Volunteer TO TRANSPORT ♼ MUSHROOM BLOCKS
Want 50+ mushroom blocks for a personal or community project? Help us keep thousands of mycelium blocks out of the waste by picking them up directly from the mushroom farm. To keep the mycelium running in the community, we also ask that you drop blocks at empty community pickup location and mycology events. Sometimes community sites are full so we need people to take them to their home and community for gardening and compost projects.
REQUIREMENTS
Pick a date below to pick up blocks from the mushroom farm in North Austin (183 & Mopac). Collection of blocks must be pre-scheduled at 10 a.m. Monday - Friday or Sunday. You can't show up anytime because blocks are inside the farm and a staff member must be there to open the gate to unload them in your vehicle. If your plans change please CANCEL. There is a limited supply of blocks and shifts. When you are a NO SHOW, blocks go in the dumpster. 🙁 Please join the waitlist because people do cancel.
Once you sign-up and pick a date, we will text and email you a day before your shift with the instructions, safety protocols, directions to the farm and address for drop-off at an empty community pickup location closest to you.
Block delivery means you pick-up a minimum 50+ blocks in your own vehicle to deliver at least 25 to community pick-up sites closest to you. Sometimes community sites are full so we need people to take them to their home and community for gardening and compost projects. Most vehicles including cars and hatchbacks will work and can fit about 75 blocks. Most trucks can fit around 150 blocks. Trailers welcome! We recommend you use a tarp— it gets messy.
VOLUNTEER PERKS
🍄 Automatic Membership
🍄 50% discounts code for workshops
🍄 Myceliate with mycophiles
🍄Unlimited mushroom blocks for yourself and community
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Central Texas Mycological Society partners with a local mushroom farm in North Austin to divert “spent” mushroom blocks from the waste and build healthy soil! There are 2,000+ blocks per week to divert and we need your help to get this mycelium gold building healthy fungal-rich soil!
Don’t live in Central Texas?
Contact your local mushroom farm to see if you can take mushroom compost blocks. Visit our map of Texas Mushroom Companies.