Repository of reference materials in support of the 2024 Fall Congress.

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Congress Program

Workshop Agenda

Event Page

Handouts

Monday, October 28 Morning

Truffle farming: the Mycelium Point of View (welcome keynote)- Jaime Olaizola

Slideshow Bringing Truffle Cheese to Market: Navigating Certification and Innovation in Dairy Production – Nikki Roof

PDF with Speaker’s Note of Bringing Truffle Cheese to Market: Navigating Certification and Innovation in Dairy Production – Nikki Roof

New Grower Experience

Key Considerations for First Steps in Starting an Orchard – Brian Upchurch, Carolina Truffière – Slides

Key Considerations for First Steps in Starting an Orchard – Handout

Important Factors to Consider with Orchard Planting and Maintenance – Fran Angerer – Slides (pdf)

A truffiere from Dream to Reality – Linnet Cartwright – Slide (pdf)

Existing Grower Experience

Innovative Approaches to Truffle Cultivation: A Deeper Dive – Jaime Olaizola

Unlocking Hidden Resources: Essential Support for Truffle Growers Beyond the Basics – Jeanine Davis, NCSU – Slides

Unlocking Hidden Resources – Handout

Wholesaling Truffle Economics, Logistics and Other Intel – Vince Gentile

Monday, October 28 Afternoon

Building a brand for success: Lessons from Kentucky Proud for NATGA – Jay Hall – Slides

TRAPI/Research Update – Ann Scanlon and Mark Coleman – Slides

Truffle Grower Survey Update – Scott Oneto – Slides

Truffle Grower Survey 2023 Report – Scott Oneto – PDF Report

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Enhancing Tree Health for Optimal Truffle Cultivation – Ellen Crocker

Business Meeting – Margaret Townsend

Posters

Playing Classical Music in Orchard Increases Truffle Production by 47%

Characterizing the North American Truffle Market Structure and Supply Chain Research Overview and Plans

Soil Fungal Microbiome Analysis of an Experimental Truffle Orchard in Michigan

Join Us in Celebrating North American Truffles! Share your stories, recipes, and photos to be featured in the NATGA cookbook

Easter Filbert Blight: Potential Impact and Strategies for Your Orchard

Determining the Distribution of Ectomycorrhizal Competitors in Current and Potential Truffle Orchards in Southern Idaho

Truffle Grower Survey Update

Tuber canirevelatum and T. cumberlandese two new edible Tuber species from eastern North America discovered by truffle-hunting dogs

Resources

NCSU Truffle sampling & testing – Inga Meadows’ lab

Cottage Food Operations in California

Potentials of truffles in nutritional and medicinal applications: a review

Recordings

Keynote: Truffle Farming: the Mycelium Point of View - Jaime Olaizola

Bringing Truffle Cheese to Market: Navigating Certification and Innovation in Dairy Production - Nikki Roof

Innovative Approach to Truffle Cultivation: A deeper Dive - Jaime Olaizola

Unlocking Hidden Resources: Essential Support for Truffle Growers Beyond the Basis - Jeanine Davis & Katie Learn

Wholesaling Truffles: Economics, Logistics and Other Intel - Vince Gentile (Seminalia)

Enhancing Tree Health for Optimal Truffle Cultivation – Ellen Crocker

Building a Brand for Success: Lessons from Kentucky Proud for North American Truffle Growers - Jay Hall

Research Task Force Report on TRAPI and other Grants - Ann Scanlan and Mark Coleman

2023 Truffle Growers Survey Report - Scott Onetto

2024 NATGA Business Meeting

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