Pam Ronald
UC Davis #rice geneticist & co-author of Tomorrow's Table: Organic #Farming Genetics & the Future of #Food. TED talk. My lab studies #immunity #stress & #plant-microbe interactions. #scicomm
- I would love to attend this event. It looks like it is not streamed for those of us not in new York, unfortunately
- This coming Monday May 12, 6-8 PM, I look forward to keynoting a symposium at @nyu.edu 19 University Place and also joining some great colleagues on a panel including Drs. Vivek Murthy, Arthur Caplan, Marc Siegel and more! www.studyantisemitism.org/events-1/res...
- The costs of disinvestment in science: nondefense government R&D yields returns of 150% to 300% & accounts for roughly a QUARTER of American productivity growth since World War II. The authors conclude:“Our findings point to a misallocation of public capital & substantial underinvestment in R&D.”
- “The phenomenally complex challenge of feeding the world without devouring the planet will not be met through wishful thinking and romantic simplicities.”
- The cottagecore, romantic path to starvation and environmental breakdown. This week's column is on the latest delusions about how we might produce our food. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
