Agriculture
The Science Behind Your Salad
Crossing the globe to discover how the best ingredients that end up on our tables are grown
The Science Behind Your Salad is an awarded podcast for the whole world. We’re not only in search of the best food on the planet, we’ll be telling the stories behind how that food is grown. We’ll hear about new technology already revolutionizing the way crops are grown and the stories of the farmers and growers striving to do the biggest jobs on Earth, putting food on our plates every day in the face of huge challenges of limited resources.
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Latest Episode: The Next Billion Plates: World Food Prize Conversations
In this special episode of The Science Behind Your Salad, we take you inside the World Food Prize and the Borlaug Dialogue, the gathering inspired by the grandfather of the Green Revolution, Norman Borlaug’s and his inherent belief that hunger is a challenge humanity can solve. Recorded in Iowa, the episode brings together voices shaping the future of food. Jeannie Borlaug Laube reflects on her father’s legacy from his childhood farm. Dr. Rattan Lal reminds us why healthy soils still anchor global food security, while Dr. Cary Fowler offers the long view on safeguarding crop diversity. Paul Temple grounds the discussion in farm-level realities, and Olivia Marti brings the energy of a new generation. With insights from Neil Bentley on innovation in a climate-stressed world, this episode closes with a simple truth: feeding the future will take science, leadership, and hope.
Our guest: Dr. Cary Fowler
Dr. Cary Fowler is President of the Food Security Leadership Council and a 2024 World Food Prize Laureate. He served as Special Envoy for Global Food Security at the State Department during the Biden Administration. Previously he was a senior staff member at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, Executive Director of the Crop Trust, and a professor at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. He was instrumental in the founding of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault about which he has written a book entitled Seeds on Ice.
Our guest: Neil Bentley
As Vice President, Market Management, Agricultural Solutions, North America at BASF, Neil Bentley is responsible for the strategic direction of BASF’s North America Agricultural Solutions business, helping farmers grow more and sustainably better quality crops. Bentley leads development of the organization’s strategy, the innovation pipeline for the seeds and crop protection portfolio, digital farming, sustainability, commercial excellence and new business development activities.
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