by admin | Jan 26, 2014 | Appropriate Technology, Community, Mission, Mushrooms, Nutrition, Student, Sustainable Agriculture, Village Life
Although collecting mushrooms has been a part of everyday life in many cultures for thousands of years, growing mushrooms is a relatively new practice and there is still a lot that is unknown about mushrooms. Mushroom cultivation has the potential to be an important...
by admin | Jan 23, 2014 | Appropriate Technology, Gardening, How To, Mushrooms, Student, Uncategorized, Village Life
Most of the mushroom cultivation that I read about was being done in a high-tech way in sterile labs with petri dishes and expensive pasteurization equipment. I was interested in growing mushrooms as a food source in developing countries where this type of production...
by admin | Jan 20, 2014 | Mushrooms, Student, Uncategorized
One of the most valuable experiences I had at h.e.a.r.t. was the student project. Each student is given a budget, time and resources to learn about a particular topic of interest in doing development work. I chose growing mushrooms because it was something that I knew...
by admin | Jan 17, 2014 | Uncategorized
One of the main things you learn in cross-cultural classes is that cultures are all different and we should refer to them as different, not wrong. Those of us who have responded to that calling of cross-cultural ministry always pride ourselves on recognizing this...
by admin | Jan 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
An informative video segment on harvesting, processing and cooking green papaya AS A VEGETABLE!