Canceled: Ramp Cultivation Workshop

Apr 4, 10:00am - Apr 4, 1:00pm

United Plant Savers35703 Loop RoadRutland, OH45775 Map

Rural Action and United Plant Savers are hosting a ramp workshop! If you want to learn about the history, cultivation, and use of this native and edible plant, then this workshop is for you.

The agenda includes a presentation, hands-on planting session, and a cooking demonstration.

Register on Facebook or email eugene@ruralaction.org for registration or more information.... See MoreSee Less

Cultivating Kingdom Fungi: Mushrooms for People & the Planet

May 2, 10:00am - May 3, 4:00pm

United Plant Savers35703 Loop RoadRutland, OH45775 Map

Go beyond log-plugging! This mushroom cultivation workshop offers more advanced techniques for growing mushrooms at home and propagating native wild species.

Through hands-on activities, participants will learn to cultivate woodland mushrooms, amplify native mycorrhizal fungi, and collect and culture wild mushrooms in the new UpS mycology and microbiology lab. Everyone will take home mushroom cultures and valuable knowledge of fungi to imagine alliances with this seldom seen kingdom.

This two-day workshop will take place at United Plant Savers Botanical Sanctuary in Rutland, Ohio which includes 379 acres of forest, native prairie, pond. There are optional fees for primitive camping and weekend meals for participants. Saturday dinner will be catered by Restaurant Salaam from Athens, Ohio. Continental breakfast and lunch both days will include gluten free and vegan options.

Schedule

Day 1: Saturday, May 2nd
Breakfast, coffee & tea
Introduction to the fungi
Prepare materials for hands-on cultivation
Lab design and protocols
Hands-on introdution to lab techniques
Inoculate plant material and logs
Daily evaluation and Q&A
Dinner (optional)


Day 2: Sunday, May 3rd
Breakfast, coffee & tea
Amplifying native mycorrrhizae & indigenous microorganisms (IMOs)
Hands-on mycorrhizal cultivation
Lunch break
Identifying and culturing agriculturally important fungi
Continue hands-on inoculation and set up outdoor mushroom growing area
Using fungi for food, medicine, education, and therapy
Workshop evaluation and Q&A... See MoreSee Less

WV Forest Farming Expo

May 16, 8:00am - May 17, 1:00pm

926 5th Ave, Marlinton, WV 24954-1209, United States Map

Workshops, vendors, forest farm tour, and keynote address by Margaret Bloomquist, research associate at NC State University.

***$20 Early Bird Registration INCLUDES all sessions, Saturday lunch and dinner, Sunday lunch. Price increases after April 1. Contact us for scholarship information and student/veteran discounts***

Saturday @ the Wellness Center in Marlinton
8:00-9:00 Registration, Coffee, Tea, and Snacks
9:00-9:25 Welcome and Introductions
9:30-10:20 Made in the Shade --Forest Farming 101 with Tanner Filyaw Non-Timber Forest Products Program Manager at Rural Action
10:25- 11:15 Concurrent Sessions
Same Plant, More Money-- Forest Grown Verified with John Stock of United Plant Savers
Woods Medicine Traditions Afrolachian Traditions of Herbs, Heritage Plants, and Cooking with Ruby Daniels of Sprouting Farms and owner of Creasy Jane Herbs.
11:30 – 12: 20 Concurrent Sessions
Mycelial Investment and Fungus Funds --Spawn additional income by adding mushrooms to your forest farming mix. Lacy Davidson Ferguson, Business Development Division - WVDA, and Co-owner of Elmcrest Farm in Wayne, WV.
Tree Saps on the Rise in WV --Tap into emerging opportunities for maple producers and other tree sap products. Luke Taylor-Ide of Future Generations University, WV Maple Producers Association.
12:20 Vendors, Tabling, Lunch (included with registration)
1:15-2:00 Non-Timber Forest Product Policy Round Table with WV Food and Farm Coalition
2:05-2:50 I’m Too Sexy for this Dirt -- Dig up and cash in...Post-Harvest Handling to Sale with Katie Commender, Agroforestry Program Director at Appalachian Sustainable Development
2:55-3:45 Go Forth and Multiply --Propagation techniques--amplify your planting stock to increase yields. Margaret Bloomquist, Research Associate at North Carolina State University
4:00-5:00 Shady Enterprises -- Running a Small Forest Farming Business with Ed and Carole Daniels of Shady Grove Botanicals.
6:00 Dinner (Included with registration)
6:45 Keynote Speaker, Margaret Bloomquist, Research Associate NCSU

Sunday @ the Yew Mountain Center near Hillsboro
9:00-12:00 Field trip to the Yew Mountain Center. Tour the forest farming operation.
12:00 Lunch at the Yew Mountain Center (included in registration)... See MoreSee Less