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Apr 2024
54m 44s

Ep. 175: Farwest Fungi & The Santa Cruz ...

Mushroom Hour
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Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/   

TOPICS COVERED:    

  • Growing up on a Mushroom Farm   
  • Learning from Mycophilic Cultures   
  • Farwest Fungi Mushrooms & More   
  • Art & Science of Mushroom Substrates   
  • Heat & Energy Consumption in Mushroom Cultivation   
  • Virtues of Sawdust Spawn   
  • Analytical Testing for Gourmet & Medicinal Mushrooms   
  • Nature & Nurture = Species & Growth Substrate   
  • Scaling Domestic Mushroom Production   
  • “California Grown” Label Initiative   
  • Resiliency & Food Security   
  • Agriculture Industry Support   
  • Santa Cruz Mountain Mushroom Festival   
  • Steam Trains in the Redwood Forest   
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