Myco-Phytoremediation Research: Water Quality Health & Pollinator Habitat

1611 Harbor Road,Shelburne VT 05482

27 July, 2021

Description

Farmers, riparian buffer installers and land tenders join us for an informative workshop about Myco-Phytoremediation Research & strategies Join us for a workshop co-led by Shelburne Farms Farm manager Dana Bishop. Land tender Mike Bald of 'Got Weeds', and Ecological reonciliationist researcher & practitioner Jess Rubinof MycoEvolve in an informative on-site workshop that shares natural strategies of restoring native polyculture riparian habitat with no chemicals, explores below and above ground data from 1.5 years of field and laboratory research, and offers space to discuss complex dynamics of attempting to mitigate phosphorus pollution and habitat fragmentation through Myco-Phytoremediation techniques. Jess Rubin is the founder of MycoEvolve (www.mycoevolve.net) an ecological resilience service offering research, earthworks and education and co-founder of VT Myconode, a collective dedicated to fungal literacy and earth repair. As a girl Jess gardened with her mother, climbed trees, and wandered through suburban wilds in Westchester New York, listening to and reading living landscapes. While earning herbalism, nature awareness, outdoor education, & permaculture certificates, a BA from Cornell in Ecological Literature with Native American Studies minor, & a Masters of Environmental Science with VT middle & high school science teaching license from Antioch NE, she observes human and earth system dynamics, witnesses trophic web relationships, monitors wild corridors, rehabilitates degraded ecosystems, and rejuvenates recovering habitat. For the past 20 years she has practiced and educated as a: folk herbalist, permaculture gardener, nature mentor, wilderness guide, conservation crew leader, science teacher, environmental studies adjunct faculty, and university guest lecturer. Currently she also researches and applies regenerative agricultural techniques incorporating fungi and polyculture infrastructure in watershed restoration.