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> [Perhaps it matters little whether the international community chooses to celebrate crop diversity, but it profoundly matters that the international community takes action to conserve it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-fowler/perhaps-it-matters-little-whether-the-international-community-chooses/)

[Cary Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cary-fowler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bc/cary-fowler-30286_action_perhaps-it-matters-little-whether-the-in_468199.jpg)

> [It is impossible to talk about slowing climate change without talking about reducing CO2 emissions. Equally, it is impossible to talk about adapting to climate change without considering how we will feed ourselves. And it is out of the question…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-fowler/it-is-impossible-to-talk-about-slowing-climate-change-without-talking/)

[Cary Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cary-fowler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd7/cary-fowler-30286_about_it-is-impossible-to-talk-about-slowing-c_1866438.jpg)

## More by Cary Fowler

> [I first went into social services, and when I did my Ph.D. I looked at intellectual diversity rights as they apply to biological material.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-fowler/i-first-went-into-social-services-and-when-i-did-my-ph-d-i-looked-at/)

[Cary Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cary-fowler/)

> [Most of us take seeds for granted. The fate of human kind is resting on these genetic resources: Seeds. So nothing could be more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-fowler/most-of-us-take-seeds-for-granted-the-fate-of-human-kind-is-resting/)

[Cary Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cary-fowler/)

> [Perhaps it matters little whether the international community chooses to celebrate crop diversity, but it profoundly matters that the international community takes action to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-fowler/perhaps-it-matters-little-whether-the-international-community-chooses/)

[Cary Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cary-fowler/)

> [The drive behind what I do is really to make sure that people don't go to bed hungry. It's not just that I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-fowler/the-drive-behind-what-i-do-is-really-to-make-sure-that-people-don-t/)

[Cary Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cary-fowler/)

> [At the Global Crop Diversity Trust, we work to conserve the diversity that will allow the adaptation and evolution of our agricultural crops in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-fowler/at-the-global-crop-diversity-trust-we-work-to-conserve-the-diversity/)

[Cary Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cary-fowler/)

> [You don't look in the eyes of a carrot seed quite in the way you do a panda bear, but it's very important diversity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-fowler/you-don-t-look-in-the-eyes-of-a-carrot-seed-quite-in-the-way-you-do-a/)

[Cary Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cary-fowler/)

> [ The coldest growing seasons of the future \[will be\] hotter than the hottest of the past. Is agriculture adapted to that? I don't know.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-fowler/the-coldest-growing-seasons-of-the-future-will-be-hotter-than-the/)

[Cary Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cary-fowler/)

> [ I'm not talking about losing \[agricultural\] diversity in the same way that you lose your car keys. I'm talking about losing it in the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-fowler/i-m-not-talking-about-losing-agricultural-diversity-in-the-same-way/)

[Cary Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cary-fowler/)

> [Loss of genetic diversity in agriculture is leading us to a rendezvous with extinction--to the doorstep of hunger on a scale we refuse to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-fowler/loss-of-genetic-diversity-in-agriculture-is-leading-us-to-a/)

[Cary Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cary-fowler/)

> [Whether we consciously realize it or not, the biodiversity with which we are most familiar, and the biodiversity with which we have most intimate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-fowler/whether-we-consciously-realize-it-or-not-the-biodiversity-with-which/)

[Cary Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cary-fowler/)

> [We now know that we cannot continue to put ever-increasing amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere. Actions have consequences. In fact, the consequences of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-fowler/we-now-know-that-we-cannot-continue-to-put-ever-increasing-amounts-of/)

[Cary Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cary-fowler/)

> [It is impossible to talk about slowing climate change without talking about reducing CO2 emissions. Equally, it is impossible to talk about adapting to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-fowler/it-is-impossible-to-talk-about-slowing-climate-change-without-talking/)

[Cary Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cary-fowler/)

> [In the game of life, less diversity means fewer options for change. Wild or domesticated, panda or pea, adaptation is the requirement for survival.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-fowler/in-the-game-of-life-less-diversity-means-fewer-options-for-change/)

[Cary Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cary-fowler/)

> [To begin with, I've always known that I was a little bit different. And, I have a lot of relatives who own farms. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-fowler/to-begin-with-i-ve-always-known-that-i-was-a-little-bit-different-and/)

[Cary Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cary-fowler/)

> [Not all of them, but certainly there's some really, really dramatic differences among apples. And what you learn if you have that number of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-fowler/not-all-of-them-but-certainly-there-s-some-really-really-dramatic/)

[Cary Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cary-fowler/)

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