Growing Greener: Creating soil for life

He reveals how fungi and bacteria are the gardeners friends in creating great growing conditions – and how even the heaviest soil can be productive.

Listen now to this fascinating discussion between Arit Anderson and Professor Duncan Cameron:

• Find out more about our Growing Greener podcast series

About our guest

Duncan Cameron is Professor of Plant and Soil Biology at the University of Sheffield. He's an environmental microbiologist and analytical biochemist studying plant-microbe interactions in the soil with a focus on sustainable agriculture and global food security as well as the evolution of microbial symbiosis.

Find out more:

• About Professor Duncan Cameron and more on his research
• On growing sustainable food
• Soil Association Get Gardening pledges
• Mulches and mulching
• Soil pH explained
• Five reasons to feed your soil

Catch up on the first three series of the BBC Gardeners' World Magazine Podcast:

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