Cary Fowler
@CaryFowler_
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Agriculturalist, educator, former Exec. Dir. of @CropTrust. Helped found Svalbard Global Seed Vault. Author of SEEDS ON ICE.
Joined May 2017
RT @RhodesCollege: Rhodes is offering a series of free webinars open to the public, featuring panels of college and community experts who w…
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@neeratanden I’m so very sorry. Amy and I send our best wishes. Am sure you were super careful. Hope others take this as a lesson.
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Just out, new Yale U. Press book with a chapter on "@climatechange, food, and @biodiversity" by @OlaWestengen and me. @croptrust @cgiar @fao @USAID @SenWhitehouse @amyklobuchar @LeaderSchumer @senatortester
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Thanks to Sergi. And thanks to GoPro for the documentary film.
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New award winning bourbon made w/ southern heritage @cropdiversity rescued by @AnsonMills. Thanks! It's a great story w/ a happy ending this New Year's Eve. Shows importance of conservation and use of diversity @CropTrust, especially corn @CIMMYT
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#Farmers in the U.S. get less than 15% of every #food dollar spent. Not even this much at #Thanksgiving. And they have to contend w/ tariffs, #ClimateChange and government denial @realDonaldTrump. They need science and supporters the world over.
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RT @Cipotato: Preparing for the #foodsecurity challenges of tomorrow requires that we conserve the #biodiversity we have today. With gratit…
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RT @hollyholmes01: Players balance their need to harvest crops against their collective goal to store & preserve seeds in the #SeedVault. P…
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2018 is shaping up to be the 5th warmest year on record behind 2016 (the warmest), 2015, 2017, & 2014, per NOAA Should have been part of the political discussion in U.S. election year. Wasn't. Big impacts on farmers @CropTrust @FAOclimate @cgiarclimate_EA
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401 consecutive months of "above average" global temperatures. I think I detect a trend, maybe even change! Coincidence? Nope. AG adaptation @cgiar needed. And diversity! @croptrust @GlobalSeedVault
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Being a Super Hero, I shouldn't "out" myself like this, but what the hell. The drawing brings a smile to my face. Thanks!
Wow! Just as an experiment on @fiverr I commissioned @makemebark to do a superhero portrait of @CaryFowler_. The result blew me away!
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RT @_MatthewDillon: Great to see @billgates visiting a lab that combines plant breeding & food science. @ClifBar a proud supporter of Dr. J…
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#seedsonice featured on NPR's "Fresh Air" w/ Terry Gross today. Vault now protects samples of 933,000 distinct crop varieties.
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I'll be on NPR's "Fresh Air" w/ Terry Gross today to talk about #globalseedvault. If you miss it live, find it at
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@FoodForever2020 #eatforum, I celebrate a grassroots effort to save apple diversity. 3500+ varieties.
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RT @CropTrust: Follow @FoodForever2020 and learn more about this initiative, & the importance of #SDG 2.5. #interdependence
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Diversity + selection by farmers necessary for adaptation of many crops to climate change for food security. #FoodForever @eatforum
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RT @EATforum: Preserving #agrobiodiversity is key 2 ecosystem resilience, any strategy must embrace diversity & redundancy 2 ensure #foodfo…
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Oceans could contain more plastics than fish in future per Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden #eatforum. Sobering thought.
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