Environment committee  As always, I guess, there's financial support. There's a need to...if you want them to be pushed all the way out. It's not always easy. I've gotten a number of research findings all the way to technologies and actual products, but a number of the ones that I thought would succeed

Environment committee  There's quite a bit that could be done. There's the potential for the addition of a number of new technologies. In the area where I work, we are currently just beginning to open the doors on this, and there are many potential technologies in there. What we need is some funding to

Environment committee  That's true.

Environment committee  Sure. We are conducting work right now on developing technologies, and I guess ultimately products, out of plant-microbe interactions. I mentioned this in my introduction. These seem to be producing signal compounds. The microbes plus the plant are now considered the holobiont, a

Environment committee  First, I'd like to thank the committee for inviting me here. It does seem like a very interesting process. In terms of general background from where I am, agriculture can help manage some large environmental challenges, such as greenhouse gas levels and associated climate change