🍄 FREE PUBLIC COURSE – Grow Where You Are: Mushroom Cultivation for Resilience ATL R.O.O.T.S. application portal
About Course
📘 Program Overview: Grow Where You Are: Mushroom Cultivation for Resilience is an 8-week hybrid course designed to empower first-time growers and small-space cultivators with the knowledge and skills to grow edible mushrooms at home. This program emphasizes food justice, economic opportunity, and health through accessible, safe, and sustainable practices.
This course is free and open to the public, welcoming aspiring growers in ANY location who want to explore urban mushroom cultivation. While all participants may access online content, only qualified applicants selected through a community raffle will receive physical starter kits and participate in two live events.
🏛️ Live Event Venue:
In recognition of National Fruit and Vegetables Month, both the live kickoff and closing celebration will be hosted at Hillside International Truth Center, 2450 Cascade Rd, Atlanta, GA 30311 in collaboration with Conscious Connection, LLC and LC Career Center, LLC.
- (LIVE) Kickoff Event: Saturday, June 22, 2025 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM (raffle)
- Closing Celebration: Saturday, October 26, 2025 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
✅ Key Details:
8-week online course (biweekly lessons) – FREE COURSE OPEN TO PUBLIC.
- 2 Live Sessions (Kickoff + Final Showcase at Hillside)
- 8 Interactive Online Modules (hosted on LC Career Center’s LMS)
- Gardening kits and learning materials provided to selected raffle winners
- MUST REGISTER BELOW FOR ONLINE LEARNING PORTAL ACCESS
Grow Where You Are: Mushroom Cultivation
🎓 Welcome to Your Free Course!
Step 1: Complete Registration to Learning Portal
Your free learning journey begins on June 24th!
To unlock online learner portal access, please complete this brief step to register.
📌 Why Is Registration Required?
To ensure every participant receives full access and support, registration is required before beginning your course.
Completing this page allows us to:
✅ Verify your enrollment
✅ Provide direct access to all materials and lessons
✅ Send important updates, links, and your completion certificate
🌱 About the Courses
You may register for one or both of our free, grant-funded community learning programs click links:
- Grow Where You Are: Mushroom Cultivation
- ATL (proper) Residents click HERE TO REGISTER FOR 6/22/25 RAFFLE
- Must also register for online course below
- Both courses begin the week of June 24th and support food sustainability, urban agriculture, and workforce empowerment.
📋 What To Do Now
- Read this page carefully
- Use the form below to register and claim your spot
- Choose your course(s)
- Check your email or dashboard for confirmation
- Course access opens on June 24th
🔐 Safe & Secure Registration
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🍄 Grow Where You Are: Mushroom Cultivation for Resilience ATL R.O.O.T.S. Grant-Funded Program Offered by LC Career Center, LLC in partnership with Conscious Connection, LLC
CLICK HERE -> MUSHROOM GROW WORKBOOK
***Registered Learners can click here to access your course(s) through the:
From there, you’ll find your Vegetable or Mushroom Track, all course materials, and your progress tracker.
Bookmark the link and log in regularly to stay on track!
Course Content
🌱 Module 1: Getting Started with Growing — Foundations for Success Orientation & Garden Planning
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🔹 Module 2: Foundations of Food Sovereignty
🔹 Module 3: Mushroom Biology & Mycelium Networks
🔹 Module 4: Inoculation & Substrate Prep
🔹 Module 5: Fruiting & Harvesting
🔹 Module 6: 🌾– Harvesting & Storage
🔹 Module 7: 🌾– Wellness, Business, & Use Cases
🔹 Lesson 8: 🎉 Reflection & Celebration
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