The Falaha Center was invited by Jennifer Boylan (Teacher, English and Gastronomy at HS Math, Science and Engineering at CCNY; www.foodconsidered.com) to teach her Gastronomy students about mushroom cultivation. A slide presentation covered our spiritual connection to the forest, forest farming in general, fungi, edible mushrooms, and shiitake farming. Students perused relavant books, tasted a shiitake tapenade, and received the gift of a shiitake log for them to try fruiting.

Instructor: Aysha Venjara