In May 2025, we asked our friends at MYCOmmunity and Fungi4Land to show us how to do fungal restoration properly

When you are working with Year 8 students, there is so much mileage that comes with using that phrase. The expression on their faces is priceless when you whip out a pair of giant, white cotton bloomers and wave them about 😊. But there’s a serious message.

Some of our soils are not healthy. We are missing the decomposers.

What has the rise of regenerative agriculture taught us? It has taught us to focus on soil health. Talk of farmers “soiling their undies”, farming their “underground livestock”, and making their own “bugs and brews” has me intrigued.

One teaspoon of soil contains more living organisms than there are people in the world.