Mushroom CultivationMulti-day intensive

Mushroom Cultivation Intensive

De Marke Demonstration Farm · Lochem, Netherlands

Ten days turning farm waste into harvests of gourmet and medicinal mushrooms on a regenerative demonstration farm.

Inoculate logs, straw, and waste substratesBuild a low-tech lab and fruiting roomHarvest oyster, shiitake, and lion's mane

What you'll learn

Run the full cultivation cycle independently
Work cleanly with spawn and substrate
Set up a small commercial or home grow

What the land gains

A working mushroom yard established from farm waste
A reusable low-tech lab and fruiting room built

The host site

De Marke Demonstration Farm

A 45-hectare regenerative demonstration site

A working demonstration farm showing what regenerative agriculture can do at scale: food forests, edible landscapes, and a campground where visitors learn by walking the fields. There's always a trial, a harvest, or a build underway.

Your teacher

Mateo Rossi

Mycologist & gourmet mushroom grower

4.8 · 41 reviews · 7 yrs teaching