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Fun guy and scientist Jianchu Xu of World Agroforestry Center, talks mushrooms

At this year's 4th Agroforestry Congress in Montpellier, Forests News caught up with Jianchu Xu. Jianchu, a scientist from China for World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF), ponders how agroforestry can help a bourgeoisie class eat exotic foods sustainably, the fashion of soil health, and just why oh why don't more people study mushrooms? After-all, as well as being "very beautiful," fungus is a multibillion dollar industry...

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