Spring Lecture Series: Lecture #3 ~ Tina Ellor "The Nutritional Magic of Mushrooms"
Schedule
Thu May 09 2024 at 07:00 pm
Location
Chadds Ford Historical Society | Chadds Ford, PA
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2024 Lecture Series"The Lasting Influence of Early Culinary & Wellness Practices"
Our popular lecture series continues with a focus on a variety of early food-related practices in the Brandywine Valley. Beginning in February, three experienced lecturers will delve into three diverse topics, using photographs and words, to explain the rarely explored but lasting influences of early culinary and wellness practices. Each lecturer will bring their personal history to topics ranging from discovering the medicinal qualities of certain foods; the development of “mushrooms as food”; and the restoration of an authentic colonial kitchen.
So come out and meet fellow attendees and learn something new about our historic Chester County!
Lecture #3:
THE NUTRITIONAL MAGIC OF MUSHROOMS
'The connection between mushrooms and their healing properties'
May 9th at 7pm
Tina Ellor
Tina Ellor was born and raised in very rural Dummerston, Vermont where the landscape was often fairly bleak. Wild mushrooms provided color and interest during the spring and fall and she developed a lifelong interest in and passion for mushrooms. Her very tolerant parents allowed her to grow mold gardens on old food in the basement and instead of having her committed, nurtured her odd interests. She earned a BS in Biology from California State College Stanislaus where her undergraduate project was growing oyster mushrooms on rice straw in the Central Valley of California and MS from the University of Maine with research on growing oyster mushrooms on paper mill sludge from a magnesium sulfate mill in Millinocket, Maine. She was recruited into the mushroom industry by a mushroom farm from Grad School in the 1980’s and has been infesting it ever since. She is currently Mycologist/Technical Director at Phillips Mushroom Farms in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania which means that technically she does whatever she is directed. She is past President of the Board of Directors of Pennsylvania Certified Organic, served on the Organic Materials Review Institute BOD, and has served on USDA Federal Advisory Committees including the National Organic Standards Board and the Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee. She frequently gives talks on various aspects of mushrooms including cultivation, medicinal and nutritional qualities, history, and organic certification to classes at all levels (elementary through college), garden clubs, mycological associations and anyone who will listen really, and attends wild mushroom forays when she is able.
Lecture Hours:
7pm - 8:30pm
Location:
Barn Visitors Center
1736 Creek Road
Chadds Ford, PA 19317
Tickets: Admission is $10 per person at the door; CFHS members are free. You can pay at the door or buy tickets before the event. For pre-sale tickets, please call the office at 610-388-7376 or email Sandi Johnson at [email protected].
Coffee, tea and light desserts will be served.
Parking: The Visitors Center parking lot is behind the building. Enter at the front door by Creek Road.
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Where is it happening?
Chadds Ford Historical Society, Chads John House, Creek Rd, Chadds Ford, PA 19317, United States,Chadds Ford, PennsylvaniaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
