The guest speaker for our February 6th meeting is Lee Hamm. The meeting will be hosted in Room 101, Casa Del Prado in Balboa Park at 6:30 PM. Lee Hamm is the Recreation and Lands Officer for the Palomar Ranger District of the Cleveland National Forest. Established in 1908, the Cleveland National Forest is the southern-most National Forest in California. Consisting of 460,000 acres, the forest offers a wide variety of terrains and recreational opportunities. …
January 2017
Jan 21, 2017: 11:00 am Tour of the new 99Ranch Market
The 99Ranch Asian Market just opened a new store at Genessee and Balboa, replacing the old Albertson’s store next to the Target. Like our previous foray to Zion market, Noel Fong will again conduct a tour, followed by lunch in the food court. They have a great selection of mushrooms! https://www.99ranch.com/
Jan 9, 2017 Meeting – 6:30 PM: Sue Van Hook (RM104)
The guest speaker for our January 9th meeting is Sue Van Hook. The meeting will be hosted in Room 104 (across the patio from our regular room), Casa Del Prado in Balboa Park at 6:30 PM. Sue’s presentation is titled: “The Dawn of Mushroom Materials, The Story of Ecovative’s Mushroom Biocomposites” Sue is a mycologist, naturalist, teacher and healer. She has been studying the taxonomy and ecology of fungi for the past 40 years, having …