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Commercial Production of Log-grown Shiitake Class & Related Forestry Management

• Saturday, April 29, 2023, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Join Erik Schellenberg, Craig Vollmer and Mark Krawczyk on Saturday April 29^th for a day of mushroom production and forestry. We will cover the basics and the details of shiitake production on logs with a focus on production efficiency at critical steps like inoculation, forcing, harvesting, and post-harvest handling. In addition, we will walk in the woods while discussing forestry management techniques and practices aimed at producing and harvesting the highest-quality bolts for mushroom production while enriching forest ecology.

Both Mark and Erik have many years of shiitake growing experience, and Mark has been producing them commercially while optimizing efficiency and regenerative capacity of the enterprise. Principles and insights of Mark’s recent publication “Coppice Agroforestry: Tending Trees for Product, Profit, and Woodland Ecology” will help to guide our discussion of woodland management for mushroom production. Craig Vollmer is the executive director of the New York Forest Owner’s Association (NYFOA), which is a peer-to-peer organization that helps land owners and stewards learn how to manage their woodlands.

If you would like to attend the class but require financial assistance, please contact the program leader, Erik Schellenberg, by email at jk2642@cornell.edu or by phone at (845)-344-1234 Ext.260.

This event is in collaboration with NYFOA, visit their website, https://www.nyfoa.org/, for more information about their research and resources. 

Speaker Bio:

Mark Krawczyk is an applied ecologist, educator, and grower incorporating permaculture design, agroforestry, natural building, traditional woodworking, and small-scale forestry. He owns and operates Keyline Vermont LLC, providing farmers, homeowners, and homesteaders with education, design, and consulting services. He and his wife also manage Valley Clayplain Forest Farm, 52 acres of field and forest in New Haven, Vermont. Mark grows shiitake mushrooms on logs commercially.

Fee

$40 per person

Register

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Location

Education Center & 4-H Park
300 Finchville Turnpike
Otisville, New York 10963

Last updated March 14, 2023