Name: Oyster Mushroom Production
Start: 2025-07-12T10:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-10-04T12:00:00-05:00
Location: South Chicago Farm

Oyster mushrooms produce quickly, require few resources, can be grown in easily accessible materials and don’t take up mushroom on the farm!
About this Event

This growing season, we will offer a monthly series of workshops at our South Chicago Farm to support the development of local aspiring growers. A ticket for the workshop is $100; we. are offering a reduced cost ticket of $25 in exchange for 3 workshare hours at our South Chicago farm. Workshare hours need to be completed a week in advance of the workshop date in order for the reduced cost to be honored. If they are not completed, the ticket holder will be charged the additional $75 upon arrival to the workshop. Each workshop includes:

Introduction
Demo
Hands-on Time
Handout
Free Tour Voucher

Oyster Mushroom Production: Oyster mushrooms produce quickly, require few resources, can be grown in easily accessible materials and don’t take up mushroom on the farm! In this workshop we’ll cover our fun-guide to diversifying your farm production throughout the year by incorporating mushroom into your crop plan. You’ll leave with the hands-on experience and knowledge to start growing your own oyster mushrooms. Additional materials will be available for purchase if you would like to take home your own mushroom bucket.