by Spark Admin | Apr 28, 2016 | Alumni, Mushrooms, Village Life
How can it be that you know and love something so intimately but not have the appropriate words to describe it? I guess it’s much like the way I view my wife. With so much love, I can’t begin to describe my true emotions because I cannot accurately describe my...
by Kayla Stikeleather | Feb 2, 2014 | Academics, Alumni, Gardening, Mushrooms, Nutrition, Permaculture, Sustainable Agriculture
When I began researching mushrooms, it was purely for the purpose of eating them. I was blown away by the role that fungi can and does play in the world outside of human consumption. Fungi play an important role in the health and well being of many different...
by Kayla Stikeleather | Jan 29, 2014 | Alumni, How To, Mushrooms, Nutrition, Permaculture, Recipe, Student, Uncategorized
Here is a recipe that I have developed for cooking mushrooms using some Asian flavors. This recipe is best with shiitake mushrooms but could be used for almost any type of mushroom including button and portabella mushrooms. Shiitake mushrooms that Erik grew on...
by Kayla Stikeleather | 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 Kayla Stikeleather | 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 Kayla Stikeleather | 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...
