Regions: Gwich'in Settlement Area
Tags: social sciences, agriculture, market food, mushroom, food source
Principal Investigator: | Katz, Sharon (9) |
Licence Number: | 14031 |
Organization: | Aurora Research Institute |
Licensed Year(s): |
2006
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Issued: | Jul 12, 2006 |
Project Description: The objective of the project is to create a fresh, nutritious, cheap food source to supplement the northern diet, and to increase awareness of healthy diet. In the future the hope is to extend this project to create a cottage industry employing local people. The project will involve composting straw, and manure or synthetic compost. The compost is wetted and aired, nitrogen supplements and gypsum are added, and mixed. The compost is finished, involving pasteurization and ammonia removal. Spawning the mushrooms will use commercially available spawns. A top-dressing (casing) is applied to the spawn-run compost on which the mushrooms eventually form. Peat moss with ground limestone as a casing may be used with negligible impact on peat moss growth. Limestone (Dolomite) is available from Campbell Lake. Hot water from the power station generators (60-65 ºC) will be used to heat up the mushroom growing room. A presenta... Show more