Salute The Fish – サルート・ザ・フィッシュ
ceebee – The extended Bülow family
We’re looking at the ancient grains and the soil that supports them. To see why the health of the latter is so important one only needs to note that although (the founder of “The Green Revolution”) Borlaug’s dwarfed wheats do show yields higher than traditional varieties, that crucially depends on them being given intensive irrigation along with high volumes of fertilisers and pesticide; the traditional varieties outperform the modern varieties in restorative and organic farming systems. These dwarfed wheat
The term ‘mycorrhiza’ was coined by Professor A. B. Frank in the 1880’s. He was the first person to describe the symbiotic relationship between trees and fungi, which he named ‘ mykorhiza ‘. The word comes from the Greek mykes and rhiza , the combination meaning ‘fungus-root’. More than 90% of all plant families studied (80% of species) in both agricultural and natural environments form mycorrhizal associations.
They work in the plant’s root zone, attaching themselves to the roots in a symbiotic relationship where the fungi pass water and nutrients to the plants while the plant in turn ‘rewards’ its fungal helpers with a hit of energy in the form of sugars. The mycorrhizal fungi can grow to create an enormous network which vastly increases the effective root area of the plant.
Salute The Fish – サルート・ザ・フィッシュ
ceebee – The extended Bülow family