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Join the Patreon to watch this in person interview. This week we chat with Duane Van Hoogen from De Econier. He has grown up around farms and became fascinated by the relationships of plants and animals. He found passion in his studies of ecology and wildlife. Duane and Flora Funga Podcast go hand in hand while we both believe that everything is related to each other and every plant has a role from the soil to the atmosphere.
In this chat we discuss: WATCH THE FREE CLIPS ON MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL

• How did we set up with Interview?
• Who is Duane and De Econier?
• Dutch vs French in Belgium
• Native vs non native gardens
• What services do you offer?
• What research were you apart of?
• We nerd about how everything is connected
• Biodiversity: SO IMPORTANT
• How to learn your garden health
• What is your favorite plant..right now
• What is permaculture, why is it important?
• The evolution of a garden
• What does a typical day look like for you?
• How do you keep a work life balance?
• If you had unlimited resources...
• Mushroom gardens in the future

Resources Mentioned:
De Econier Website

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This week we chat with Stephan Dahmer, the Chief Medical Officer at Vireo Health and a board-certified family doctor with a passion for health and healing. He studied the relationships between plants and people as well as the traditional beliefs that surround them. Green Goods Rochester Minnesota is only 1 out of 14 dispensaries and will be continuing to grow throughout the USA. In this chat we discuss:

• How does a family doctor get into cannabis?
• What is Green Goods
• What products do you offer?
• THC vs CBD
• Why are ratios important?
• How does one acquire a medical card?
• Medical vs Recreational
• What are entheogens?
• Why are they important?
• What conditions qualify for a medical card?
• What does the future of cannabis look like?
• What are terpenes
• What is resin
• What is a trichome 
• What is Tetragram/Cannapay?
• What does a typical day look like?

Resources Mentioned:
Clinical trials
Vireo Health
Green Goods
Instagram
Twitter
Tetragram

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This week we chat with Danny Mishek, the president of SelfEco. This was created by a 3rd generation manufacturer. He realized that all petroleum pots ever created are still living TODAY! He wanted to change that. Proven Winners has partnered up  with SelfEco for their compostable pots to change the green industry. In this chat we talk about:

• What is the origin of compostable?
• Certain colors can be compostable?
• Why flower pots?
• How do you use these EcoSelf pots?
• Trials with Proven Winners 
• How are these pots made?
• How does it breakdown in the ground?
• What can you compost?
• What can you recycle?
• What do all these numbers on the pots mean?
• A fun compost fact
• How can people reach out to get their recycling taken?
• What does a typical day look like for you
• What are you most excited for?
• What research would you look into?

Resources Mentioned:
Self Eco Garden
Self Eco
VistaTek
Proven Winners
Blog
Recycle by numbers

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Hello my scientists, this week we chat with Brett Arenz, the director of the Plant Disease Clinic at the University of Minnesota. He runs plant pathology lectures as well as diagnoses  thousands of samples per year submitted by: homeowners, horticulture, landscaping, forestry, and agricultural groups. This service is important to help protect national food biosecurity by acting as the main surveillance clinic representing Minnesota in the National Plant Diagnostic Network. In this chat we cover:

• What got Brett into the Plant Disease Clinic
• What is PDC?
• Education within the department
• What are the steps after getting a sample?
• What happened to my geraniums at Sargents?
• Unexplained samples
• It's all connected: fungi, nematodes, bacteria, insects
• What is Oak wilt?
• We explain the Geranium bacteria batch 
• How to get rid of contaminated plants?
• Where to find more of Brett

Where to find more of Brett Arenz:
Website
PDC

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    -Take the Lead by Kevin MacLeod
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This week we chat with Nik Money about fungi sex. Nik Money has written many books on fungal growth. I first learned about him while reading Mr. Bloomfield's Orchard: The Mysterious World of Mushrooms, Molds, and Mycologists.  I have been saving this interview for the perfect moment and I am glad to finally have him on to educate such an important and intricate topic.
Some topics we cover are:

• What got Nik into writing about funga
• Why he doesn't approve of the word Funga
• How long have we known about fungal reproduction?
• History on science
• Why is fungal reproduction important?
• How is it different from plants
• What are the steps
• How spores are dispersed
• How do animals help in this process?
• Is there a binary with fungal sex?
• A deep dive into the fungi reproduction parts
• Dog dick--stinkhorn?
• Possible research opportunity
• How can a mushroom be cooler than the air around it?
• How can Head and Shoulders relate to fungi?
• How fungi help the plants during reproduction
• Weird fungal sex fact
• Nik's outlook on humans

