Mushrooms have been used as medicine for millennia. Western science is catching up with the wealth of ancestral knowledge around the health benefits of certain mushrooms.
Take your health into your own hands.
Learn about the medicinal properties of six key mushroom species, how to extract them and include them in your diet.
What you get:
Access to Chris Parker’s 30 years of experience growing and working with mushrooms.
Learn about the medicinal properties of six key mushrooms from both western science and ancestral knowledge.
Understand which habits these mushrooms favor in the Southern Appalachians.
Learn which parts of each mushroom species contain which specific medicinal properties.
Observe water, alcohol and double extraction techniques.
Food is medicine. Learn how to incorporate mushrooms easily into your diet in ways that maximize their medicinal qualities
Decades of Experience 
Chris Parker has been growing various kinds of mushrooms for 30 years. He created the Southeast’s premier resource for mushroom cultivation supplies - Asheville Fungi. 
Chris is also deeply experienced in permaculture, organic gardening, regenerative agriculture and herbal medicine.  He has gained all this knowledge from his ancestors, local teachers and through his own study.
During this one-day masterclass Chris combines practical demonstrations, hands-on experiential learning, presentations and is available to answer questions about your specific growing situation. 
Topics Covered
Medicinal Properties of Six Species 
>>Take a deep dive into the following mushroom species:
Reishi
Lion’s Main
Turkey Tail
Cordyceps
Chaga
Shiitake
>>Where to find them
Get an ecosystems view of where each of these species like to live in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. This will help you be more easily be able to find and identify them in the wild so you can forage them for medicine making
>>Medicine Making Equipment
You will get a comprehensive list of the equipment you will need to make medicines from mushrooms so you can get started with confidence.
>>Extraction Process
Through live demonstration and hands-on learning experiences you will learn which medicinal properties are best extracted with water and which with alcohol and when to use a double extraction process.  
>>Food is Medicine
The medicinal properties of mushrooms can also be consumed in food. In this section you will learn how to grow out mycelium on grain and use it in soups, teas, and powders. 
Information Source: The Forest Farmacy | eventbrite

Geelong

Australia

Marshall

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