Cultivate Your Plate: Mushroom School
with Aaron Johnson of Joygrow Mushrooms
Register here. $10 per person.
From dietary health benefits, homeopathic uses, or replacing the rising cost of meat, mushrooms are now one of the most popular produce items on the market. Join us in learning how to properly prepare mushrooms and why they are the new food trend. Farmer Aaron Johnson of Joygrow will demonstrate his favorite method of cooking and share all his mushroom knowledge. Snacks and refreshments provided! Mushrooms available for purchase!
100% of your class fee directly supports local farmers! Our fees go towards purchasing local food for our classes and paying our educators for their time. We also use a percentage of any donations beyond our class fees to buy food from local farms and donate it to food access points around Des Moines. Register & Donate here!
Thank you so much to our event sponsors: Oak Park, Rooted Yoga & Fitness, Little Village Magazine, Casey’s and Big Grove Brewery!
Contact us with any questions you have! Admin@cultivatefoodconnections.org
About Joygrow: “Joygrow is located in the heart of Iowa (Cambridge) we pride ourselves in producing the finest quality of mushrooms you can find locally! Joygrow is a family business established in 2015 with the desire to make a difference in our food culture. My primary goal when I started this endeavor was to find fulfilling work that I could support my family with while making a positive change in the world. "Sharing joy growing healthy food to grow healthy people." is our mission making it easy to get wrapped up in our customers excitement for nutritious fun food. Growing new and loved favorites we also hope our excitement shows in our offerings of fresh, local gourmet mushrooms and mushroom related goodies. We have ready to fruit kits with full instructions for you mushroom pioneers as well!”
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PLEASE NOTE: Space is limited. If your plans change after registering and you can no longer attend, please let us know so that we can open your seat for someone on our waiting list.