ESG AND PRECISION GENE EDITINGOver the past few years, there has been a surge of initiatives intended to bring our energy base and business practices into accord with…May 17, 2021May 17, 2021
A FOURTH AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION IS UNDERWAY. WHAT SHOULD WE CALL IT?To avoid diving down a rabbit hole to answer this question, I have one piece of advice: follow the seeds.Mar 10, 2021Mar 10, 2021
The Hidden Pandemics on the FarmFor humans, a pandemic from a novel virus with a 4% mortality rate would be a global catastrophe. Today’s farmers face crop pandemics with…Jan 8, 2021Jan 8, 2021
Published inPredictWe will be feeding 2 billion more people by 2050. We need gene editing to do it.English scholar Thomas Malthus made his first predictions about population economics and resources in 1798. More than two centuries later…Oct 10, 20206Oct 10, 20206
THE NEED FOR SPEED IN PLANT BREEDINGA changing climate. Limited arable land. Increasing pest resistance: How speed can help us overcome current sustainability challenges in…Aug 13, 2020Aug 13, 2020
GENE EDITING CAN FEED THE WORLD — IF WE LET ITIn the next 30 years, the world’s farmers have a significant challenge ahead of them: feed an additional two billion people, all while…Jul 4, 2020Jul 4, 2020