Probiotic agriculture: Using life to regenerate the food system with Prof Jamie Lorimer
A probiotic turn is underway in various domains of health and environmental management. Probiotic approaches introduce organisms into ecological systems and manage their dynamics to restore desired functions and services. They aim to address the problems caused by the overreach of modern, antibiotic approaches that have simplified and degraded ecological systems and compromised their resilience and sustainability. This talk provides an overview of this shift, and illustrates its implications for agriculture and food. It focuses on the example of regenerative agriculture and the roles it affords livestock, plants and microbes in tackling environmental problems.
Date: 10 March 2021, 16:00 (Wednesday, 8th week, Hilary 2021)
Venue: Crowdcast
Speaker: Jamie Lorimer (School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford)
Organising department: Oxford Martin School
Organiser: Dr Kelly Reed (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: futureoffood@oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk
Part of: Future of Food Programme
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://www.futureoffood.ox.ac.uk/event/probiotic-agriculture-using-life-to-regenerate-the-food-system-with-prof-jamie-lorimer
Cost: Free
Audience: Public
Editor: Kelly Reed