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The Brexit Minister for Food Security

The Brexit Minister for Food Security

by Len Fisher | 15 Jul 2019 | Food & Gastronomy: Media and Writing, Game Theory & You: Media and Writing

The Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery is my favourite annual indulgence, where I meet many old friends from the foodie world and let fly with my thoughts and opinions on the theme of the meeting. The theme for 2019 was Food and Power, which gave me the opportunity...
The World Needs Complexity Thinking

The World Needs Complexity Thinking

by Len Fisher | 12 Dec 2018 | Planning for Life's Crises: Media and Writing

I was proud to be a finalist (14 finalists out of 2702 entrants from 122 countries; https://globalchallenges.org/en/our-work/the-new-shape-prize/finalists) in the recent Global Challenges New Shape competition , which sought suggestions for new approaches to the...
Global warming and the global food landscape: why we need to maintain diversity.

Global warming and the global food landscape: why we need to maintain diversity.

by Len Fisher | 11 Jul 2017 | Food & Gastronomy: Media and Writing

The video of my talk to the 2017 Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery is now available on YouTube. complete with questions, comments and the occasional joke. Pity I kept mispronouncing TAnzania as TanzAnia; maybe a side-effect of speaking to such a distinguished...
124. Trump, Russia and Lysenko: A cautionary tale

124. Trump, Russia and Lysenko: A cautionary tale

by Len Fisher | 11 Jan 2017 | Game Theory & You: Media and Writing, Mini Stories from Science, News

Submitted to Washington Post just before Christmas 2016. Nearly made it, but eventually missed out, The message for science is sadly stark. The U.S. should learn from Russian history “Are you now, or have you ever been, a climate scientist?” Donald Trump’s recent...

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