroom farming amid fallen leaves and trees in a forested area.

Outdoor Mushroom Farming Series: Laying Yard Management, Harvesting, and Gardening

By Sadie Jimenez / June 5, 2025

Join us at the shiitake laying yard to learn about managing shiitakes, as well as other mushrooms, as a crop. At this hands-on workshop, participants will experience soaking, fruiting and harvesting shiitakes, and will learn what is required to build your own mushroom yard. In addition, we will examine where we harvested small pole-size trees…

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