Clearpool Model Forest Workshop: Shiitake Inoculation

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February 15, 2019

Sunday, October 14, 2018
1:00pm - 3:00pm

Clearpool Campus
33 Clearpool Road
Carmel, New York

Please click on “Model Forest Events 18-19” when registering online.

The Lower Hudson Valley is filled with magnificent forests which benefit wildlife and filter our water supply. Our forests also support our communities and a uniquely delicious product, the shiitake mushroom. In this workshop, you will be given a hands-on introduction to producing log-grown shiitake. You will learn what makes shiitake mushrooms a fantastic local product as well as take the first steps in production by inoculating your own log.

Learn how to grow shiitake mushrooms

This introductory workshop is designed for adult participants and held in partnership with natural resource professionals from Cornell Cooperative Extension of Putnam County and the Watershed Agricultural Council. The session will include an indoor component and an outdoor demonstration, so we ask participants to dress accordingly.

Questions?

Contact Matt Smetana, Model Forest Facilitator at msmetana@greenchimneys.org or 845.216.0239

Registration

There is a $15 fee for the workshop, which includes an inoculated log to take home. Additional logs available for inoculation and purchase. Space is limited, advance registration is required.

When registering online, please be sure to click on “Model Forest Events 18-19” instead of “Public Programs”

Bodhi

Bodhi is the Golden Retriever companion of Green Chimneys’ Admissions Supervisor and one of the most familiar faces on campus. Bodhi also holds the distinction of being a certified therapy dog and recently participated in Green Chimneys’ first funded research project studying the effect of involving a dog in social skills development training for children on the autism spectrum. Her full name, Bodhi Ani, means “Awakens/Enlightens Grace” and describes her personality and the role she embraces with the students on campus; Bodhi is very calm and grounded in her ability to awaken their potential while helping them to relax and feel at peace.