Posts tagged with: mushrooms

Collar City Mushroom Bucket Workshop

By Sarah Bassman / March 6, 2026

Join the Cornell Small Farms Program and Collar City Mushrooms at Indian Ladder Farms for a hands‑on workshop on oyster mushroom cultivation. This in‑person program will be led by Avery Stempel and Connor Youngerman and will introduce the fundamentals of mushroom production across several growing systems. Participants will learn how to grow oyster mushrooms—the world’s…

Mushroom Inoculation – Hands On Workshop

By Sarah Bassman / March 3, 2026

Learn how to grow your own mushrooms at home! Hobby-Level Presentation also provides detail and resoureces for commercial cultivation Home-Grown Cultivation Techniques Log Maintenance Inoculate a log with mycelium, producing edible gourmet Shiitake mushrooms for years. You will learn the basics for growing: Shiitake Lion’s Mane Wine Cap Nameko You will be able to take your…

Shiitake Log Maintenance & Harvest 101

By Sadie Jimenez / September 9, 2025

Join Connor Yongerman of Cornell Small Farms Program, alongside the NYRP Urban Ag team for an intermediate-level mushroom log workshop focused on what happens after the inoculation process is complete. During this hands- on session, participants will have the chance to practice soaking mushroom logs and harvesting shiitakes with experts. There’ll be plenty of opportunities…

Shiitake Mushroom Cultivation Workshop

By Olivia Young / July 2, 2025

The Cornell Small Farms Program is pleased to invite small-scale farmers, earth tenders and earth workers to a Shiitake mushroom cultivation workshop at Hawk Meadow Farm in Trumansburg, NY.  We welcome mushroom enthusiasts of all backgrounds, identities and stages to join us for this hands-on, comprehensive introduction led by expert, Steve Sierigk. In addition to…

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…