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From the Ted Talk by Eben Bayer: Are mushrooms the new plastic?

Unscramble the Blue Letters


The last step, of course, is application. In this case, we've grown a corenr block. A major foutrne 500 furniture maker uses these corner bkclos to pcertot their tables in shipment. They used to use a pilsatc packaging buffer, but we were able to give them the exact same physical pecmaforrne with our grown material. Best of all, when it gets to the customer, it's not trash. They can actually put this in their naaurtl eeyssoctm without any processing, and it's going to improve the loacl soil.

So, why mycelium? The first reason is local open feedstocks. You want to be able to do this anywhere in the world and not worry about peak rice hull or peak cottonseed hulls, because you have multiple choices. The next is self-assembly, because the organism is actually doing most of the work in this psecors. You don't need a lot of equipment to set up a production facility. So you can have lots of small facilities spread all across the world. Biological yield is really important. And because 100 percent of what we put in the tool become the fianl product, even the parts that aren't digested become part of the structure, we're getting incredible yield rates.

Open Cloze


The last step, of course, is application. In this case, we've grown a ______ block. A major _______ 500 furniture maker uses these corner ______ to _______ their tables in shipment. They used to use a _______ packaging buffer, but we were able to give them the exact same physical ___________ with our grown material. Best of all, when it gets to the customer, it's not trash. They can actually put this in their _______ _________ without any processing, and it's going to improve the _____ soil.

So, why mycelium? The first reason is local open feedstocks. You want to be able to do this anywhere in the world and not worry about peak rice hull or peak cottonseed hulls, because you have multiple choices. The next is self-assembly, because the organism is actually doing most of the work in this _______. You don't need a lot of equipment to set up a production facility. So you can have lots of small facilities spread all across the world. Biological yield is really important. And because 100 percent of what we put in the tool become the _____ product, even the parts that aren't digested become part of the structure, we're getting incredible yield rates.

Solution


  1. final
  2. fortune
  3. blocks
  4. ecosystem
  5. natural
  6. protect
  7. corner
  8. performance
  9. process
  10. plastic
  11. local

Original Text


The last step, of course, is application. In this case, we've grown a corner block. A major Fortune 500 furniture maker uses these corner blocks to protect their tables in shipment. They used to use a plastic packaging buffer, but we were able to give them the exact same physical performance with our grown material. Best of all, when it gets to the customer, it's not trash. They can actually put this in their natural ecosystem without any processing, and it's going to improve the local soil.

So, why mycelium? The first reason is local open feedstocks. You want to be able to do this anywhere in the world and not worry about peak rice hull or peak cottonseed hulls, because you have multiple choices. The next is self-assembly, because the organism is actually doing most of the work in this process. You don't need a lot of equipment to set up a production facility. So you can have lots of small facilities spread all across the world. Biological yield is really important. And because 100 percent of what we put in the tool become the final product, even the parts that aren't digested become part of the structure, we're getting incredible yield rates.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


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