The Dangers of Ideology in Food Decisions: The Story of Nikolai Vavilov
A thread on how the history of making food decisions based on ideology, not evidence, is incredibly dangerous. Learn the story of Soviet agronomist, Nikolai Vavilov, and how his Darwinian ideas about evolution and genetics ran contrary to soviet ideology.
James Wong
Botanist | Science writer and broadcaster | Lives with 500 houseplants | ‘Weird plant dude’, apparently