4. Applied Plant Evolutionary Biology, Food, Writing, and Birding with Dr. Norm Ellstrand
Episode description
How can engineered genes escape plants? Dr. Norm Ellstrand, a distinguished professor and geneticist at UC Riverside and the director of the California Agriculture and Food Enterprise (CAFE), discusses his career-long fascination in applied plant evolutionary biology, his process for writing popular science, and his love of birding.
Follow Dr. Norm Ellstrand on Twitter @ellstrand and read his book, Sex on the Kitchen Table, to learn more about the romance of plants and our food.
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