Sustaining our future: with or without GM?
Join us for our seminar on the future of food with Peter Melchett, the policy director of the Soil Association – a UK organic foods and farming organisation. He will be joined by John Crawford, leader of the Institute Strategic Programme on Delivering Sustainable Systems at Rothamsted Research. Together we will discuss how we can continue to feed our growing population. Can technical approaches such as GM sustain a projected population of 10 billion, or will we need to return to alternative approaches, such as organic farming? The seminar will be chaired by Charles Godfray (Director of the Oxford Martin programme on the Future of Food). There will be time for questions from the audience during the seminar as well as a wine reception afterwards.
Date: 26 February 2015, 17:00 (Thursday, 6th week, Hilary 2015)
Venue: Merton College, Merton Street OX1 4JD
Venue Details: T.S.Eliot Theatre
Speakers: Prof. John Crawford (Rothamsted Research), Lord Peter Melchett (Soil Association)
Part of: Grand Challenges in Environmental Research
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Members of the University only