2018 Fair Speakers

We had a great lineup of speakers for the 2018 Fair. For the list of talks, check out the 2018 Speaker Schedule.

Talks:

Sunday: Mushrooms of Mexico

Alan Rockefeller

Researcher and Photographer

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Saturday: Growing Oysters on Toilet Paper Rolls: A Beginning Cultivators's Workshop

Cass Fuentes

Biologist, former FFSC Minister of Local Forays

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Friday: Tips and Techniques for Cooking With Mushrooms

Chef Bob Wynn

FFSC Minister of Culinary and Sustenance

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Saturday: Cooking Demonstration and Wine Pairing

Chef John Paul Lechtenberg

Executive Chef at Hollins House in Santa Cruz

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Sunday: Cooking Demonstration

Chef Wall

Heartical Foods, Santa Cruz

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Saturday: The value of old growth forest in fungal conservation
Sunday: Tales From The Cryptograms: Alternative Lifestyles In The Kingdom of Fungi

Christian Schwarz

Research Associate | UCSC

Talks:

Saturday: Local Edible Wild Mushroom Basics
Sunday: The Mushrooms of Los Trancos, A Local Open Space Area

Douglas Smith

Photographer, Educator, and FFSC Science Advisor

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Saturday: Mushroom Medicine: Science and controversies of mushroom products
Sunday: Medicinal Mushrooms - Properties and diversity of cooked mushrooms for health

Dr. Christopher Hobbs, Ph.D., L.Ac

Faculty, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

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Saturday: Cooking Demonstration and Wine Pairing

Frank Virgil

De Vincenzi Cellars

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Friday: Mushroom Toxicity (Friday)
Saturday: Mushroom Toxicity (Saturday)

Henry Young

FFSC Science Advisor, Foray & ID Specialist, Willamette Valley Mushroom Society

Talks:

Saturday: The value of old growth forest in fungal conservation
Monday: Common Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of California

Noah Siegel

Speaker, Author, Mycologist

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Friday: An Introduction to Mushroom Identification

Phil Carpenter

FFSC Science Advisor, NAMA Representative, and past CEO

Talks:

Friday: Gaps are good: fungi and forest dynamics in Nothern Californa
Saturday: The value of old growth forest in fungal conservation
Monday: Fungi as food and drink: ethnomycology of tropical indigenous peoples

Professor Terry Henkel

Humboldt State University

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Friday: Black Gold - A discussion of tast of the world's most prized mushroom

Todd Spanier

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Sunday: An Introduction to Mushroom Cultivation

Vellany Pierce

FFSC Prime Minister