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BF 153: Indoor Specialty Mushroom Production

General Course Resources

Instructor Contact Information
Webinar Schedule and Participant Guide
Weekly Webinar Link
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

Webinar + Slides Week 1
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!
2023 Webinars: Specialty Mushrooms Overview / Wild Mushrooms and ID (143:06)

Week 2: Cultivation Stages & Propagation Techniques

Webinar + Slides Week 2
ACTIVITY: Oyster Inoculation on Your Kitchen Counter
RESOURCES: Liquid Culture
Resources on Single Use Plastics + Mushroom Growing
VIDEO: Sterile Block Webinar & Resources
2023 Webinar: Low Tech Cultivation Methods (75:43)

Week 3: Substrates, Spaces & Growing Methods

Webinar + Slides Week 3
ACTIVITY: Design your Grow Room
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
2023 Webinar: All about the Grow Room (71:14)

Week 4: Harvest & Storage

Webinar + Slides Week 4
FORUM: Uses for Mushrooms
VIDEO: Harvest to Market / When am I a Farm?
RESOURCES: Emerging Mushroom Markets
2023 Webinar: Post Harvest (91:51)

Week 5: The Business Side of Mushrooms with Guest Speakers

Webinar + Slides Week 5
RESOURCE: 2024 Panelists Bio
FORUM: Questions for Panelists
VIDEO: Financial Planning for Mushroom Growing (144:05)
CASE STUDY: Fat Moon Mushrooms (38:48)
ACTIVITY: Mini-Business Plan
2021 Webinar: Q&A/Resources + Emerging Markets (53:36)

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

Webinar + Slides Week 6
ACTIVITY: Final Project
Stay Connected After This Course Ends + A Special Offer
Post-Course Survey
2023 Webinars: Final Q&A and Medicinal Mushrooms with Willie (99:57)

2023 Webinar: Low Tech Cultivation Methods

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