Dixon on ... why horticulture needs chemistry
25 Feb 2011 | by Geoff Dixon
This is the Year of Chemistry, an international celebration of achievements responsible for improving all our lives. What does this mean for horticulture?
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Former US president Bill Clinton's famous aphorism - "It's the economy, stupid" - applies to horticulture as to everyone else. Voters and hence politicians are basically interested in money in their pockets. When the economy does well, money is spent and life is happy. A struggling economy means little...
This is the Year of Chemistry, an international celebration of achievements responsible for improving all our lives. What does this mean for horticulture?
Send 2009 packing. Pretty consistently, it has been marred with credit shortages and good businesses going to the wall.
Rapidly and recently British shoppers are demanding local production and servicing.
Education and training often get lumped together as one. But they are not. Education provides students with the basic whys and wherefores of a subject. Most importantly, education equips students with the skills to challenge perceived knowledge.
"For sale" boards at Kirton Research Centre mark the end of half a century of effective publicly funded knowledge transfer.



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