Emerging mycoforestry technology for carbon-negative food production

在英国，所有主要的食品生产类别都在生产过程中排放温室气体，导致人为驱动的气候变化。开发能够减少这一问题的新技术和方法非常重要，不仅对英国，而且对全球都很重要。一种新兴的用活树培育蘑菇的技术，通过用不同的食用菌覆盖树木的根系并种植新的林地，显示出生产负碳食物的巨大希望。研究表明，在英国的气候条件下使用这种方法，每英亩新种植的树木每年可以生产约405公斤的粮食作物。这种方法生产的蛋白质含量约为17%，每公斤蛋白质可以吸收约406公斤的碳。这个为期两年的研究项目将把这项技术发展到一个准备好应用并在商业规模上推出的阶段。这将创造一种碳负的粮食作物，同时也贡献了林地创造带来的所有好处。其中包括生物多样性、保护和减轻洪水的好处，同时促进农村地区的社会经济发展。通过项目合作伙伴菌根系统有限公司和斯特林大学促进产业界和学术界之间的合作，这一创新项目允许在同一块土地上实现粮食生产和造林目标。

All major food production categories in the UK emit greenhouse gases in their production, contributing to anthropogenically driven climate change. The development of novel technologies and approaches that can reduce this issue is important, not just for the UK, but also globally. An emerging technology of cultivating mushrooms with living trees, by covering the root system of tree planting stock with different edible fungi and planting new woodland, shows great promise to produce carbon negative food.Research shows that using this approach in the UK climate can produce an annual food crop from newly planted trees of around 405kg per acre. With a protein content of around 17%, every kilogram of protein produced by this method can sequester around 406kg of carbon.This two-year research project will develop the technology to a stage where it is ready to be employed and rolled-out on a commercial scale. This will create a carbon negative food crop, whilst also contributing all the benefits that woodland creation brings. These include biodiversity, conservational and flood mitigation benefits whilst triggering socio-economic development in rural areas.Fostering collaboration between industry and academia through project partners Mycorrhizal Systems Ltd and the University of Stirling, this innovative project allows food production and afforestation goals to be achieved from the same parcel of land.