Tag: fungi

Toby Kiers, the Jane Goodall of fungi and mycorrhizal networks on being an underground astronaut

6th December 2022 koenvanseijen Beyond Food, Ecosystem Services Payments, Regenerative Agriculture 0 Comments

Toby Kiers, Executive Director & Chief Scientist at SPUN (Society for the Protection of Underground Networks) shares about their research into the mycorrhiza network, mapping biodiversity, DNA sequences of mycorrhizal fungi and a lot more about the wonderful world under our feet. She is the Jane Goodall of fungi (according to the words of previous guest Rose Marcario, former CEO of Patagonia).

Elaine Ingham on why healthy soils don’t need rotations

4th August 2020 koenvanseijen Farmers First Tech, Nutrients to Soil, Regenerative Agriculture 6 Comments

In this episode Dr. Elaine Ingham, world’s foremost soil biologist and founder of Dr. Elaine’s Soil Food Web, talks about soils, bacteria, fungi sharing the results of 40 years of research.