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 ExtensionYolanda Gonzalez
516-305-0358
email Yolanda Gonzalez
Log Inoculation Party
April 28, 2024
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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