Leake County Shiitake Log Mushroom Workshop

SPONSORED BY LEAKE COUNTY SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT AND ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY - MISSISSIPPI SMALL FARM & AGRIBUSINESS CENTER

LEAKE COUNTY SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT

SHIITAKE LOG

MUSHROOM WORKSHOP SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2017 9:30AM CARTHAGE COLISEUM 805 EAST MAIN ST. CARTHAGE, MS 39051

The Leake County Soil and Water Conservation District Shiitake Log Mushroom Workshop will take place in Leake County on October 28, 2017 at the Carthage Coliseum, located at 805 East Main St. Carthage, MS 39051. The workshop will start at 9:30 am and will continue until we complete inoculating the mushroom logs. All participants will learn and practice how to grow Shiitake mushrooms on hardwood logs. If you are planning to attend this hands-on event, please bring 5 hardwood logs cut from healthy Oaks, (Mockernut Hickory, White ash or Sweetgum trees), five days before the workshop day. The size of the logs should be (4” diameter X 40” length). Conifers logs such as pine logs are not good for shiitake mushroom production. This hands-on workshop training will be conducted by Dr. Frank Mrema from Alcorn State University and Ms. Linda Stephen, Winston County Self Help Cooperative (The Mushroom Lady). For additional information please contact Ms. Beverly Shelton, Leake County Soil and Water Conservation District Tel: (601) 298-9101 ext. 3 or Ms. Lavada Hill, Alcorn State University Tel: (601) 877-6449. If you need an accommodation to participate in this activity or event, please contact Latrice Todman at 662-446-2423 , or by e-mail at tarieltwcshc@gmail.com by Saturday, October 21, 2017.

WINSTON COUNTY SELF HELP COOPERATIVE P. O. Box 774 • Louisville, MS 39339 Phone: 601-291-2704 • Email: fltaylor@bellsouth.net Web: www.wcshc.com • “Saving Rural America”

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Leake County Shiitake Log Mushroom Workshop

Published on Oct 12, 2017

Frank Taylor

The Shiitake Log Mushroom Workshop will take place in Leake County on October 28, 2017 at the Carthage Coliseum, located at 805 East Main St. Carthage, MS 39051. The workshop will start at 9:30 am and will continue until we complete inoculating the mushroom logs. All participants will learn and practice how to grow Shiitake mushrooms on hardwood logs. If you are planning to attend this hands-on event, please bring 5 hardwood logs cut from healthy Oaks, (Mockernut Hickory, White ash or Sweetgum trees), five days before the workshop day. The size of the logs should be (4” diameter X 40” length). Conifers logs such as pine logs are not good for shiitake mushroom production. This hands-on workshop training will be conducted by Dr. Frank Mrema from Alcorn State University and Ms. Linda Stephen, Winston County Self Help Cooperative (The Mushroom Lady).