The 'plan bee' for a changing climate: pollination infrastructure for a shifting agricultural reality

Master of Future Cities' student, Konrad Borowski, will present at the next SERS Salon talk to explore the critical infrastructure of pollination today, and the ways operational, ecological and mechanical approaches are changing to protect its continuity. 

The infrastructure of modern industrial agriculture is often treated as an equation of monocrop fields and their inputs. It is not unusual for farmers to sell their future harvests years in advance in order to finance the equipment they need to produce them. However, our food systems also depend on another kind of under-insured infrastructure that lies beneath the visible layer of food production. As climate change alters flowering seasons and exposes agriculture to floods, droughts and extreme heat, the pollination that supports three-quarters of all food on Earth is at risk of collapse.

This event is hosted as part of the School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability's Salon talks. Come listen, talk, engage as we explore what the SERS community is all about.

Please note:

• No registration is required
• All are welcome 
• Free to attend