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Mississippi Natural Products Association Profiting From Weeds Joe Buzhardt Program Director / Research Scientist Specialty Mushroom Program Mississippi Small Farm Development Center At Alcorn State University Converting Waste or Underutilized Biomass into Profits for Farmers
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Mississippi Natural Products Association
Profiting From Weeds
Joe Buzhardt
Program Director / Research Scientist
Specialty Mushroom Program
Mississippi Small Farm Development Center
At
Alcorn State University
Converting Waste or Underutilized Biomassinto
Profits for Farmers
A Farmers Cooperative
Cover Crops Profit CenterA dv iso ry B oa rd
Root Crops Profit CenterA dv iso ry B oa rd
Specialty M ushroom Profit CenterA dv iso ry B oa rd
M ississipp i N atura l P roducts AssociationF a rm e rs Coope ra tive B oa rd of D irec to rs
New Generation Value Added Cooperative Venture
Build a Natural Products Industry to Benefit Small Farm Development
Commercialize Technology from University Research
Medicinal Plant Garden - UM
Mississippi Small Farm Development Center - ASU
Specialty Mushrooms
Using a Southeastern “Weed”as a
Profitable Biomass
Did You Know That…
Europeans eat 9 pounds Americans eat less than half that much
Potatoes, Tomatoes, Lettuce and…
Mushrooms
The Leading Vegetables in Terms of Farm Cash Receipts are
Annual Per Capita Mushroom Consumption is
Shiitake, The World’sMost Popular Specialty Mushroom Growing demand for
specialty mushrooms in the United States
Total sales were $37.7 million in 2003
Shiitake mushroom is the most demanded
Oyster mushroom is next Others - Maitake, Enoki,
Lion’s Mane, Wood Ear and Reishi
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Shiitake
Oyster
Two Production Methods
Growing Shiitake Outside – Seasonal Or
Forced Fruiting
Inoculation
Production Yard
Mycelium Growing Inside Log
The Crop
Sawdust Substrate Production – Growing Room Only
Convert
•Barn
•Shed
•Greenhouse
Build
Growing Room
Growing Room Layout
Using Sawdust Substrate To Produce Mushrooms
Modular Growing Room
Making Sawdust Substrate Blocks
Produced by the MNPA
Converting SawdustInto Mushrooms
Mixing The Substrate
Ribbon Mixer
Substrate Sterilization
Steam
Substrate Inoculation
Clean Room
Substrate Incubation
Curing
Induction
Growing Room-MNPA and
Farmers
Spent Blocks Converted to Mulch
Maximizing Waste Biomass…To Produce Profits for Farmers
Joe Buzhardt
Program Director / Research Scientist
Specialty Mushroom Program
Mississippi Small Farm Development Center
At
Alcorn State University
Contact Information
Joe Buzhardt
Specialty Mushroom Program Director
Mississippi Small Farm Development Center
Research and Extension Complex, Suite 110A
Alcorn State University
Alcorn State, MS 39096-9402
Campus Phone: 601.877.6449
Farm Phone: 601.852.4217
Email: [email protected]
