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 imagine. To simplify the environment as we have done with agriculture is to destroy the complex… — Cary Fowler Copy Share Image
To many people, 'biodiversity' is almost synonymous with the word 'nature,' and 'nature' brings to mind steamy forests and the big creatures that dwell there. Fair enough. But biodiversity is much more than that, for it encompasses not only the… — Cary Fowler Copy Share Image
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.… — Cary Fowler Copy Share Image
Most of us take seeds for granted. The fate of human kind is resting on these genetic resources: Seeds. So nothing could be more… — Cary Fowler Copy Share Image
Perhaps it matters little whether the international community chooses to celebrate crop diversity, but it profoundly matters that the international community takes action to… — Cary Fowler Copy Share Image
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… — Cary Fowler Copy Share Image
At the Global Crop Diversity Trust, we work to conserve the diversity that will allow the adaptation and evolution of our agricultural crops in… — Cary Fowler Copy Share Image
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. — Cary Fowler Copy Share Image
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.… — Cary Fowler Copy Share Image
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… — Cary Fowler Copy Share Image
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… — Cary Fowler Copy Share Image
Whether we consciously realize it or not, the biodiversity with which we are most familiar, and the biodiversity with which we have most intimate… — Cary Fowler Copy Share Image
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… — Cary Fowler Copy Share Image
It is impossible to talk about slowing climate change without talking about reducing CO2 emissions. Equally, it is impossible to talk about adapting to… — Cary Fowler Copy Share Image
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