Organic mushroom farm visit

Name: Organic mushroom farm visit
Start: 2016-09-10T13:30:00+08:00
End: 2016-09-10T16:00:00+08:00
Location: Eco Mushroom farm

Hosted By

Giles

Details

Dear Sustainability heroes,

You are warmly welcome to join us at this joint event Green Sustainable Living Hong Kong / Hong Kong Coffee Meetup / HKCCEA.org.

--Important note: To ensure you a slot, please makes sure you make a payment of 65 HKD by Saturday 10th September. Bank details will be added in the comment.

Let's find out how coffee grounds are diverted from landfill and used to grow delicious organic mushrooms !

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The eco mushroom farm is near Tai Po and is run by the NGO

Mushroom Initiative (http://ecomushrooms.org/)

. They use recycled coffee grounds, wood chips, food waste and tofu waste to make a substrate suitable to grow organic mushrooms. Once the mushrooms have been grown the substrate is used as fertilizer for the farm's vegetables.

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The Visit

We plan to go the 10th September 2016 between 1.30pm-4pm

Visitors to the site get a guided tour which lasts around 2-3 hours ;

• We kick off with some coffee to get us started !

• We have a 45 minute talk on mushrooms and how the mushrooms are grown.

• Then we do a hands on class to create the substrate suitable for growing the mushrooms.

• Then we tour of the farm which includes seeing where the mushrooms grow and seeing the vegetables that are also grown on the farm.

• We get to take a glass jar which contains 2 or 3 crops of mushrooms to be grown at home ( don't worry - instructions will be given :-)

The farm is also close to Kadoorie Farm (http://www.kfbg.org/) should you want to visit that before our event.

Our group must number between 20-30 people. They need confirmation of the event 3 weeks in advance so we will need paid signups over the next two weeks. The reason for this is that they have to cultivate the mushroom spores in advance so we can take some home. Sign up and we will contact you before the deadline for payment.

Also if you are interested in sustainability and coffee join our facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/hkccea/) group or check the website (http://scf.hk/) too !

Event Logistics

Payment - A payment of 65HKD to due by 10 of September. By bank transfer to HSBC / 128-724044-292.
Event Date - 10th September[masked]pm-4pm
Travel - The farm is in a village called Pak Ngau Shek close to Tai Po.

Directions from Tai Wo Mtr : You can reach the farm on the 25K mini bus and get off at the last stop. With the minibus stop in front of you turn to the left and walk down the hill for 1 min and across the bridge. Turn to your right and walk 2 mins and you will see the entrance to the farm.

Directions from Kam Sheung Road Mtr - you may take the 64k double decker and get off at the village stop on the main road ( Lam Kam Rd.) back up the hill for 2 mins and turn into the village. Turn left at the minibus stop and walk down the hill for 1 min and across the bridge. Turn to your right and walk 2 mins and you will see the entrance to the farm.

We will meet at the minibus stop in the village on the day at 1.30 pm to make it easier. Bring a jar to drink out of and to donate to the farm. Or just bring your own cup. Bring water as there is no shop. There are 'basic' toilets.