Event Details

Date

April 28, 2024

Time

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Location

Randall's Island Urban Farm
Wards Meadow Loop
New York, NY 10035

Host

CRAFT NYC and Cornell Cooperative Extension

Yolanda Gonzalez
516-305-0358


Log Inoculation Party

April 28, 2024

Log Inoculation Party

Join us for a log inoculation party and Community Mushroom Educator (CME) reunion at the Randall's Island Urban Farm with past and prospective CMEs. We will be inoculating local tree species with shiitake and oyster spawn as part of a larger research project with the Randall's Island Park Alliance Urban Farm and Cornell Cooperative Extension. 

After we finish inoculating the logs, we will end the day with a potluck. You are welcome to bring a mushroom dish to share!

FREE to attend. Reserve a spot!





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