Check out our upcoming workshops! Workshops will be posted below as they are confirmed. Please register in advance for all workshops.
Suggested donation levels are listed below. No one turned away for lack of funds. Our workshops are donation-based and support the farm. Please give at the suggested level or higher if you are able.
Upcoming Workshops
Fungi on the Farm
Sunday, December 21, 2025
10 am to 12 pm at Alemany Farm
Instructor: J.R. Blair
Suggested Donation: $25 per person; no one turned away for lack of funds
Register in advance with link below.
Join J.R. Blair for a fungal exploration of Alemany Farm. We will seek out mushrooms and other kinds of visible manifestations of fungi, such as rusts and lichens. This will serve as an introduction to the life cycles of these fascinating organisms. In addition, we will discuss the various ecological roles that fungi play in the environment, particularly as they apply to the Farm.
J.R. Blair received his Bachelor’s degree at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington and his Master’s degree at San Francisco State University in 1999 studying with the accomplished mycologist, Dr. Dennis Desjardin. His thesis was “Fungi Associated with Arctostaphylos in Northern California.” Since that time he has been an active member of the Mycological Society of San Francisco. He served a two-year term as President and was their Fungus Fair chairperson for five years. He has taught mushroom identification workshops for mycological societies and outdoor education programs for many years. He was a lecturer of biology at SFSU for 21 years and the director of the University’s Sierra Nevada Field Campus for 12 years until his retirement in December 2022.