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Only 100 harvests left!

This article has been written by Elaine Watson for Quantock Eco as a result of the chilling remark with which Dr Lynne Boddy, Professor of Microbial Biology at Cardiff University ended her talk on the “Hidden Kingdom of the Soil”. Having described how miles of fungal mycelium link plants and trees in a network essential for life, she warned that if we continue with current methods of farming, we have “only 100 harvests left”!

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Only 100 Harvests Left

An article by Elaine Watson

Elaine studied Zoology at the University of St Andrews (BSc Hons); soil microbiology at The Macaulay Institute for Soil research and Aberdeen University (MSc); worked as a research assistant in the Applied Biology Department at Cambridge University on plant pathogens; and teaches medical science to students of homeopathy all over the world. She sits on Quantock Eco’s Executive Committee in an ex-officio capacity representing Forum 21.

Only 100 harvests left!

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