The Scientist Gardener: genetics + breeding

"The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture."

- Thomas Jeferson c.1800

"Before you can improve the food products on the grocery shelf, you must first improve the quality of the produce on the ground."

- H.J. Heinz c.1900

"All intrinsic improvements in agriculture are founded on existing biodiversity. Improvements in agriculture intrinsically destroy existing agricultural biodiversity.

- Jeremy Cherfas 2012

"Food is the moral right of all who are born into this world."

- Norman Borlaug

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