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Green Horizons

Volume 8, Number 4
Fall 2004

Specialty Mushroom Workshop Dec. 3 - 4, 2004

Ramada Inn Conference Center
1100 Vandiver Dr.
Columbia, Mo

Sponsored by The University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry; The University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources; Field and Forest Products; Ozark Forest Mushrooms

Who should attend? Anyone interested in learning the basics of production and marketing techniques for specialty gourmet mushrooms including shiitake, oyster, Stropharia and truffles. University of Missouri research faculty members, professional mushroom growers and marketers will provide participants with the knowledge needed to get started with growing and marketing mushrooms. Exhibitors from the industry will be on hand to provide information about mushroom production supplies.

Workshop events include lectures on outdoor and indoor log cultivation for shiitake mushrooms; University of Missouri progress toward truffle cultivation; guided tour of the HARC mushroom research area; log inoculation demonstration and an optional Missouri specialty food and wine tasting.

Early registration deadline: Nov. 1. Fee is $59 per person for Friday evening mixer and Saturday workshop, and an additional $25 for Saturday evening food and wine tasting event. Registration after Nov. 1 is $69 per person. For a registration form and more information, visit www.centerforagroforestry.org; or contact Julie Rhoads, UMCA events coordinator, at (573) 882-3234; email rhoadsj@missouri.edu.

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