Eliot Gee

Why do we eat it? / How can we eat it better? / Can I eat it? 🌱

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[SantAnnaPisa @SantAnnaPisa]

#Agrobiodiversity #Farming
🌾 The combination between genomics and farmer knowledge can develop new methods to produce a more resilient and productive wheat.
👉 @BiovIntCIAT_eng talks about it: https://t.co/bX39tqB6TD

[Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT @BiovIntCIAT_eng]

This week, we invite you on a journey to the field in Arusha, Tanzania 🇹🇿.

🧵👀 Keep watching this space to learn about Artemis, a new project working to democratize crop breeding.

👉 https://t.co/uJM30zG2VM
#Artemis4Food

[Eliot Gee @eliot_gee]

🤯 Coincidence: I’d just written this piece for @BiovIntCIAT_eng about our @B4FNTeam research partners’ work collecting #nutrition data and #recipes in 🇹🇷.
Cool overlap showing that ancient #gastronomy can still teach us about healthy diets!
https://t.co/7b3bWhtDyX

[Eliot Gee @eliot_gee]

Miracles don’t come every day…. or century! 🌿 Great @NatGeo feature about wild Turkish #plants - blurring the line between food & medicine.
https://t.co/ytxjbCBnzm

[Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT @BiovIntCIAT_eng]

#DYK 🍎 Apples are originally from Central Asia? (They are the namesake of Kazakhstan's capital, Almaty, or "full of apples"!) Home gardens play a major role in conserving the region's diversity of fruit #trees - learn more with our latest publication 👇
https://t.co/FyJ26TK3SE

[Ben Phillips @benphillips76]

A clip from Don’t Look Up, and then a real TV interview that just happened

[Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT @BiovIntCIAT_eng]

It's Now or Never❗️ We invite you to visit our Annual Report and learn why 2021 was a pivotal year for #FoodSystems research.

From Asia 🌏 to Africa 🌍 to the Americas 🌎...
How has our work benefited farming communities? 👇
https://t.co/xpOaEtBf1b

#Alliance4Science #OneCGIAR

[Eliot Gee @eliot_gee]

📸 Taken yesterday at a market in Cali, 🇨🇴 - I counted 11 types of fruit in one image!
Happy to #ShareBiodiversity while visiting my @BiovIntCIAT_eng colleagues… perks of finally meeting in person 😉
#BiodiversityDay

[Eliot Gee @eliot_gee]

From the first #EarthDay. 52 years later, we're still the planet's worst enemy.
Listen to the science, check your consumption, check your mindset. #ThereIsNoPlanetB

[Eliot Gee @eliot_gee]

@ClimateHuman Motivating 🌱

[Peter Kalmus @ClimateHuman]

Describe the climate crisis in one word. I'll start...

[Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT @BiovIntCIAT_eng]

#ScienceNews: From ☕️ to 🍌, we risk losing our favorite foods to disease and #climatechange. This great @guardian story illustrates why we must cultivate a more genetically diverse range of crop species & varieties. Read on 👇
@CIMMYT @DanSaladinoUK
https://t.co/rTIcR6QfWJ

[Eliot Gee @eliot_gee]

🍔 "We need to change the system – not the product".

Solid read by @IPESfood on our #protein obsession, the alt-meat goldrush, greenwashing, & more juicy bits.

🆘 TLDR? How the food is produced matters as much as what the food is.

#PoliticsofProtein ⬇️
https://t.co/EcJQ5FYkmj

[Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT @BiovIntCIAT_eng]

#ScienceNews: What’s the secret to better-bred #potatoes? 🥔 Researchers are looking at wild varieties to "future-proof" everybody’s favorite tuber in the face of #ClimateChange.
Thread (1/4) Read on...👇
https://t.co/PI48OeQxOY

[Eliot Gee @eliot_gee]

@MillereMarta @AlisonRBentley @IbbaItria @Liana_Ace @fpinerach @leocrespoh @CIMMYT looks cool! 🧑‍🎨 what was the prompt for the illustrations?

[CGIAR GENDER @CGIARgender]

Q6: What do we need to strengthen or change in the research-for-development community to ensure that #GenderEquality goals take center stage in all our climate crisis responses?

#IWD2022 #GenderinAg #OneCGIAR

[Bioversity International & CIAT Library @BiovIntCIAT_Lib]

Happy International #WomensDay!

👀 Watch this thread as we share resources & reading on #genderequality for more sustainable agriculture and food systems.

1️⃣ Gender in the Post 2020-Biodiversity Framework 👇
https://t.co/gnx2yLOt48

[Eliot Gee @eliot_gee]

All the good stuff, from indigenous people to mushrooms 👇 https://t.co/62lbGf6ATv

[Eliot Gee @eliot_gee]

🥣 From the archive: New Year #lentils asmr in honor of #WorldPulsesDay, one of the more profoundly satisfying "World ___ Day"s.

[Bea Maas 🐦🦇🌳 @MaasBea]

Please RT! 📢🤩💚

We are hiring a #PhD for our 3-year project on #cacao #biodiversity in #Peru & feel excited to continue our research on #birds, #bats & #arthropods in this international and trans-disciplinary team!

Apply until 10 Feb
👇🐦🌳🦇🌳🍫👇
https://t.co/YyLu2KjAMO