This year, the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station and ESPP are bringing distinguished speakers to campus to talk about aspects of the bioeconomy and global climate change. More on this initiative can be found here.

The first talk, held October 15, featured Professor David Zilberman of UC Berkeley’s Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics. His talk was titled, “Can we fill the car and feed the stomach without destroying the environment?”

Following the talk, ESPP sat down with Professor Zilberman to ask what Michigan can do to best position itself in the bioeconomy, how MSU should handle this type of research and what average citizens can do to help the transition move smoothly.

The next talk in the series, on November 12, will feature Edward Parson from the University of Michigan, who will be speaking on “Climate change policies and technological innovation.”

– Andy Balaskovitz