Shiitake Mushroom Workshop - Pleasant Valley MB Church

SPONSORED BY ALCORN STATE EXTENSION PROGRAM

SHIITAKE MUSHROOM WORKSHOP SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2017 10:00AM - 2:00PM PLEASANT VALLEY M.B. CHURCH 12850 RD. 210 UNION, MS 39365

The Shiitake Mushroom Workshop will take place in Union, MS on December 2nd at Pleasant Valley M.B. Church 12850 Rd. 210, Union, MS 39365. The workshop will start at 10:00 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. Lavada Hill (601) 877-6449 or Ms. Mignon Johnson (601) 575-9002. 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, November 18, 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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Shiitake Mushroom Workshop - Pleasant Valley MB Church

Published on Nov 7, 2017

Frank Taylor

The Shiitake Mushroom Workshop will take place in Union, MS on December 2nd at Pleasant Valley M.B. Church 12850 Rd. 210, Union, MS 39365. The workshop will start at 10:00 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. Lavada Hill (601) 877-6449 or Ms. Mignon Johnson (601) 575-9002.