GreenLife Hot

Twitter thread.

I have been making an effort to actually identify the contaminants that grow in my petri dishes. In this case the contaminants are those dark green spore islands....

It is also possible to do this using store-bought tempeh, which is often easier to find that the tempeh starter!

There's a lot to like here...

I recently discovered the AntsCanada YouTube channel. This guy makes amazing terrariums for growing ant colonies (and sometimes other species), and has some very informative videos with high quality macro videography. I have learned a lot about ants watching his videos these past few days....

Usually Shaggy Mane mushrooms are prepared fresh, before they “deliquesce” into a black goo. However, the black goo is edible, and I thought that this recipe was very cool as it shows the black goo being used as an interesting ingredient.

Indeed, when independent researchers at Johns Hopkins University decided to get the best estimates they could by combing through the published literature, they found that in the 11 life cycle analyses they turned up, the average greenhouse gas footprint from plant-based meats was just 7 percent of beef for an equivalent amount...

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/435153...

With a sweat bee on it for good measure