Cows and Effect

The Prologue; contract work, wild animals and he knows who he is.


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Michael and Paul introduce themselves and explain why the world needs yet another farming podcast (it's a science podcast). There's bits about their farms, the other stuff they do and how science works and, for no obvious reason, a foray into the world of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.   

Here's the link to Frank B. 1885.  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00572-004-0329-y

Link to the original wood wide web paper https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-01986-1 and the recent paper that says more research is needed  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-01986-1

These two might be behind a pay wall, so here's a link to a recent review of the ecological functioning of mycorrhizal networks that is definately open access. https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2435.70063

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Cows and EffectBy Paul Allison and Michael Blanche