Marshall County Shiitake Log Mushroom Workshop

SPONSORED BY ALCORN EXTENSION PROGRAM & MID-SOUTH PROGRESSIVE AGRICULTURAL GROUP

MARSHALL COUNTY

SHIITAKE LOG

MUSHROOM WORKSHOP SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2017 9:30AM LOU BOYKINS FARM 684 GIPSON DR. LAMAR, MS 38642

THIS IS A FREE WORKSHOP & FREE LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED AS WELL.

The Shiitake Log Mushroom Workshop will take place in Marshall County on 10/21/2017 at Lou Boykins Farm, 684 Gipson Dr, Lamar, MS @ 9:30 am. 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 more information please contact Ms. Revelyn Coleman Tel: (901)409-7897 or Ms. Lavada Hill, 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 14, 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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Marshall County Shiitake Log Mushroom Workshop

Published on Oct 11, 2017

Frank Taylor

The Shiitake Log Mushroom workshop will take place in Marshall County on 10/21/2017 at Lou Boykins Farm, 684 Gipson Dr, Lamar, MS @ 9:30 am. 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 more information please contact Ms. Revelyn Coleman Tel: (901)409-7897 or Ms. Lavada Hill, Tel: (601)877-6449.