"I would love to bring my class here on a fieldtrip! I've been interested in mushroom growing for a long time. Reading books is not a nearly as helpful as seeing you. I hope I have a great garden this year."
"I loved detail in the demonstrations - actually did each step. Great food! Nice to have handouts on each topic to reduce note taking - Thanks"
"Awesome as expected"
"Appreciated variety of growing methods reviewed. Greenhouse classroom wonderful + food delicious. Whole experience was a delight. Thank you for so generously sharing your knowledge. :)"
"This whole concept is very exciting. Thanks Tradd, for the fun and interesting presentation"
This intensive all day hands on course will give participants the skill level they will need to provide mycoremediation services for devastated habitats around residential sites, farms, commercial properties, and superfund opportunities.
Participants are encouraged to benefit from attending our Mushroom Cultivation Workshop as a prerequisite to build a basic platform of knowledge necessary for this intensive program.
Attendees will learn:
Biomass generation and expansion techniques
Site Analysis and Project Engineering
Species Selection and Sequencing
Mushroom Collecting techniques for strain selection
Field trip to nearby remediation project for hands-on experience and site analysis
SCHEDULE
9am
Biology, Life Cycle, and Ecology of Mushrooms
10am
Spawn Expansion Techniques for Mycoremediation Projects
11am
Mycological Barriers: Runoff Containment and Remediation Techniques
12pm
Lunch (provided/vegeterian)
1pm
Biological and Chemical Remediation (small modular and large scale engineering)
2pm
Wildlife Restoration (enhancing your natural communities of native plants and organisms)
Mycopesticides for ants, termites, and other agricultural or structural pests.
Spawn will be available at a discount to participants. Proprietary strains used for remediation will be available for purchase.
3-5pm
Field Trip TBD
6pm
Dinner at Mellow Mushroom in Clemson, South Carolina (optional but recommended!)
Come and relax with fellow attendees and further increase your connections and passion for fungi over some great food and beverages. (not included in the cost of the workshop).
PRICE: $300.00
MAy 19, 2012
Mycoremediation Workshop
(once registered, you will receive a detailed email with directions to the farm, activities to do in the Upstate Area, and other details)
What goes up...Must come DOWN. Protecting watersheds from airborne pollutants.
Factory Farm Pollutants - Methods for reducing Fecal Coliforms before the enter watershed
Reforestation of logging on natural
disaster sites
Remediating Atrazine (3x labeled use rate)
White Oyster Mushroom (Mushroom Mountain Strain Post-TC14)