ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION WITH MYCORRHIZAE FUNGI

Mycorrhizal fungi have networked with flora for over 400 million years. Learn about an Ecological Restoration project in which mycorrhizae are applied in regenerative agriculture. Design, methods, data, conclusions, and current next steps to expand this work will be shared from four years of mesocosm and field trials from a proof-of-concept Myco-Phytoremediation pilot at Shelburne Farms. This workshop explores the rematriation context in which MycoEvolve operates and offers information to help guide decision making for best management practices in the organic farming movement. After a presentation, participants will be invited to share in small group discussions around their understanding of and relationship with mycorrhizae, along with strategies for ethically rewilding landscapes that increase pollinator habitat and protect watershed health while collaborating with Original Peoples to begin to address some of the social injustices accompanying colonial agriculture's ecological devastation.