Episode XXXI: Stalking the Crop Wild Relatives with Colin Khoury and Michael Kantar

October 24, 2023 00:46:05
Episode XXXI: Stalking the Crop Wild Relatives with Colin Khoury and Michael Kantar
Garden Futurist
Episode XXXI: Stalking the Crop Wild Relatives with Colin Khoury and Michael Kantar

Oct 24 2023 | 00:46:05

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Show Notes

Fall 2023

Read the companion article here.

There is a very cool set of native plants that are related to the plants we eat. You can likely find these Crop Wild Relatives in areas around where you live. These plants can help us better understand how familiar plants evolved, while they hold keys to helping us adapt in the future. Meet two scientists who are passionate about maximizing biodiversity on our plates, while racing against time to conserve plants that are critical to our cultural and agricultural future.

Garden Futurist talks to Dr. Colin Khoury, Senior Director of Science and Conservation at San Diego Botanic Garden, and Dr. Michael Kantar, Associate Professor at the University of Hawai`i at Manoa.

This episode was sponsored by: 

Episode Image Credit: Published by the Royal Society @ 2016, by Colin K. Khoury, et. al. 

View Article: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2016.0792

Interested in learning more? References can be found at the bottom of the podcast article here.

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A show about innovative thinkers contributing to a climate resilient future through the power of gardens.

Produced and hosted by Sarah Beck, Adriana Lopez, and Adrienne St Claire 

Edited and directed by Kelsey Skonberg 

Sarah Beck is the executive director of Pacific Horticulture.

Adriana López-Villalobos currently lives in Vancouver, British Columbia where she works as Curatorial Coordinator for the UBC Botanical Garden. She is originally from Mexico, where she completed her BSC and MSc, studying plant ecology and mating systems evolution, before migrating to Canada to pursue a PhD focusing on the genetics of species across their geographic ranges.

Adrienne St. Clair is a botanist working with Metro, a regional government in Portland, Oregon where her work spans conservation to restoration. Adrienne managed a native plant nursery for almost a decade before pursuing a graduate degree. She received her Master’s in Plant Biology and Conservation from Northwestern University and Chicago Botanic Garden where she studied the effect of horticulture techniques on native-plant genetics.

Kelsey Skonberg is a Community-Centered Video and Podcast Editor and Science Journalist in Everett, WA.

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