Cranbrook Food Action Committee and Wildsight Kimberley/Cranbrook are teaming up to bring you ‘A Mushroom Workshop’ – everything you need to know about growing your own.

On April 12 in Kimberley and April 14 in Cranbrook, Lija and Monte of Kootenai Fungi will introduce participants to the fascinating world of growing mushrooms. Over the past year Lija and Monte have been growing mushrooms on their urban mushroom farm in Kimberley. With delicious success, Kootenai Fungi has been selling at farmers markets, local stores and restaurants as well as providing mushroom spawn, cultures, grow kits to interested individuals.

Topics to be covered during these two-hour workshops will include mushroom life cycle, starting cultures, inoculation techniques and various growing methods suitable for home growers. The workshops are comprised of technique demonstrations as well as hands on demos. All participants will go home ready to start growing their own mushrooms. Types of mushrooms that we will be growing include oyster, reishi, garden giants and shaggy manes.

Why grow your own mushrooms? They are fat-free, low in calories, and filled with vitamins, antioxidants, and other nutrients. Mushrooms contain compounds that have been linked to lowering the risk of a range of cancers. Eating mushrooms has a cholesterol-lowering effect and promotes a healthy immune system.

The Kimberley and Cranbrook workshop has filled up to capacity, however an overflow list has been started. Email [email protected] for more info and visit www.facebook.com/kootenaifungi to learn more about Kootenai Fungi.

As a non-profit society this workshop has been made possible with the help of outside sources, largely the Real Estate Foundation of BC.

Photos by Lija Monte

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