Cranbrook Food Action Committee and Wildsight Kimberley/Cranbrook have teamed up to bring you ‘A Mushroom Workshop’ yet again, ‘everything you need to know about growing your own’.

The first sessions in April sold out, meaning this is the public’s second chance to partake in these informative workshops being offered in Kimberley and Cranbrook. The first workshop is coming up on Wednesday, July 6 in Cranbrook and second on Friday July 8 in Kimberley. Both workshops will start at 7 p.m. and registrations are open at www.wildsight.ca/mushrooms.

Lija and Monte of Kootenai Fungi will introduce participants to the fascinating world of growing mushrooms. Over the past year, the pair 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.

Photos courtesy Kootenai Fungi

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