DATE:     12/01/98
CONTACT:  Walker Miller, (864) 656-5732
WRITER:   Tom Lollis, (803) 284-3343

Mushroom Growers
Will Meet Dec. 6

     CLEMSON -- Members of the Carolina Exotic Mushroom
Association (CEMA) will meet Dec. 6 in Saluda County.
     "Growers will discuss growing techniques and see
demonstrations on how to inoculate logs and other growing media,"
said Walker Miller, Clemson Extension Service plant pathologist
and adviser for the CEMA.
     They will also hear Bill Norman, director of the
Recreational Travel and Tourism Institute at Clemson University.
     "He will talk about mushroom growing and selling as a
recreational way to produce farm-fresh food that is superior in
quality to that found in the chain store," said Miller. "He'll
explain how mushroom growers can organize into groups to host
visitors to the farm while combining education with a
recreational experience."
     The Sunday meeting will be from 2 to 5 p.m. at the home of
CEMA member Jenny Sample. Cost for the meeting will be $5. Family
memberships will cost $15.
     Contact Mary Anne Johnson at (803) 957-7556 or Jenny Sample
at (864) 445-9582 to let organizers know you plan to attend. Call
the Samples resident for directions to the home.
     "This will help us plan the meal," said Miller.
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