Learn to grow delicious and nutritious mushrooms at home!
In this hands-on course, you'll unlock the secrets of cultivating fresh, healthy food right in your own home.
You’ll learn about the lifecycle and cultivation schedule of mushrooms in general and for specific varieties like oyster mushrooms + how to fruit mushrooms with high yield using the North Spore Boom Room fruiting tent. Make your own oyster mushroom substrate with recycled materials, take a mushroom grow kit home, observe the life cycle, fruit mushrooms, and harvest.
Over a 2.5-hour in-person session, you'll gain the skills to:
Harvest half a pound of mushrooms per cycle with our versatile mushroom grow kit.
🌱 Whether you're looking to eat fresh, save money, or embrace a more healthy diy lifestyle, this course is designed to help you succeed—right from your own kitchen.
You can purchase tickets and select or change the dates of each session. Email orders@miohmyfarms.com to change your dates or for any questions
Your Teaching Farmers & Facilitators
Marc de Konkoly Thege is a founding member of Mi Oh My Farms, serving as its Education Steward and formerly as the first Farm Director. He is the primary author of Mi Oh My’s workshop curriculum, drawing from over eight years of experience as an urban farmer, applied mycologist, and urban agriculture systems designer. Marc has also worked in the community health and renewable energy industries.
A native New Yorker and Bronx resident since 2016, Marc is passionate about building community around food and fostering economic sovereignty. When not working on Mi Oh My Farms, you can find him biking, crate-digging for vinyl, creating art, or tending fires for sweat lodge prayers.
Alex Elias (MPA) is an Farmer Educator with 6 years of teaching experience and 2 years experience in Urban Agriculture. He is a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (Rwanda) and Fulbright Scholar (Brazil), in addition to being a 6th generation New Yorker by way of Atlanta, Georgia and Sacramento,California.
When he's not working, Alex is probably passing the time with his wife Pria and their extended family. Pria and Alex both plan to run the NYC marathon in 2025 and are fans of The Sopranos and Hey Arnold.