Article by Neith Little, UMD Extension Agent, Urban Agriculture, Baltimore City
Dec 4, 2018. Updated 12/19/2019
Photo taken by Neith Little at Real Food Farm, Baltimore, MD
Edible mushrooms can be cultivated outdoors on inoculated logs, or indoors on a substrate such as sawdust or grain. Outdoor production is popular with hobbyists and farmers who have small woodlots. Indoor production is more common among mushroom producers who specialize in growing mushrooms for sale and is particularly well-suited for urban agriculture that attempts to produce food indoors in underutilized buildings. For all mushroom production methods, success depends on careful attention to sterile procedures and inoculation methods.
Here are some great resources to start with to learn morea bout commercial mushroom production:
Links
[1] https://extension.umd.edu/woodland/your-woodland/resources
[2] https://extension.umd.edu/sites/extension.umd.edu/files/_docs/programs/woodland-steward/RES_11Shiitake.pdf
[3] http://blogs.cornell.edu/mushrooms/
[4] https://extension.psu.edu/forage-and-food-crops/mushrooms
[5] https://www.sare.org/
[6] https://fungially.com/how-to-grow-mushrooms/
[7] https://extension.umd.edu/tags/urban-ag
[8] https://extension.umd.edu/tags/urban-agriculture
[9] https://extension.umd.edu/tags/urban-farming
[10] https://extension.umd.edu/tags/urban-farms
[11] https://extension.umd.edu/tags/mushrooms
[12] https://extension.umd.edu/tags/fungiculture
[13] https://extension.umd.edu/tags/specialty-crops
[14] https://extension.umd.edu/urbanag