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Mississippi Natural Products Association

Mississippi Natural Products Association. Profiting From Weeds. Converting Waste or Underutilized Biomass into Profits for Farmers. Joe Buzhardt Program Director / Research Scientist Specialty Mushroom Program Mississippi Small Farm Development Center At Alcorn State University.

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Mississippi Natural Products Association

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  1. Mississippi Natural Products Association Profiting From Weeds Converting Waste or Underutilized Biomass into Profits for Farmers Joe Buzhardt Program Director / Research Scientist Specialty Mushroom Program Mississippi Small Farm Development Center At Alcorn State University

  2. A Farmers Cooperative • New Generation Value Added Cooperative Venture • Build a Natural Products Industry to Benefit Small Farm Development • Commercialize Technology from University Research • Mississippi Small Farm Development Center - ASU • Medicinal Plant Garden - UM

  3. Using a Southeastern “Weed”as aProfitable Biomass Specialty Mushrooms

  4. Did You Know That… • Europeans eat 9 pounds • Americans eat less than half that much The Leading Vegetables in Terms of Farm Cash Receipts are • Potatoes, Tomatoes, Lettuce and… Mushrooms AnnualPer Capita Mushroom Consumption is

  5. 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

  6. Two Production Methods

  7. Growing Shiitake Outside – Seasonal Or Forced Fruiting

  8. Inoculation

  9. Production Yard

  10. Mycelium Growing Inside Log

  11. The Crop

  12. Sawdust Substrate Production – Growing Room Only • Convert • Barn • Shed • Greenhouse • Build • Growing Room

  13. Growing Room Layout Using Sawdust Substrate To Produce Mushrooms

  14. Modular Growing Room

  15. Making Sawdust Substrate Blocks Produced by the MNPA

  16. Converting SawdustInto Mushrooms

  17. Mixing The Substrate Ribbon Mixer

  18. Substrate Sterilization Steam

  19. Substrate Inoculation Clean Room

  20. Substrate Incubation Curing

  21. Induction

  22. Growing Room-MNPA and Farmers

  23. Spent Blocks Converted to Mulch

  24. 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

  25. 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: joebuz@netdoor.com

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