Join us for a discussion about how decisions we make about what to grow and how to grow it shape the future of food, local and global economies and even our social fabric.

Take seeds.

For Indigenous Peoples, traditional seeds and plants are inseparable from Country.

Scientific innovations like genomics are being used to breed hardier, higher-yield, pest-resistant plants that thrive even in environments ravaged by climate change.

And then there are questions about who to feed - the many or the few, the prosperous or the hungry? And what about heritage - balancing small-scale farming with the industrial production increasingly vital to feeding the world.

Does all this matter? Well, it does to the seeds - or rather to their fate and diversity.

Join moderator Dr Peter Crisp from The University of Queensland as he moderates a fascinating panel discussion on the future of food, told through the story of seeds. Then make up your own mind if it matters. 

This event is made possible through a generous bequest from Douglas Ormonde Butler.