My friend East Texas Red pointed me to this link, a TED talk featuring Eben Bayer. He’s the co-inventor of something called Myco-bond. Essentially, these guys are creating biodegradable packing materials using agri-waste and mycelium. They have a process for cleaning and preparing the agri-waste, which they mix with mycelium in a mold. Think of mycelium as the underground organisms that mushrooms fruit from. The mycelium grows, feeding on the agri-waste and fills the mold. What is left when the mold is removed is a packing material that can be returned to the soil, unlike styrofoam, which sticks around for a long long time. Fantastic idea.
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Hey there! I’ve been following your site for a while now and finally got the courage to go ahead and give you a shout out from Porter Tx! Just wanted to say keep up the fantastic job!
Thank you for your kind comment.
Love it. Human ingenuity – you don’t need mushrooms for that. I think.
This is fantastic, and hopefully proves to be the sustainable reality that it promises.