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Behind the Scenes with Fungi Akuafo
Join us for an in informative day of tours and demos at Akesi Farms, the home of Fungi Akuafo. Located 1.5 hours from Calgary/Red Deer, near Sundre, Alberta.
More information and schedule is here: https://www.fungiakuafo.com/behind-the-scenes-with-fungi-akuafo/
This event is “pay what you can”!
Pack your lunch! Children welcome. Pre-registration required.
Saturday June 24, 2023 | 10:00 – 4:00 PM
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Past Workshops
Workshop: Growing Edible Mushrooms in your backyard
Hosted by Fungi Akuafo
This is a two-hour workshop on cultivating mushrooms in your backyard. Learn to grow mushrooms to add to your dinners and share with friends while diversifying your garden. We will discuss how to grow oyster mushrooms (on wood stacks) and wine caps (in beds).
Your registration fee includes:
- Link to introductory video on mushrooms life and cultivation cycle. (Please watch before attending the workshop).
- Two-hour live workshop via Zoom
- Access to recording for three months
Registration Closes: Monday, January 16, 2023
Fee: $45 or $55 for a bundle including spawn
Delivered live online via Zoom January 19, 2023 from 7pm to 9pm MDT
Thursday, January 19, 2023 | 7:00 – 9:00 PM MDT
On-line
Facilitator: Tara
Workshop: Growing Edible Mushrooms in your home
Hosted by Fungi Akuafo
This is a two-hour workshop on cultivating mushrooms in your home. Learn to grow mushrooms to add to your dinners and share with friends. We will discuss how to grow oyster mushrooms in buckets using spawn.
Your registration fee includes:
- Link to introductory video on mushrooms life and cultivation cycle. (Please watch before attending the workshop).
- Two-hour live workshop via Zoom
- Access to recording for three months
Registration Closes: Monday, December 12, 2022
Fee: $45 or $55 for a bundle including spawn
Delivered live online via Zoom December 15, 2022 from 7pm to 9pm MDT
Thursday, December 15, 2022 | 7:00 – 9:00 PM MDT
On-line
Facilitator: Tara
Introductory Series Workshop: Growing Edible Mushrooms in your backyard
Hosted by Fungi Akuafo
This is a two hour introductory talk on cultivating mushrooms in your backyard. Learn to grow mushrooms to add to your dinners and share with friends while diversifying your garden. We will discuss how to grow oyster mushrooms (on wood stacks and in beds) and wine caps (in beds).
Your registration fee includes:
- Link to introductory video on mushrooms life and cultivation cycle. (Please watch before attending the workshop).
- Two hour talk
- PDF of lecture notes
Registration Closes: Monday, March 7, 2022
Fee: $50
Delivered online via Zoom
Thursday, March 10, 2022 | 7:00 – 9:00 PM
On-line
Facilitator: Tara
Introductory Series Workshop: Growing Edible Mushrooms in your home
Hosted by Fungi Akuafo
This is a two hour introductory talk on cultivating mushrooms in your home. Learn to grow mushrooms to add to your dinners and share with friends. We will discuss how to grow oyster mushrooms on a variety of substrates (straw and wood shavings). This will include how to prepare the substrates, different containers, and low tech ways to create a suitable environment to grow mushrooms in your home.
Your registration fee includes:
- Link to introductory video on mushrooms life and cultivation cycle. (Please watch before attending the workshop).
- Two hour talk
- PDF of lecture notes
Registration Closes: Monday, January 31, 2022
Fee: $50
Delivered online via Zoom
Thursday, February 3, 2022 | 7:00 – 9:00 PM
On-line
Facilitator: Tara
Introduction to: Growing Your Own Medicinal Mushrooms at Home
Hosted by The Light Cellar & Fungi Akuafo
During this 2hr workshop, Tara from Fungi Akuafo will provide a general background on mushroom cultivation and the specific ways to create the climatic conditions to grow medicinal mushrooms from a grow kit at home while Malcolm from Light Cellar will discuss the benefits of medicinal mushrooms and their uses once your mushrooms are fully grown.
Your registration fee includes:
- 2 hr live lecture
- A mushroom kit (reishi, lion’s mane or oyster) that you can pick up at the Light Cellar starting January 21, 2022.
Registration Closes: Friday January 7th 2022
Fee: $35
Delivered online via Zoom
Wednesday, January 26, 2022 | 7:00 – 9:00 PM
On-line
Fee: $35
Facilitator: Tara & Malcolm
fungi akuafo Inc
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