Center for Sustainable Agriculture
Research Project:
Shiitakes as a Farm/Forest Enterprise
Forest farming of shiitake mushrooms can be a great on-farm enterprise for farmers with wooded land. It's an agroforestry practice that increases crop diversity while providing diversified income for farmers and other forest owners. Shiitake mushrooms are grown on fresh-cut pole-sized logs which may be obtained from thinning as part of sustainable forest management. They begin producing mushrooms after one year and continue producing for up to 5 years.
As part of a three-year project, three farmer advisers who are mushroom growers, UVM Center for Sustainable Agriculture, and Cornell University's Arnot Forest are leading education and research activities. The project was made possible through a grant from USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE).
Principal Investigator
Kenneth Mudge
Associate Professor
Department of Horticulture
Cornell University
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Coordinators:
Bridgett Jamison, University of Vermont
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Kenneth Mudge, Cornell University
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Research Team
Steve Gabriel, Work With Nature Ecological Design Solutions
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Nickolas Laskovski, Dana Forest Farm
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Allen Matthews, Chatham University
(formerly with UVM Center for Sustainable Agriculture)
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Kenneth Mudge, Cornell University
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Steve & Julie Rockcastle, Green Heron Growers
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Steve Sierigk, Hawk Meadow Farm
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Marilyn Wyman, Agroforestry Resource Center, Cornell Cooperative Extension
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Research Project Dates
Funder
Contact
Ben Waterman at 802-656-9142 or ben.waterman@uvm.edu.
Last modified May 10 2013 10:40 AM