Where to find more of Nik Money:
Website

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    -Take the Lead by Kevin MacLeod
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This week we chat with Ethan Frisch from Burlap & Barrel about the journey of spices. Burlap & Barrel is an international food supply chain that sources the best spices from around the world. Ethan leads Burlap & Barrel sourcing, importing and international logistics. He also creates the relationships with restaurants and facilities around North America.
Join us while we chat everything spices--some topics include:

• What is Burlap and Barrel
• What regulations are there for importing/exporting spices?
• Suitcase importing?
• What got you into spices?
•  The history on spices
• The difference between an herb and a spice
• Anatomy of pepper
• History behind chili flakes
• What are your top sellers?
• How to keep spices/how long can you keep spices?
• The truth about grocery store spices
• How to use spices
• Single origin?
• Where do these spices come from?
• What spices are you looking for?
•  What is your goal for spices in the future?
• Why is vanilla so expensive?
• SEAWEED a spice?

Where to find more of Ethan and Burlap Barrel:
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Instagram
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Twitter
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    -Take the Lead by Kevin MacLeod
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This week we chat with Jeff from Nammex Organic Mushroom Extracts. Since 1989, Nammex specializes in mushroom products and has organically verified mushroom extracts. Nammex focuses on the scientific analysis of active compounds found in the mushrooms. Dive in while we cover some fun topics around identifying the active fungal compounds and why it's important:

• Mushrooms don't sleep?
• What is a mushroom?
• 1st grade vs 2nd grade
• How does his mushroom products differ from others?
• What are some of the active compounds in mushrooms?
• Why are they important?
• International Mushroom Conference
• How to look at mushrooms supplements
• How they test their products
• What at home tests can you try out?
• What is the substrate that they use?
• What is tempeh?
• What does full spectrum mean?
• What research would you look into if you had unlimited funds?
• Platypus 
• Entangled Life

Where to find more of Jeff/Nammex:
The Mushroom Cultivator ft. Paul Stammets
Nammex

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SUPPORT the SHOW with my New Patreon! This week we chat with Emma Nehan-Sprinstead with Arizona Conservation Corps.  AmeriCorps is about uniting, strengthening, impacting, and leading the youth community through service and volunteering. Their programs promote personal growth as well as experiential learning while integrating the principles of community, dedication, challenge, integrity and FUN! In this chat we discuss some topics that include:

• What is conservation?
• What is AmeriCorps?
• What is ACE?
• What is Arizona Conservation Corps?
• What services do you offer?
• How to be more inclusive crews?
• Who are these projects for?
• What does the stipend look like for this job?
• What does a typical day look like?
• How do you move up in the company?
• How did the pandemic affect AZCC?
• What does the future look like?
• How to outreach more?
• What are you most excited for?
• What's the biggest challenge?

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This week we chat with Melissa Flora from Mycorrhizal Applications (MA), a microbial-based biorational solution for sustainable agriculture, horticulture, landscaping, and forestry. The mycorrhizal fungi colonize plant roots to create a symbiotic relationship in which MycoApply maximizes the plant success. Join us while we cover these topics:

• History of MA
• What is MA?
• What products do you offer?
• How are the products used?
• Who are these products for?
• Why is this product important?
• How does this work?
• The 3 things to look out for in this product
• What is a biostimulator?
• I want to TOUR and SHADOW people for the podcast
• What does the future look like?

Where to find MA:
Mycorrhizal Applications
Morgan Composting

Finding more of Karleen Kuehn, my assistant:
Blog/Website

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    -Take the Lead by Kevin MacLeod
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This week we chat with Gary Harbo from Mana Mycelium. With his local mushroom farm he aims to recycle profits into educational programs to restore health to our local ecosystems. He works with farms, schools, healthcare providers and food consumers to boost both ecosystems and human health. As a mushroom company his mission is to enrich the lives through health, healing and land management practices.  This is my first of many in person interviews, make sure you go check out the YouTube page to watch the process and join my Patreon to watch the additional behind the scenes of Mana Mycelium.  Join us while we cover some fun topics like:

• What got Gary into funga
• What is his mission with soil health and healthcare dealing with fungi
• Toxic truth about healthcare
• What is Mana Mycelium?
• What is ReVitalise?
• Educating the Youth
• What does Mana mean?
•  Bonding over New Zealand
• Being on Divine Paths
• What kind of mushroom set up do you have?
• Korean Natural Farming/IMO
• What is Living Liquid and what is the process
• Glyphosate test 
• What the future looks like for Gary
• What research would you want to look into

Resources Mentioned:
Facebook- Community Garden with links

Where to Find Gary Harbo:
Instagram
Mana Mycelium
Facebook

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Blog/Website

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Theme song :
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    -Take the Lead by Kevin MacLeod
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