Fungi Matters with Peter McCoy

In this episode of the Regenerative Agriculture Podcast, John interviews Peter McCoy. His mission is to increase awareness, appreciation and the practical use of all manner of mushroom and mycelia. For those of you new to the wonderful world of Fungi and regenerative agriculture, mycology is the study of fungi (mushrooms, lichens, molds, etc.) and is a fundamental element of building soil health and profitable regenerative systems. Listen to hear Peter and John discuss fungal impacts on agriculture systems. See the complete show notes at regenerativeagriculturepodcast....

[@anthonycopacetic5016]

I have some pepper plants that I planted in 2017. The land has been untouched, with the expection of weed maintainence through the trenches. I noticed a huge mushroom growing on the step of a pepepr plant that had lots of fruit on it. :-D. There are giant trees that drop leaves on the plot. It gets a steady suppy of leaves. I have another plot of pepeprs. That one has fungal spores where it gets leaves, where there are no leaves the plants are smaller and sadder and there are no spores on the ground. That plot also suffers from mite infestation, while the one where the mushroom is growing on the stem pf the plant does not.

[@yoursoulmatters9600]

JADAM is not one in the same as Korean Natural Farming. They have similar general ideas yet in practice are much different. JADAM removes the use of Brown Sugar. Chris Trump would be a good interview for John considering he saved his farm with the use of Korean Natural Farming techniques. And took it to another level and even got the approval of his teacher with his new ideas. And what I see happening now is people with microscopes are getting into the KNF and seeing for themselves what works and what does not vs tradition as in do it this way because that is how it has always been done. The see the new guys in KNF taking it to new levels. Great interview.

[@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885]

I'm gonna inoculate my Aspen trees - which are a root clone - with Shiitake. So it SHOULD spread throughout the "wood lot forest." Pretty exciting!

[@xxpowwowbluexx]

Fascinating discussion!!

[@Station-uf3nd]

🤩👊👍 - been missing these

[@TheFarmacySeedsNetwork]

me too!

[@TheFarmacySeedsNetwork]

Thanks AEA as always! I am on the right track by the sound of it!

[@xxpowwowbluexx]

Regarding the Korean Natural Farming method of obtaining Indigenous Microorganisms (IMO), Dr. Elaine Ingham has noted that the rice will only be adding more bacteria and not the fungi that are usually needed for rebalancing the soils/dirt of disturbed ecosystems.

[@mmccrownus2406]

Pictures of the rice show the miko growth clearly