#OsborneSci Uses the @royalsociety's 'sustainable intensification' line. Nods to JIC and Rothamsted. I can feel @bbsrc beaming from here.
— Jack Stilgoe (@Jackstilgoe) November 9, 2012
Does that mean the UK’s genebanks are safe? More here. And here.
I wonder if he might be interested in what’s going on in Brussels at the same time. No, probably not.
re Whats going on in Brussels
Your Brussels correspondent sat through (almost) the whole day of agroecology at the European Parliament.
The presentations were of variable quality. Most were strong on the potential of agroecology as an article of faith, but all were weak on evidence.
When finally it came to a speaker who “studied applied Economics at the University of Leuven” and “uses Theory U, the art of hosting, storytelling, system-thinking, multi-stakeholder-approach, change labs, spirituality, quantum physics, …”, your corresponent made his excuses and left.