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How growing plants improves human well-being: People Plant Council

Credit: Tejvan Pettinger. Used under license: CC BY 2.0. As popular British botanist (and GPC blog guest) James Wong wrote in the UK’s Guardian newspaper earlier this year: “gardening is good for you”. Ask most people how they can benefit from…

Isabel22/11/2016

Blog GPC Community Scientific Meetings

Flipping the symposium

Answers to the question: "Which crop species are most critical with regard to stress resilience?" Lisa Martin, GPC Outreach & Communications Manager GPC Executive Director Ruth Bastow and I recently travelled to Australia to hold the GPC’s annual general meeting…

Isabel16/11/2016

Blog GPC Community Scientific Meetings

Down Under: the Global Plant Council’s 2016 AGM

Lisa Martin, GPC Outreach & Communications Manager As a truly global organization, the Global Plant Council hosts its annual general meeting (AGM) on a different continent each year, to give our members from far-flung corners of the globe the opportunity…

Isabel09/11/2016

Blog Interviews

Using plants to convert explosives to fertilizers: an interview with Neil Bruce

Professor Neil Bruce This week we spoke to Professor Neil Bruce, whose research at the University of York (UK) focuses on metabolic pathways. His insights into the detoxification of pollutants by plants and microorganisms has led to promising new solutions…

Isabel05/11/2016

Blog Interviews

Farming Futures: integrating plant research and industry in the agri-food supply chain

This week we speak to Tim Williams, the Business Manager of Farming Futures and Research Fund Development Manager at Aberystwyth University, UK. Could you give a brief introduction to Farming Futures and its mission? Farming Futures is an independent, UK-based,…

Isabel22/10/2016

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How growing plants improves human well-being: People Plant Council

Flipping the symposium

Down Under: the Global Plant Council’s 2016 AGM

Using plants to convert explosives to fertilizers: an interview with Neil Bruce

Farming Futures: integrating plant research and industry in the agri-food supply chain

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