Your Southeast Pinal County Master Gardeners are pleased to invite you to our Community Education Presentation on Wednesday, May 7, at 1 p.m. at SaddleBrooke Ranch Sol Ballroom, 31143 S. Amenity Drive, Oracle, AZ 85623. The topic this month is “Make Room for the ‘Shroom!, Farm-to-Table Mushroom Cultivation & Propagation.”
Mushrooms bring a savory flavor and meaty texture to meals without adding much fat, calories, or sodium. Research continues to uncover how mushrooms can ward off chronic disease and improve your everyday health. Coupled with the farm-to-table movement that emphasizes the use of locally sourced ingredients through direct acquisition from the producer, products are fresher, more nutritious, and more sustainable.
Our speaker Eric Harmon, a local owner and operator of Fungus UmungUs, a gourmet mushroom company in Oracle, will be here to show us how mushrooms are cultivated and how to use them in our everyday life. Eric is a retired educator and worked in Northern Arizona for more than 16 years. His mushrooms can be found at the Oracle Patio Café, in the market, and in use on the menu, as well as the Oracle Farmers Market on Wednesdays, the SaddleBrooke Ranch Farmers Market on Thursday mornings, and the SaddleBrooke Farmers Market on Friday mornings.
“I cannot think of a more versatile food than the mushroom.” —Julia Child
We hope you can join us!