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BF 153: Indoor Specialty Mushroom Production

General Course Resources

Meet the Community Mushroom Educators for BF 153
Instructor Contact Information
Webinar Schedule and Participant Guide
Pre-Course Survey
Kiva US - 0% Interest Loans up to $15,000
Navigating in Teachable; Getting a Course Completion Certificate; and More
Order Mushroom Supplies!
FORUM: Introduce Yourself

Week 1: Mycology 101

Previous Webinars: Specialty Mushrooms Overview / Wild Mushrooms and ID (143:06)
Case Study: Will Padilla Brown (42:28)
ARTICLE: The Mighty Oyster Mushroom, Paul Stamets
Guide on Specialty Mushroom Production
Decision Tree for Mushroom Growing
ACTIVITY: Get your substrates together!
2024 Live Webinar + Slides Week 1

Week 2: Cultivation Stages & Propagation Techniques

ACTIVITY: Oyster Inoculation on Your Kitchen Counter
RESOURCES: Liquid Culture
PREVIOUS WEBINAR: Low Tech Cultivation Methods (75:43)
Resources on Single Use Plastics + Mushroom Growing
VIDEO: Sterile Block Webinar & Resources
2024 Live Webinar + Slides Week 2

Week 3: Substrates, Spaces & Growing Methods

ACTIVITY: Design your Grow Room
WEBINAR: All about the Grow Room (71:14)
RESOURCES: Grow Rooms for Home Hobby Growing
C:N ratio and nutrient resources
VIDEO: Outdoor and Straw Growing Methods / Wellspring Forest Farm Case Study
VIDEOS + BOOKLET: Growing Oysters on Straw
2024 Live Webinar + Slides Week 3

Week 4: Harvest & Storage

FORUM: Uses for Mushrooms
Week 5: Post Harvest (91:51)
VIDEOS: Harvest to Market / When am I a Farm? (70:53)
RESOURCES: Emerging Mushroom Markets
2024 Live Webinar + Slides Week 4

Week 5: The Business Side of Mushrooms with Guest Speakers

RESOURCE: 2024 Panelists Bio
FORUM: Questions for Panelists
WEBINAR: Q&A/Resources + Emerging Markets (53:36)
VIDEO: Financial Planning for Mushroom Growing (144:05)
CASE STUDY: Fat Moon Mushrooms (38:48)
ACTIVITY: Mini-Business Plan
2024 Live Webinar + Slides Week 5

Week 6: More than Food; Using Mushrooms to Solve Community Challenges

ACTIVITY: Final Project
Webinar: Final Q&A and Medicinal Mushrooms with Willie (99:57)
Stay Connected After This Course Ends + A Special Offer
Post-Course Survey
2024 Live Webinar + Slides Week 6

ACTIVITY: Final Project

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