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Peter Beetham

ESG AND PRECISION GENE EDITING

Over the past few years, there has been a surge of initiatives intended to bring our energy base and business practices into accord with…

5 min readMay 17, 2021

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ESG AND PRECISION GENE EDITING

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Peter Beetham

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.

5 min readMar 10, 2021

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A FOURTH AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION IS UNDERWAY. WHAT SHOULD WE CALL IT?

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Peter Beetham

The Hidden Pandemics on the Farm

For humans, a pandemic from a novel virus with a 4% mortality rate would be a global catastrophe. Today’s farmers face crop pandemics with…

4 min readJan 8, 2021

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The Hidden Pandemics on the Farm

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We 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…

6 min readOct 10, 2020

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We will be feeding 2 billion more people by 2050. We need gene editing to do it.

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Peter Beetham

THE NEED FOR SPEED IN PLANT BREEDING

A changing climate. Limited arable land. Increasing pest resistance: How speed can help us overcome current sustainability challenges in…

6 min readAug 13, 2020

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THE NEED FOR SPEED IN PLANT BREEDING

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Peter Beetham

What does GMO mean, anyways?

A short guide to answering a complicated question.

7 min readAug 3, 2020

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What does GMO mean, anyways?

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Peter Beetham

GENE EDITING CAN FEED THE WORLD — IF WE LET IT

In the next 30 years, the world’s farmers have a significant challenge ahead of them: feed an additional two billion people, all while…

4 min readJul 4, 2020

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Peter Beetham

Peter Beetham

Dr. Beetham has over 30 years of experience in the bio-agriculture community, with a passion for moving technology to commercial application.

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