Webinar: Gene Editing & Agroecology - Reframing the Debate on Food System Transition
Beyond GM Pat
Hi all
Hope some of you might be interested in this event… (apologies if you’ve seen it elsewhere)
Do share if you know someone who might want to attend.
Best,
Pat
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Gene Editing & Agroecology – Reframing the Debate on Food System Transition
Mon, June 14, 2021 | 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM BST
Looked at through the lens of the current industrial farming paradigm, gene editing makes sense as a ‘tool in the toolbox’. But farming urgently needs to change and it is widely agreed that agroecology is the paradigm we need to adopt. So what does gene editing – and other high tech options – look like when assessed within an agroecological framework?
This session examines how genome editing looks when viewed through the lens of 10 principles of agroecology. An expert panel will explore the pace of development in genome editing – and related technologies, the force of the “tool in the toolbox ‘ narrative, whether it is a help or a hindrance to an agroecological transition, and how it affects farmers, policy and the perception of where farming goes next.
Panel
- Maywa Montenegro, Assistant professor in Environmental Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
- Jim Thomas, Co-Executive Director and Researcher with the ETC Group.
- Chantal Clement, Deputy Director of IPES-Food.
- Francesco Ajena, Independent consultant on sustainable and resilient food systems.
- Chris Smaje, British farmer and author of Small Farm Future.
- Nettie Wiebe, Organic farmer and professor of ethics at St. Andrew’s College, University of Saskatchewan.
Chair
- Pat Thomas, Director, Beyond GM/A Bigger Conversation
Conversational format will include an audience Q&A session.
Book FREE ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gene-editing-agroecology-reframing-the-debate-on-food-system-transition-tickets-154407419749
Pat Thomas
Director
Beyond GM
Email p...@beyond-gm.org
Tel 07950-231240