Morgan Carrington Fowler, Jr. (born 1949) is an American agriculturalist and the former executive director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust, currently serving as a Senior Advisor to the trust. Read full biography of Cary Fowler →
In the game of life, less diversity means fewer options for change. Wild or domesticated, panda or pea, adaptation is the requirement for survival.
To many people, 'biodiversity' is almost synonymous with the word 'nature,' and 'nature' brings to mind steamy forests and... →
It is impossible to talk about slowing climate change without talking about reducing CO2 emissions. Equally, it is impossible to talk about adapting... →
Whether we consciously realize it or not, the biodiversity with which we are most familiar, and the biodiversity with which we have most intimate... →
To begin with, I've always known that I was a little bit different. And, I have a lot of relatives who own farms. I grew up in the American South... →
At the Global Crop Diversity Trust, we work to conserve the diversity that will allow the adaptation and evolution of our agricultural crops in the... →
The drive behind what I do is really to make sure that people don't go to bed hungry. It's not just that I have a love of diversity, it's... →
Perhaps it matters little whether the international community chooses to celebrate crop diversity, but it profoundly matters that the international... →
I first went into social services, and when I did my Ph.D. I looked at intellectual diversity rights as they apply to biological material. At the... →
We now know that we cannot continue to put ever-increasing amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere. Actions have consequences. In fact, the consequences... →