Posts Tagged ‘growing mushrooms’

Mushroom Farming (video)

Mushroom Farming (video)

Carole Anne and Curly are Arkansas transplants (they both hail from the east coast), brilliant musicians and amazing mushroom farmers. Their hippie roots brought them “back to the land” and to the magnificent Ozarks. They’ve been farming now for over 20 years, and know the shiitake like they know their three children. Their farm is [...]

Sustainable Food: Mushrooms Grown from Coffee Grinds

Sustainable Food: Mushrooms Grown from Coffee Grinds

January 20, 2011 This was an inspirational post, not just for the fantastic idea of using an ongoing resource of coffee grinds – Americans alone consume up to 400 million cups of coffee a day – but the fact that the idea of growing mushrooms from coffee grinds arose from a college lecture given by [...]

WWOOF USA: Elm Oyster Inoculation (video)

WWOOF USA: Elm Oyster Inoculation (video)

The Mushroomery in Lebanon, Oregon is where we find owners Dustin and Jen, and a whole house full of WWOOFers.

Chanterelles: In Search Of The Elusive Mushroom

Chanterelles: In Search Of The Elusive Mushroom

Courtesy of our friends at Edible Portland Magazine Fall 2007 Issue: In Search of the Elusive Mushroom By Ellen Jackson Chanterelles grow exuberantly in the Northwest, and the golden (or yellow) variety is easy to find and identify—if you can persuade someone in the know to tell you where exactly to look. Wild mushroom hunting [...]