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    Good Food

    Mushrooms Clean Up Pollution

    Mycologist Paul Stamets explains how turkey tail and oyster mushrooms can be used to clean up dioxin contamination in Fort Bragg, California. He is the author of Mycelium Running : How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World and his company, Fungi Perfecti , specializes in gourmet and medicinal mushrooms.

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Mycologist Paul Stamets explains how turkey tail and oyster mushrooms can be used to clean up dioxin contamination in Fort Bragg, California. He is the author of Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World and his company, Fungi Perfecti, specializes in gourmet and medicinal mushrooms. Read the New York Timesarticle about the Fort Bragg coastline cleanup.

    Music break: Tout Ce Qui Est A Vous M'Appar by Olivier Bernet

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    Cuisines of the Axis of Evil; Mushrooms Clean Up Pollution
    1. 1:00The Market Report
    2. 8:03Mushrooms Clean Up PollutionYou’re reading this
    3. 14:56Processed Soy
    4. 22:59Cuisines of the Axis of Evil
    5. 30:54Food Euphemisms
    6. 38:42Kosher Justice Certification
    7. 44:25Tacos El Chavito
    8. 50:46The Joy of Fat
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Bob Carlson

      host and producer, 'UnFictional'

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      Jennifer Ferro

      Jennifer Ferro, President, KCRW, Los Angeles

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      Thea Chaloner

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    The full episode

    2 of 8
    Cuisines of the Axis of Evil; Mushrooms Clean Up Pollution
    1. 1:00The Market Report
    2. 8:03Mushrooms Clean Up PollutionYou’re reading this
    3. 14:56Processed Soy
    4. 22:59Cuisines of the Axis of Evil
    5. 30:54Food Euphemisms
    6. 38:42Kosher Justice Certification
    7. 44:25Tacos El Chavito
    8. 50:46The Joy of Fat
    Back to Good Food