Aaron Moskowitz

29/05/2021

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2278742-soil-microbe-transplant-could-improve-tree-growth-and-remove-more-co2/

To increase the amount of carbon dioxide that trees can remove from the atmosphere, a tree-planting scheme is testing whether the addition of soil microbes from established forests can improve growth

22/05/2021

Yesterday was International Bee Day. And the day before our new paper has just been published.

I am delighted to shine a spotlight on this new open access paper my colleagues at Washington State University just published in Nature Scientific Reports. mites are vectoring and have caused - along with other stressors - massive losses to worldwide. Also, these mites are spreading viruses indirectly or directly to other bee species so are also being harmed. The WSU research team, led by Dr. Jennifer Han, have evolved a new thermotolerant strain of fungus that parasitizes Varroa mites. Read through as to why this is so important! Go team! Cheers, Paul

https://www.instagram.com/p/CPJTnQKhiqu/

08/04/2021

Do the keys to happiness lay in your soil? -

07/04/2021

Today we meet Jordan Mara of Mind and Soil. He will discuss his company mission, how gardening can be one of the best activities for our mental health, some of the research into specific soil microbes that help our brains and so much more.

This is a very exciting and inspiring episode, and Jordan shares about following his bliss to start Mind and Soil, details on how to be involved with his free online workshops, and at the end we dive into the four components of attention restoration theory, which I found very interesting!

Today we meet Jordan Mara of Mind and Soil. He will discuss his company mission, how gardening can be one of the best activities for our mental health, some of the research into specific soil microbes that help our brains and so much more. This is a very exciting and inspiring episode, and Jordan sh...

27/03/2021

What is Happening in YOUR Soil? -

The first few minutes of this episode, Judy shares her back story, her history in medical diagnostics and then about cofounding soil microbial biomass measurement company, Microbiometer.

10/03/2021

Tune in to Episode #81, link below...

Today we meet Judy Fitzpatrick, cofounder of Microbiometer. The first few minutes of this episode, Judy shares her back story, her history in medical diagnostics and then about cofounding soil microbial biomass measurement company, Microbiometer.

Judy shares about the distinctions of different available types of soil testing on the market, which is very enlightening.

She explains the process by which scientists breed and study bacteria in the lab setting to create strains with a specific purpose for the garden, or for medicine.

Then we dive more into microbiology, how bacteria breed, how their DNA gets shared around as they adapt to their environment, and so much more.

We learn how to understand the ratio of different fungi and bacteria, how to use this information to gain an ideal soil structure, and how it all works at the microbial level.

https://anchor.fm/get-in-my-garden-podcast/episodes/Episode-81--Soil-Testing-For-Microbes-with-Judy-Fitzpatrick-es4h4g

01/03/2021

Soil, Carbon and Food Supply -

Leo Horrigan is a documentary filmmaker with the Center for a Livable Future at John’s Hopkins University. On this episode, he helps us understand the food system from farming to food access and shares about creating educational programs around their research. We learn the five most important c...

27/02/2021

Listen To Episode 80 with Leo Horrigan of Johns Hopkins Center For a Livable Future. He shares the five most important components to look at as we repair our food system, and how we are studying the prairies and soil to make sure we can restore and unlock its potential. We discuss his documentary films and educational programs developed to advance public understanding of food systems.

Today we meet Leo Horrigan, a documentary filmmaker with the Center for a Livable Future at John’s Hopkins University,l helping us understand the food system from farming to food access, and creating educational programs around their research. He shares the five most important components to look a...

18/02/2021

Here is the latest Get In My Garden Podcast episode with Hunter Buffington, Executive Director of the H**p Feed Coalition. We talk h**p as an animal feed, why it isn’t legal for animal feed yet, some of the roadblocks in the US and Canada, and how the H**p Feed Coalition is working to change this.
There are several overlaps with soil health that we discuss. Hunter shares details about cannabis plant byproducts, many of these potentially being animal feed. We learn a few specific ways that the listeners can be involved with progressing the agenda of the H**p Feed Coalition directly.
H**p is sure to change the nutritional makeup of the food we eat and offers promise for carbon sequestration and regenerative farming. At the end of the interview, Hunter mentions some of the amazing technology being created now using h**p byproducts and where she thinks the h**p market is headed in the next 10 to 20 years.
https://anchor.fm/get-in-my-garden-podcast/episodes/Episode-79--H**p-as-Animal-Feed--with-Hunter-Buffington-eqjdkt

12/02/2021

Here is one of two episodes with Nina Folch of Compost Santos. Hope you'll have a listen!

This is the second half of the interview with Nina Folch of Compost Santo. She shares about why she likes composting in the winter, how she looks at microbes in the microscope, and some of the realities of running a Soil Food Web Lab as a career.

05/11/2020

This is Episode 75 with John Craig the master composter who runs grassroots nonprofit, We Compost, located inside the Farm and Food Lab in the Great Park at Irvine, California.

John tells us how to get started in composting, some basic methods to try, and some of the experiments they are doing with worms and composting at the Farm and Food Lab.

Then he shares the components of good composting and about his composting symbol that he has created for people to use while promoting and normalizing composting and compostable products.

Later, we discuss the basics of how to deal with specific composting issues and two book recommendations for vermicomposting and understanding the soil food web.

Finally, John shares how to find the right local worms that will thrive in your soil, wherever you are located.

This is Episode 75 with John Craig the master composter who runs grassroots nonprofit, We Compost, located inside the Farm and Food Lab in the Great Park at Irvine, California. John tells us how to get started in composting, some basic methods to try, and some of the experiments they are doing with....

28/10/2020

Today we learn from Tom Marrero of Wakefield BioChar. He shares the background and history of biochar, plus the research and background that led him to start his family business. For those of you excited for a composting specific episode again, I promise that will come soon.

So what exactly is biochar, what can it do and what can it not do? Tom tells us all of this and why it is used for soil health and remediation.

The last portion is about the different types of biochar and the process of making it, and understanding the overall sustainability of biochar.

Today we learn from Tom Marrero of Wakefield BioChar. He shares the background and history of biochar, plus the research and background that led him to start his family business. For those of you excited for a composting specific episode again, I promise that will come soon. So what exactly is bioch...