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Certification Program
Agency: Agriculture and Rural Development
Cost for the training, which includes lunch, is $175 per person for those who wish to be certified. Farmers,
farmers market managers, chefs, restaurant owners, purchasing agents for grocers, and others who may
have interest in attending a workshop but not necessarily in obtaining certification, may attend for the
reduced rate of $85. Registration is available online atwww.midwestmycology.org. Registration for each
session closes at midnight on the Sunday prior to the training session.
Training dates and locations:
Saturday, April 18, 2015, 9 am 5 pm Constitution Hall 525 W. Allegan Street, Lansing
Saturday, April 25, 2015, 9 am 5 pm Northwest Michigan Horticulture Research Center, 6686 S. Center
Highway, Traverse City
Saturday, May 2, 2015, 9 am 5 pm Marquette Food Co-op, 502 W. Washington Street, Marquette
Michigan mushroom foragers are excited about the development of a program that will pave the way for
them to legally harvest and broker wild foraged mushrooms. Jim Moses and his wife, Linda Grigg,
foragers from Maple City, with more than five decades of mushrooming experience are pleased to see
Michigan offer the new training program. "We are thankful for the partnership with MDARD to help provide
an open, accessible program to approve foragers to sell wild mushrooms," said Jim Moses.
For more information, contact Chris Wright from Midwest American Mycological Information,
at chris@midwestmycology.org, or visit www.midwestmycology.org.
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