The disciplines of agriculture and environment have often been seen as disparate and at odds with one another. There is a perceived necessary trade-off toward environmental damage in order to produce more food to feed a growing global human population. In this seminar, Dr. Morrissey will demonstrate that this paradoxical thinking has resulted in a multitude of environmental and social challenges including large scale landscape simplification, increasing agrochemical reliance, damage to biodiversity, and reductions in farm profits. In order to tackle these challenges, we need greater cooperation between agricultural and environmental researchers and stakeholders, to capture the potential for win-wins for producers, the economy and the environment to create a more sustainable, harmonious and resilient agricultural food system for the future.

The Natural Resources & Environmental Studies Institute (NRESi) at UNBC hosts a weekly lecture series at the Prince George campus. Anyone from the university or wider community with interest in the topic area is welcome to attend. Presentations are also made available to remote participants through Zoom Webinar. Go to http://www.unbc.ca/nres-institute/colloquium-webcasts to view the presentation remotely.

Past NRESi colloquium presentations and special lectures can be viewed on our video archive, available here.