Growing Mushrooms at Kennesaw

摘要

The Culinary and Hospitality Services department at Kennesaw State University, in Georgia, which operates its own on-campus farm, has begun growing shiitake mushrooms on the farm for use in the university's foodservice and catering programs. Assistant Farm Manager Mike Blackwell explained the very simple process: "After letting the logs sit for a few weeks to make sure there are no fungicides left, you inoculate the logs [drilling holes and injecting spores into the holes using oak dowels] and wait." It takes several months for the spores to take hold, but once they do, the mushrooms sprout rather quickly. Biackwell says that usually within two or three days the mushrooms are large enough to be harvested and used in recipes.