Please find the event recording here.
Our ability to feed ourselves is essential to the survival of humanity. This event explored some of the technologies, ancient and modern, that make this possible.
The five expert speakers presented technologies ranging from ancient methods of preserving food to modern gene sequencing. The presentations were followed by a Q&A and an audience vote on which technology had made the biggest and most sustainable contribution to supplying the world with food. Watch the recording see which technology gets the most votes!
Speakers:
Professor Tina Barsby OBE, Honorary Professor of Agricultural Botany, University of Cambridge
Professor Shailaja Fennell, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge
Dr Inanna Hamati-Ataya, Principal Research Associate, CRASSH, University of Cambridge
Professor Martin Jones, Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge
Professor Giles Oldroyd, Director of the Crop Science Centre, University of Cambridge.
Chair:
Professor Howard Griffiths, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
Part of the Cambridge Zero Climate Change Festival 2022.