Field Day: Cultivating Resilence

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Join us for a Field Day at Third Great Farm
Cultivating Resilience: Sustainable Outdoor Reishi Production
📍 Pecatonica, IL | 🗓 Saturday, May 31st | ⏰ 10 AM – 2 PM
Learn how we're growing Reishi mushrooms outdoors in sawdust substrates inside garden pots—a low-tech, sustainable method fit for small farms. This hands-on event includes:
🍄 Inoculation demo
📝 Project presentation
🚶‍♀️ Farm tour (mushrooms, high tunnels, livestock)
🥪 Lunch + Q&A
This is part of our SARE-funded research project (FNC25-1453) exploring alternatives to the plastic-heavy indoor model dominating mushroom production today.
We’ll also talk about:
✅ The future of farm-grown reishi & spore extracts
✅ Plastic waste in mushroom farming
✅ The power of sourcing locally over importing
✅ Low-input cultivation for resilient growers
📢 More details and RSVP link coming soon—stay tuned!
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