Hi everyone,
NWAEG at Cornell is pleased to announce this upcoming event co-sponsored
with the Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology and The
Cornell Mushroom Club.
If anyone is interested in meeting with Mr. Winkler during his visit
please contact Dr. Kathie Hodge [email protected].
Hope you can make it!
-Allison
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Cordyceps, matsutake and other treasures of Tibet: A mushrooming market
Daniel Winkler*
Wed March 10, 7PM
Plant Science Auditorium
233 Plant Science Bldg, Cornell University
reception to follow
The Tibetan people have a long history of harvesting wild mushrooms for
food and medicine. Since the 1990s a lucrative export market has
developed. For e.g., Cordyceps sinensis (the medicinal caterpillar
fungus) can fetch up to $12,000 per pound; annual Tibetan harvests are
now around 50 tons. The Japanese market for fresh wild mushrooms like
matsutakes has also become an important economic force in rural Tibet.
Impressive supply chains have developed around this new industry,
changing the outlook of rural communities, and presenting new
sustainability and conservation challenges associated with
overharvesting. Daniel will take us on an entertaining and
well-illustrated tour of Tibet, its mushrooms, and its culture, and
discuss economic and conservation impacts of the mushroom industry
there. Hope you can join us.
Host: Dr. Kathie Hodge <[email protected]> 607-255-5356
Daniel Winkler is an international expert on the growth of Tibet's wild
mushroom harvest and its impacts on rural development. He also leads
annual mushroom tours of Tibet. Find out more at his website,
www.mushroaming.com
This event is free and open to the public. Cosponsored by the Department
of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, The Cornell Mushroom Club,
New World Agriculture and Ecology Group at Cornell, funded in part by
the GPSAFC
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