FOR-89: Resources for Shiitake Growers - University of Kentucky

Boxes
• You will need 3 lb-, 5 lb-, and 10-lb ventilated corrugated
cardboard boxes.
• For Kraft box/container companies in your county or
in your area, check the Yellow Pages, or contact your
county Extension agent.
• Many growers prefer a white surface rather than the
Kraft brown.
• Cooperate with the Kentucky Shiitake Growers Association
or with other local growers for volume orders.
• Leave space for the “Kentucky Shiitake” logo (if you
are a member of the association) and for your own farm
logo.
Shiitake Books
Bratkovich, Janet. 1987. Shiitake Sampler (recipes). 1366
Savageville Road, Jackson, OH 45640. 50 pages. $7.00.
Jones, Kenneth. 1995. Shiitake, the Healing Mushroom.
Healing Arts Press, One Park Street, Rochester, VT
05767. 120 pages. $8.95.
Kozak, M. and J. Krawczyk. 1989. Growing Shiitake Mushrooms
in a Continental Climate. Field & Forest Products
Inc., N3296 Kozuzek Road, Peshtigo, WI 54157. 45 pages.
$8.00.
Przybylowicz, Paul and John Donoghue. 1988. Shiitake
Growers Handbook. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company,
Dubuque, IA 52001. 217 pages. $23.00.
Sabota, C. et al., editors. 1993. Proceedings of the National
Shiitake Mushroom Symposium, November 1-3, 1993,
Huntsville, AL. Alabama Cooperative Extension Service,
Alabama A&M University. P.O. Box 967, Normal, AL
35762-0967. 224 pages. $10.00.
Sabota, C. et al., editors. 1997. Proceedings of the Second
National Shiitake Mushroom Symposium, October 6-8, 1997,
Huntsville, AL. Alabama Cooperative Extension Service,
Alabama A&M University, Normal, AL 35762-0967. 146
pages. $25.00.
Snyder, Jennifer. 1993. The Shiitake Way: Vegetarian Cooking
with Shiitake Mushrooms. The Book Publishing Company,
Summertown, TN 38483. 128 pages. $7.95.
Stamets, Paul. 1993. Growing Gourmet and Medicinal
Mushrooms. Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, CA. 552 pages.
$25.00.
University of Minnesota. 1989. Shiitake Mushrooms: The
Proceedings of a National Symposium and Trade Show, May
3-5, 1989, St. Paul, MN. University of Minnesota, Center
for Alternative Plant and Animal Products, College
of Natural Resources, St. Paul, MN. 217 pages. $20.00.
Shiitake Articles, Sources of Information
Madison’s Ridgeview Farm Inc. (Shrooms in the Shade)
2760 Poplar Ridge Rd., West Union, OH
Phone: 937-544-4194
Has a medium-sized shiitake business. Good contact
for those interested in wholesale enterprise. Buys
mushrooms at wholesale prices.
The American Mushroom Institute
907 East Baltimore Pike, Kennett Square, PA 19348
Publishes Mushroom News and Mushroom News Flash
on a monthly basis for their members. Associate memberships
are $300 per year, and grower memberships
start at $350 per year.
Successful Farming Magazine
1716 Locust Street, Des Moines, IA 50309-3023
Has published two articles on shiitake in its ADAPT
series. One describes the initial experience of the
Geode RC&Ds shiitake project. The second shares
the experience of a Virginia shiitake farm. Copies of
these articles can be obtained from Betsy Freese at
Successful Farming (ADAPT).
Shiitake News
Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center
Rt. 2, Box 156A, Lanesboro, MN 55949
Phone: 507-467-2437
Nonprofit organization that publishes Shiitake News
three times a year. The 16-page newsletter costs $25
for an initial subscription that also includes three back
issues. Renewals are $15 per year.
The Mushroom Growers’ Newsletter
P.O. Box 5065, Klamath Falls, OR 97601
The newsletter is published monthly and includes production
and marketing information (including prices)
on other cultivated mushrooms as well as shiitake in
its eight pages. The current issue is $3.50, back issues
are $3 each, and subscriptions are $24 per year.
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