The Rise of Yeast - Civilization's Symbiont
How humans domesticated yeasts then yeasts domesticated us!
Dear Fellow Myconauts,
Up next in our journey through the Mycoverse this month…
The Rise of Yeasts - Civilization's Symbiont
Monday, May 8th, 7pm @ Arlington Garden Pasadena, CA
Yeast is life!
This month we will be taking another journey into mycocentrism – how fungi build worlds, and in this case, shaped our world dramatically. This book is a celebration of yeast, our favorite microorganism and partner in brewing, winemaking, and baking. It is the story of the 10,000-year-old marriage between humans and yeast that led to agricultural settlement and served as a major factor in the development of civilization. We domesticated yeast, and yeast domesticated us.
In the first session of this two part discussion series of Nicholas P. Money's The Rise of Yeasts: How the Sugar Fungus Shaped Civilization we will be discussing the first three chapters on the introduction to the Yeasty Basics, yeasts + drink, and yeasts + food.
The Rise of Yeasts - Biotechnology [Potluck finale!]
Monday, May 22nd, 7pm @ Arlington Garden Pasadena, CA
In our second session of this two part discussion series of Nicholas P. Money's The Rise of Yeasts: How the Sugar Fungus Shaped Civilization we will be discussing the last four chapters on cellular biology, biotechnology, wild yeast diversity, and the medicine and disease yeasts that affect us.
As our tradition goes, when we finish a book we celebrate with a potluck! You are invited to bring a dish to share with the group (it doesn't have to be fungi related).
Aaron’s Upcoming Walks
Upcoming fungi walks with the Theodore Payne Foundation:
Things that caught our eye
A Conversation with Merlin Sheldrake May 5th, 12p, online, $0-$25
Fungal Architectures open access book featuring Unconventional Computing Laboratory founder Andy Adamatsky who we’ve discussed before in the Mycoverse (thanks Anne LaForti for sharing this one!)